Montana vs Wyoming on USAspending: $1.2B vs $598.9M

Two construction-led mountain files, unmatched stocks

Montana and Wyoming share a lead NAICS and a mountain-west neighborhood. They do not share a stacked ranking. Commercial and institutional building construction leads both, yet Montana holds $1.2B against Wyoming’s $598.9M. Same mix label, different scale. Cite USAspending.gov.

Wyoming’s $126.96 per capita on 587,618 residents is high next to many states in this slice and still cooler than Montana’s $187.18 on 1,137,233. Both ratios are hot relative to cooler New England readings; they are not matched to each other.

FY2026 of $212.9M versus $74.6M follows Montana. Award volume of 21,487 versus 9,330 follows Montana. Treat FY2026 as an obligation slice. Outlays are omitted. Census counts belong with those ratios on USAspending.gov obligations. Keep both per-capita readings labeled as Census-based packet figures.

A shared construction peak on two different stocks

Commercial and institutional building construction is a first read on both mixes. Use the Montana and Wyoming state hubs for agencies and recipients. Both peaks are USAspending.gov obligation mixes. Outlays are not listed.

Wyoming’s 9,330 awards on $598.9M are a thinner construction log. Montana’s 21,487 awards on $1.2B are thicker. Row count is not average award size. Mix sameness is not file sameness.

FY2026: $212.9M versus $74.6M

Fiscal year 2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $74.6M in Wyoming. Recency follows Montana’s larger construction-led file; Wyoming’s high ratio does not seize FY2026. Treat the year as a recency slice of USAspending.gov obligations, not as Treasury cash already paid.

Do not divide $212.9M or $74.6M by 21,487 or 9,330 all-years awards. Spending per capita of $187.18 and $126.96 already sits beside Census counts of 1,137,233 and 587,618. Cite USAspending.gov for both the stacked stocks ($1.2B vs $598.9M) and the latest-year amounts.

Two hot ratios that still rank Montana first

$187.18 versus $126.96 is a high-versus-high intensity pair, not a cool-versus-hot inversion. Montana still leads stacked dollars, awards, FY2026, and per capita. Wyoming’s $126.96 remains the distinctive small-Census reading on $598.9M.

Keep every dollar figure labeled as a USAspending.gov obligation. Cite USAspending.gov. Read the shared construction label as mix, not as a matched ranking.

How to read Montana versus Wyoming

Read the comparison hub for the tables and the Montana and Wyoming hubs for agencies and recipients. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $598.9M. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M versus $74.6M. Awards are 21,487 versus 9,330. Population is 1,137,233 versus 587,618. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $126.96. Lead industries are commercial and institutional building construction 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

Montana versus Wyoming is a same-industry mountain pair: construction-led files at $1.2B and $598.9M with high per-capita readings of $187.18 versus $126.96. 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. Wyoming's packet cuts are $598.9M stacked, $74.6M in FY2026, 9,330 awards, 587,618 residents, and $126.96 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 21,487 or 9,330. Use the comparison hub for the tables. The Montana and Wyoming state hubs hold agencies and recipients. Cite USAspending.gov. Keep $187.18 and $126.96 labeled as Census-based obligation ratios. Keep $1.2B and $598.9M labeled as stacked obligation stocks, not as FY2026 cash and not as outlays. Recency slices of $212.9M and $74.6M remain obligation cuts for fiscal year 2026. Population figures are Census counts. commercial and institutional building construction and commercial and institutional building construction remain mix labels, not proofs of a typical award and not substitutes for the stacked ranking of $1.2B versus $598.9M. FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $74.6M should not be divided by all-years award counts of 21,487 and 9,330. Cite USAspending.gov for the stacked stocks, the latest-year slice, and the Census-based ratios. Keep 21,487 and 9,330 labeled as all-years award totals rather than as FY2026 denominators. Outlays remain unpublished.

Questions

Does Montana or Wyoming have more federal spending?

Stacked USAspending.gov obligations are $1.2B in Montana and $598.9M in Wyoming. Spending per capita is $187.18 versus $126.96 on 1,137,233 and 587,618 residents. Award counts are 21,487 versus 9,330. FY2026 obligations are $212.9M in Montana and $74.6M in Wyoming. Both dollar series are obligations, not outlays.

What industries lead in Montana and Wyoming?

Montana's top industry is commercial and institutional building construction. Wyoming's is commercial and institutional building construction. Those labels are the largest NAICS slices on $1.2B and $598.9M. Award counts are 21,487 in Montana and 9,330 in Wyoming. The rest of each mix sits outside those peaks on USAspending.gov obligation files.

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

The packet reports $187.18 per capita in Montana on 1,137,233 residents and $126.96 in Wyoming on 587,618 residents. Stacked stocks are $1.2B versus $598.9M. Award counts are 21,487 versus 9,330. These figures are USAspending.gov obligations, not outlays. FY2026 amounts are $212.9M versus $74.6M.

Are Montana vs Wyoming figures Treasury outlays?

No. The $1.2B and $598.9M totals, and FY2026 amounts of $212.9M and $74.6M, are USAspending.gov obligations. Outlays are cash payments and can lag behind commitments. Spending per capita ($187.18 vs $126.96) uses Census population where present. This packet does not publish outlays.