Department of Labor federal obligations

$67.1 billion on 11,507 Labor awards

The precise obligation total is $67,148,133,656.96. Divided by 11,507 awards, the implied mean is about $5.83 million per award. Training grants, enforcement-support contracts, and other assistance can occupy the file; this packet does not split the 11,507 rows by administration, so ETA, OSHA, or OWCP shares are not stated here.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. Multi-year workforce grants can remain open, so $67,148,133,656.96 is not a single program year’s cash. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 11,507 awards at a mean near $5.83 million on four-digit CGAC 1601, a thinner file than high-volume assistance shops. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as multi-year training grants remain open inside FY 2026.

Why the hub URL uses 1601

SpendingVault’s Labor page is /agencies/1601/. Agency codes on these packets are USAspending awarding-agency CGAC identifiers; 1601 is the key for this $67,148,133,656.96 rollup. Readers looking for a three-digit Labor code will not find this book there. The 11,507 figure counts award records, not workers, claims, or inspected workplaces.

Award obligations versus labor-market series

BLS employment and CPI series are separate products, even when they sit in the same department family. This hub cites $67,148,133,656.96 in USAspending obligations through FY 2026 on 11,507 awards. Unemployment-insurance outlays that never appear as award rows in this extract are omitted. Those series are not in the packet.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Department of Labor, that reading is wrong. BLS employment or CPI series, unemployment-insurance outlays, or a three-digit Labor shortcut that is not this hub belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. Multi-year training grants remain open inside FY 2026.

State geography for CGAC 1601

Place-of-performance for workforce grants often follows the state or local grantee. A national IT contract can still concentrate a slice of $67,148,133,656.96 in one jurisdiction. The state table is a coding view of the 11,507 awards through FY 2026, not a ranking of job growth.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, workforce grants often follow the state or local grantee; a national IT contract can concentrate a slice in one cell. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Use /agencies/1601/; the four-digit code is part of this row’s identity.

Labor on the all-agencies list

Compare $67,148,133,656.96 and 11,507 awards only with other obligation totals from this extract. The four-digit code 1601 is part of the identity of this row. The hub does not advise employers or claimants.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 11,507 awards at a mean near $5.83 million on four-digit CGAC 1601, a thinner file than high-volume assistance shops. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Use /agencies/1601/; the four-digit code is part of this row’s identity.

Why Labor’s hub URL is 1601

This extract uses USAspending awarding-agency identifiers as published. The facts are $67,148,133,656.96, 11,507 awards, CGAC 1601, and FY 2026. Readers looking for a three-digit Labor code will not find this book there.

ETA, OSHA, and OWCP shares are not in the packet. BLS statistical products are separate even when they sit in the same department family. Rank 1601 only against other obligation totals from this extract. CGAC 1601 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/1601/. The award population is 11,507 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays. CGAC 1601 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/1601/. The award population is 11,507 records. Those rows still sum to the same obligation total through fiscal year 2026. Readers who need place-of-performance should open the state table from that hub; readers who need peer context should open the all-agencies list. Neither view converts obligations into outlays.

Questions

How much has the Department of Labor obligated through FY 2026?

Labor awarding-agency records (CGAC 1601) sum to $67,148,133,656.96 across 11,507 awards in this USAspending extract. That figure is an obligation total through fiscal year 2026, not an unemployment-insurance outlay and not a BLS employment count.

Why is Labor coded 1601 instead of a three-digit CGAC?

This extract uses USAspending awarding-agency identifiers as published. SpendingVault keys the Labor hub to /agencies/1601/. The $67,148,133,656.96 obligation total and 11,507 award count belong to that code through FY 2026.

Does the award count equal the number of training grants?

No. The 11,507 figure counts all award records tagged to CGAC 1601, including contracts and assistance present in the file. Program-level splits are not in this packet. Dollar volume on those records is $67,148,133,656.96.

Where can I see Labor spending by state?

The state table from the CGAC 1601 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still sit under $67,148,133,656.96 and 11,507 awards through FY 2026.