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Federal agencies by obligations

All 73 top-tier agencies with obligations recorded in fiscal year 2026, totalling $4.8 trillion.

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Obligations by agency · FY2026

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Top-tier federal agencies ranked by obligations, fiscal year 2026
RankAgencyObligations
1Department of Health and Human Services$2,029,998,774,544
2Social Security Administration$1,433,629,350,985
3Department of Defense$354,342,802,819
4Department of Veterans Affairs$285,070,138,566
5Department of Agriculture$148,936,043,600
6Department of Transportation$101,803,189,553
7Department of Homeland Security$89,021,881,633
8Department of Education$82,548,138,279
9Department of Housing and Urban Development$62,292,771,151
10Department of Energy$54,744,746,837
11General Services Administration$24,646,726,819
12Department of State$19,111,352,040
13National Aeronautics and Space Administration$14,624,277,522
14Department of the Interior$11,492,480,363
15Railroad Retirement Board$11,085,704,975
16Department of Justice$9,278,216,896
17Environmental Protection Agency$6,561,608,936
18Federal Communications Commission$6,363,195,305
19Department of the Treasury$6,314,153,607
20National Science Foundation$5,999,696,446
21Department of Labor$5,762,593,677
22Department of Commerce$5,443,326,016
23Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$4,199,163,705
24Agency for International Development$1,465,180,374
25Securities and Exchange Commission$449,176,994
26Corporation for National and Community Service$423,748,145
27U.S. Agency for Global Media$335,242,187
28Institute of Museum and Library Services$267,605,079
29National Archives and Records Administration$201,650,298
30Nuclear Regulatory Commission$180,515,387
31National Endowment for the Humanities$160,954,053
32Government Accountability Office$101,048,677
33Federal Trade Commission$92,620,884
34Office of Personnel Management$88,717,958
35Peace Corps$86,458,488
36Commodity Futures Trading Commission$76,602,763
37District of Columbia Courts$67,376,161
38Executive Office of the President$62,845,806
39Delta Regional Authority$57,942,591
40Denali Commission$49,276,473
41National Endowment for the Arts$40,230,821
42Equal Employment Opportunity Commission$39,276,200
43Consumer Financial Protection Bureau$37,860,316
44Millennium Challenge Corporation$36,944,229
45Small Business Administration$35,014,336
46Election Assistance Commission$33,370,916
47Consumer Product Safety Commission$29,967,196
48Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency$27,280,472
49Appalachian Regional Commission$20,993,962
50National Labor Relations Board$20,825,485
51United States Trade and Development Agency$10,318,251
52Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency$10,309,429
53Federal Election Commission$9,987,532
54International Trade Commission$8,033,681
55National Transportation Safety Board$7,678,599
56Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board$5,650,859
57Merit Systems Protection Board$4,361,385
58Selective Service System$4,317,833
59Federal Maritime Commission$3,833,320
60National Credit Union Administration$3,244,188
61Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled$2,534,649
62United States Chemical Safety Board$1,716,037
63Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service$1,488,944
64Federal Labor Relations Authority$1,257,619
65American Battle Monuments Commission$909,597
66Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission$896,494
67Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation$234,737
68Administrative Conference of the U.S.$27,050
69Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission-$9,681
70Inter-American Foundation-$32,352
71Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council-$2,479,843
72U.S. International Development Finance Corporation-$167,183,066
73Export-Import Bank of the United States-$395,147,805

How to read this

  • Every agency is comparable here: the same measure, the same fiscal year, the same award types, from one snapshot taken on the same day.
  • The largest figures are dominated by direct payments — Social Security and health programmes — rather than by procurement. An agency that buys little can still rank near the top.
  • 5 agencies show a negative total: deobligations released more than was newly obligated this year. That is a real outcome for the period, not a missing value.
  • Obligations are commitments recorded in the period, not money spent, and not an agency’s budget. The fiscal year is incomplete and agencies revise their submissions.

Sources

  • USAspending API v2U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service · U.S. Government work, public domain (17 U.S.C. 105) · retrieved 2026-09-18
    apps/web/queries/spending/agencies_by_obligations.sql

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