Maine vs Montana on USAspending: $776.4M vs $1.2B

Related construction labels, a fivefold intensity gap

Maine’s other building equipment contractors and Montana’s commercial and institutional building construction are related construction-family peaks. They do not produce related ratios. Montana’s $187.18 per capita versus Maine’s $35.09 is more than a fivefold intensity gap on stocks of $1.2B versus $776.4M. Cite USAspending.gov.

Maine’s extra awards (26,048 vs 21,487) and extra people (1,405,012 vs 1,137,233) sit on the cooler ratio and the smaller stock. Volume does not heat $35.09. Montana’s slightly thinner log sits on the hotter reading and the $212.9M FY2026 lead.

FY2026 of $49.3M versus $212.9M follows Montana. Recency does not rescue Maine’s contractor-led file. Treat both amounts as obligation slices. Outlays are omitted. Row count is not average award size. Census counts of 1,405,012 versus 1,137,233 belong with the ratios.

Building equipment contractors versus building construction

Those NAICS peaks are first reads on $776.4M and $1.2B. Related construction language is not a matched mix. Use the Maine and Montana state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

Maine’s 26,048 awards include many actions outside other building equipment contractors. Montana’s 21,487 awards extend beyond commercial and institutional building construction.

FY2026: $49.3M versus $212.9M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $212.9M in Montana. Recency follows Montana’s hotter construction-led file; Maine’s extra awards do not flip FY2026. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $49.3M or $212.9M by 26,048 or 21,487 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $35.09 and $187.18 already sits beside Census counts of 1,405,012 and 1,137,233. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($776.4M vs $1.2B) and the latest-year amounts.

What $35.09 is doing against $187.18

Maine’s $35.09 on 1,405,012 residents is the cooler intensity reading. Montana’s $187.18 on 1,137,233 is the hotter one. Extra Maine rows do not close that gap. Extra Maine people do not close that gap.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Related construction labels are mix, not a reason to ignore the ratio.

How to read Maine versus Montana

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Maine and Montana hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M versus $212.9M. Awards are 26,048 versus 21,487. Population is 1,405,012 versus 1,137,233. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $187.18. Lead industries are other building equipment contractors versus commercial and institutional building construction. Outlays are a different series. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep every dollar figure labeled as an obligation.

Obligations, outlays, and the packet's cuts

Maine versus Montana pairs related construction-family NAICS peaks with unmatched intensity: $35.09 on a busier contractor log against $187.18 on a $1.2B construction stock. Maine's packet cuts are $776.4M stacked, $49.3M in FY2026, 26,048 awards, 1,405,012 residents, and $35.09 per capita, with other building equipment contractors as the lead NAICS. Montana's packet cuts are $1.2B stacked, $212.9M in FY2026, 21,487 awards, 1,137,233 residents, and $187.18 per capita, with commercial and institutional building construction as the lead NAICS. An obligation is a commitment recorded in USAspending.gov. An outlay is cash paid later and is not in this packet. Do not invent average award size from 26,048 or 21,487. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Maine and Montana state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $35.09 and $187.18 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $776.4M and $1.2B labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $49.3M and $212.9M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. other building equipment contractors and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $776.4M versus $1.2B. FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $212.9M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 26,048 and 21,487. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 26,048 and 21,487 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Maine or Montana have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $776.4M in Maine and $1.2B in Montana. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $187.18 on 1,405,012 and 1,137,233 residents. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $212.9M in Montana. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Maine and Montana?

Maine's top industry is other building equipment contractors. Montana's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 21,487 in Montana. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

How do Maine and Montana compare on a per-capita basis?

The packet reports $35.09 per capita in Maine on 1,405,012 residents and $187.18 in Montana on 1,137,233 residents. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 versus 21,487. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $49.3M versus $212.9M.

Are Maine vs Montana figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $776.4M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $212.9M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $187.18) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.