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Wisconsin

Federal agencies obligated $99.4 billion for work performed in Wisconsin in fiscal year 2026, ranking 18 of all states and territories reported.

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The record

Obligations performed here, FY2026
$99,439,827,577
Across every agency and award type.
Rank
18 of 56
Among states and territories with reported obligations.
Per resident
$16,681.81
Divided by 5,960,975 residents, 2024 estimate.

The per-resident figure is $99,439,827,577 divided by 5,960,975, the 2024 resident population estimate from U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates (NST-EST2024-ALLDATA). It is dollars of federally obligated work recorded in Wisconsin per resident. It is not federal money received by residents, and it is not a payment anyone receives.

Largest agencies

Agencies by obligations performed in Wisconsin, fiscal year 2026
RankAgencyObligationsShare of state
1Department of Health and Human Services$58,022,359,78858.3%
2Social Security Administration$28,800,621,88329.0%
3Department of Veterans Affairs$4,888,847,4484.9%
4Department of Agriculture$2,313,061,6742.3%
5Department of Transportation$1,351,423,7631.4%
6Department of Defense$1,074,196,6431.1%
7Department of Education$1,019,039,5751.0%
8Department of Housing and Urban Development$551,205,8850.6%
9Department of Homeland Security$339,400,6950.3%
10Railroad Retirement Board$188,982,4650.2%
11Department of the Interior$179,604,0430.2%
12Environmental Protection Agency$158,284,4380.2%
13Federal Communications Commission$131,923,2320.1%
14Department of Energy$96,158,7280.1%
15Department of Justice$80,186,8220.1%

The 15 largest of 40 agencies with obligations here. Wisconsin accounts for 2.1% of the $4,725,719,515,020 that carries a place-of-performance state.

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  • Place of performance is the location the recipient reported. A contract recorded here may be performed, subcontracted, or spent elsewhere.
  • These are obligations recorded in the period, not outlays and not money received by residents or by the state government.
  • A per-resident figure divides work performed in a state by the people who live there. The two are not the same population, and a state with a large federal installation or contractor will rank high without its residents receiving that money.

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