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

A $352.3M services slice against a $49.3M contractor slice

Maine’s contractor-led $776.4M file is not tiny. It is still far below Nebraska’s $1.2B services-led stock on intensity ($35.09 vs $175.68) and recency ($49.3M vs $352.3M). Award counts of 26,048 versus 36,000 are closer than those dollar cuts. Cite USAspending.gov.

Population of 1,405,012 versus 2,005,465 is a real Census gap and does not fully explain a fivefold-looking per-capita split. Nebraska’s $175.68 versus Maine’s $35.09 is the intensity ranking. Extra Maine rows relative to some other pairs do not heat $35.09.

FY2026 of $49.3M versus $352.3M is a recency cliff. Treat both amounts as obligation slices, not Treasury cash. Outlays are omitted. Row count is not average award size. Do not invent a mean from 26,048 or 36,000. Census counts of 1,405,012 versus 2,005,465 belong with the $35.09 and $175.68 readings on USAspending.gov obligations. Keep both per-capita ratios labeled as Census-based packet figures. Cite USAspending.gov.

Building equipment contractors versus other computer related services

Maine’s lead NAICS is other building equipment contractors. Nebraska’s is other computer related services. A contractor peak on $776.4M and a services peak on $1.2B are different mixes.

Use the Maine and Nebraska state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed. Nebraska’s services peak sits beside the $352.3M FY2026 lead.

FY2026: $49.3M versus $352.3M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $352.3M in Nebraska. Recency follows Nebraska’s services-led file; Maine’s contractor log does not close FY2026. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $49.3M or $352.3M by 26,048 or 36,000 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $35.09 and $175.68 already sits beside Census counts of 1,405,012 and 2,005,465. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($776.4M vs $1.2B) and the latest-year amounts.

Contractor volume on a cool Maine ratio

Maine’s 26,048 awards on $776.4M are a moderately busy log with a $35.09 reading. Nebraska’s 36,000 awards on $1.2B sit beside $175.68 and $352.3M in FY2026. Busier-than-some is not hotter-than-Nebraska.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Read volume and intensity as separate cuts.

How to read Maine versus Nebraska

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Maine and Nebraska hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M versus $352.3M. Awards are 26,048 versus 36,000. Population is 1,405,012 versus 2,005,465. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $175.68. Lead industries are other building equipment contractors versus other computer related services. 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 Nebraska pairs a cool contractor-led $35.09 file with a services-led $175.68 file and a FY2026 cliff of $49.3M versus $352.3M. 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. Nebraska's packet cuts are $1.2B stacked, $352.3M in FY2026, 36,000 awards, 2,005,465 residents, and $175.68 per capita, with other computer related services 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 36,000. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Maine and Nebraska state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $35.09 and $175.68 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 $352.3M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. other building equipment contractors and other computer related services 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 $352.3M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 26,048 and 36,000. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 26,048 and 36,000 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Maine or Nebraska have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $776.4M in Maine and $1.2B in Nebraska. Spending per capita is $35.09 versus $175.68 on 1,405,012 and 2,005,465 residents. Award counts are 26,048 versus 36,000. FY2026 obligations are $49.3M in Maine and $352.3M in Nebraska. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Maine and Nebraska?

Maine's top industry is other building equipment contractors. Nebraska's is other computer related services. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $776.4M and $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 in Maine and 36,000 in Nebraska. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

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

The packet reports $35.09 per capita in Maine on 1,405,012 residents and $175.68 in Nebraska on 2,005,465 residents. Stacked stocks are $776.4M versus $1.2B. Award counts are 26,048 versus 36,000. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $49.3M versus $352.3M.

Are Maine vs Nebraska figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $776.4M and $1.2B totals, and FY2026 amounts of $49.3M and $352.3M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($35.09 vs $175.68) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.