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The 25 agencies with the most obligations, FY2026

The Department of Health and Human Services had the most obligations in FY2026: $2.1T, 40.7% of the obligations of all agencies. Obligations rose from FY2025 to FY2026 at 7 of the 25 agencies in the table. The obligations of all agencies together fell by 3.3%.

From the USAspending data loaded on 27 Oct 2026. FY2027 runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027. USAspending loaded these data on 27 Oct 2026, so the figures of FY2027 stop on that date.

The 25 agencies with the most obligations

Award obligations of the 25 agencies with the most obligations in FY2026, largest first
AgencyObligations, FY2025Obligations, FY2026ChangeShare of all agencies
Department of Health and Human Services$2.0T$2.1T+3.4%40.7%
Social Security Administration$1.6T$1.6T-3.6%30.7%
Department of Defense$502B$383B-23.6%7.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs$288B$309B+7.4%6.0%
Department of Agriculture$187B$165B-12.0%3.2%
Department of Transportation$134B$130B-2.7%2.5%
Department of Homeland Security$73B$106B+44.1%2.1%
Department of Education$96B$93B-2.9%1.8%
Department of Housing and Urban Development$78B$63B-19.2%1.2%
Department of Energy$80B$60B-25.0%1.2%
General Services Administration$24B$29B+20.0%0.6%
Department of State$14B$24B+68.6%under 1%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$17B$17B-1.2%under 1%
Department of the Interior$19B$13B-29.0%under 1%
Railroad Retirement Board$15B$11B-23.8%under 1%
Department of Justice$11B$11B-2.1%under 1%
Federal Communications Commission$6.3B$9.7B+53.2%under 1%
Department of the Treasury$9.0B$7.1B-20.9%under 1%
Department of Commerce$25B$7.0B-72.3%under 1%
Environmental Protection Agency$27B$6.8B-75.2%under 1%
National Science Foundation$8.9B$6.6B-26.2%under 1%
Department of Labor$11B$5.9B-48.3%under 1%
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$6.6B$4.2B-35.9%under 1%
Agency for International Development$12B$1.5B-87.7%under 1%
Securities and Exchange Commission$498M$571M+14.5%under 1%

How the figures were made

A change is given when the figure of FY2025 is $1 million or more. The share is of the obligations of all 72 awarding agencies with a page. Obligations of the Department of Defense come late, so a recent year can be low until agencies finish their reports.

The table shows activity: the amounts that agencies obligated. It does not grade a recipient, a place or an agency.

Source: USAspending.gov API v2. An obligation is a promise of the government to pay. It is not a payment.

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In earlier editions

This table is in the edition of October 2026, the first edition. Each month adds an edition that keeps the first rows of the table as they were.

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