Where does my tax money go?
FY2026 ended Sep 30 · data still posting · data as of 2026-11-01†
† DoD contract data posts to USAspending about 90 days after award.
This page follows federal awards, the contracts, grants, loans and direct payments USAspending records, for FY2026 (data still posting): $5.5T obligated by 77 top-tier agencies. It traces the agencies that commit the money, the contractors and industries that receive it, and the states where the work lands, and every figure links to the full record.Computed
It is not the whole federal budget: interest on the debt, federal salaries and most agency operating costs are not awards and do not appear here, and benefit programs such as Social Security and Medicare appear as the aggregated direct-payment and grant awards USAspending records, never as payments to any individual. It is not a taxpayer receipt either: allocating one household’s tax bill across the budget needs Treasury budget data this site does not carry, so no such calculator is offered here.
Not sure where to start? See the top federal contractors, or browse every agency and every state.
Federal agencies
The departments and agencies that obligate the money, across contracts and assistance.
- 1Department of Health and Human Services$2.2T40%
- 2Social Security Administration$1.7T31%
- 3Department of Defense$416.4B7%
- 4Department of Veterans Affairs$319.2B5%
- 5Department of Agriculture$173.4B3%
- 6Department of Transportation$139.3B2%
The right-hand figure is each line’s share of $5.5T, the year’s federal award obligations.
All agencies →Top federal contractors
The biggest holders of federal contracts, ranked by contract-coded obligations.
- 1Lockheed Martin Corporation$54.5B<1%
- 2RTX Corporation$32.7B<1%
- 3The Boeing Company$27.8B<1%
- 4General Dynamics Corporation$27.5B<1%
- 5UnitedHealth Group$24.9B<1%
- 6Triwest Healthcare Alliance Corp$16.6B<1%
The right-hand figure is each line’s share of $5.5T, the year’s federal award obligations.
Full contractor ranking →Industries
The industry categories (NAICS) the contract money flows into.
- 1Commercial and Institutional Building Construction$53.6B
- 2Aircraft Manufacturing$48.9B
- 3Direct Health and Medical Insurance Carriers$48.6B
- 4Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$46.1B
- 5Engineering Services$45.6B
- 6Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing$39.9B
States
Where the work is performed, by state. Place of performance is reliable at the state level.
- 1California$496.3B
- 2Texas$347.9B
- 3Florida$336.9B
- 4Pennsylvania$293.3B
- 5New York$270.2B
- 6Minnesota$245.5B
Questions this page answers
- Which agency obligates the most in federal awards?
- Department of Health and Human Services, with $2.2T obligated in FY2026 (data still posting), 40% of all federal award obligations that year. Department of Health and Human Services on TheFiscalFinder →
- Which company receives the most federal contract money?
- Lockheed Martin Corporation, with $54.5B in contract-coded obligations in FY2026 (data still posting). Lockheed Martin Corporation's page →
- Which state receives the most federal award dollars?
- California, with $496.3B of federal work performed there in FY2026 (data still posting), by place of performance. Federal spending in California →
- Which industry receives the most federal contract dollars?
- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (NAICS 236220), with $53.6B in federal contract dollars in FY2026 (data still posting). Commercial and Institutional Building Construction on TheFiscalFinder →
- How much did federal agencies obligate in awards in FY2026?
- $5.5T across 77 top-tier agencies in FY2026 (data still posting), as recorded in USAspending as of 2026-11-01. Every agency, ranked →
- Does this page show where my own taxes go?
- No. It follows federal awards, the contracts, grants, loans and direct payments USAspending records, and it is not a taxpayer receipt: allocating one household’s tax bill across the budget needs Treasury budget data this site does not carry. How the data is sourced and labeled →
- What counts as a federal award here?
- A contract, grant, loan or direct payment recorded in USAspending, measured as obligations: the dollars an agency committed in the fiscal year, not the dollars paid out. Browse individual awards →
- Are these figures final?
- Not yet. FY2026 ended Sep 30 and its data is still posting, so these figures can still move; FY2025 is the newest complete year. Which fiscal year a page shows →
These are the largest lines, computed by us from USASpending source records; they describe where the money goes, never a judgment about any agency or recipient. For how the data is sourced and labeled, see the methodology.