Nebraska vs Virginia on USAspending: the same top industry, $1.2B vs $110.8B

Identical industry tags, a 90-to-1 dollar gap

USAspending.gov obligations, not Treasury outlays, put Nebraska at $1.2B and Virginia at $110.8B. The top-industry string is the same: other computer related services. That coincidence is the editorial hook and also a warning. A shared NAICS-style label does not imply a shared market.

Award counts: 36,000 in Nebraska and 1,116,647 in Virginia. Nebraska has a round 36,000 actions in this aggregate — a real IT-and-related-services stream. Virginia has more than a million. The $1.2B versus $110.8B gap is what a computer-services label looks like outside versus inside the National Capital contractor belt.

Per capita $175.68 vs $1,344.24

Nebraska’s $175.68 per person uses $1.2B and 2,005,465 residents. Virginia’s $1,344.24 uses $110.8B and 8,811,195. Population differs by about 4.4-to-1. Obligations differ by about 90-to-1. Per capita records the leftover intensity gap.

If the matching industry label meant matching intensity, these per-capita figures would be closer. They are not. The column is the check against reading “other computer related services” as a synonym for Virginia-scale dollars.

Nebraska’s 36,000 awards and Virginia’s 1,116,647 awards share a top-industry string — other computer related services — and do not share a dollar stock. Nebraska’s $1.2B and $175.68 per capita on 2,005,465 residents sit next to Virginia’s $110.8B and $1,344.24 on 8,811,195 residents. FY2026’s $352.3M versus $11.8B is a large share of Nebraska’s stack, so recency is not a footnote on the Nebraska side. A residual computer-services bucket can collect unlike work in two states. The shared words are a filing category. The USAspending.gov obligation columns are the comparison. Outlays are not in the table.

What “other computer related services” is doing in Nebraska

The residual computer-services bucket can include support, facilities IT, and related professional work that is not captured in narrower systems-design codes. In Nebraska it is the largest slice of a $1.2B file. In Virginia it is the largest slice of a $110.8B file. Same bucket, different fill level.

Readers should not infer that Nebraska’s 36,000 awards are the same contractors, agencies, or task orders as Virginia’s 1,116,647. The comparison only says both states’ biggest industry grouping wears that label.

FY2026: $352.3M vs $11.8B

FY2026 obligations are $352.3M in Nebraska and $11.8B in Virginia. Nebraska’s latest year is a large share of $1.2B — more recent-year concentrated than many peers. Virginia’s $11.8B is one year of $110.8B. Use FY2026 for recency. Use the stacked total for the full USAspending.gov aggregate. Both are obligations.

Nebraska’s $352.3M in FY2026 is a large share of $1.2B, which makes recency unusually important under a shared other-computer-related-services label. Virginia’s $11.8B inside $110.8B is a large current layer of $110.8B. A residual computer-services bucket can fill at very different annual rates in two states. Do not divide $352.3M by Nebraska’s 36,000 all-years awards. Per capita stays $175.68 on 2,005,465 residents versus $1,344.24 on 8,811,195. Both cuts are USAspending.gov obligations.

A label match is not a scale match

This page does not rank IT quality. It reports $1.2B vs $110.8B in obligations from USAspending.gov under a shared top-industry string. Outlays can lag. Open the Nebraska and Virginia state hubs for agencies and recipients. Nebraska’s $1.2B and Virginia’s $110.8B can wear the same top-industry label because other computer related services is a residual bucket. Residual buckets collect unlike work. The dollar columns, not the shared words, are the comparison.

The matching industry label is a filing category. It is not evidence that Nebraska’s 36,000 awards are the same work as Virginia’s 1,116,647. Nebraska’s $1.2B and Virginia’s $110.8B remain unlike files. Use each state’s hub to see which agencies and recipients sit behind the shared string. Treasury outlays are a later cash concept and are not substituted in here.

How to treat a matching industry label

Treat other computer related services as a filing category, not as evidence that Nebraska and Virginia sell the same work to the same agencies. Nebraska’s $1.2B, 36,000 awards, and $175.68 per capita on 2,005,465 residents sit next to Virginia’s $110.8B, 1,116,647 awards, and $1,344.24 on 8,811,195 residents. The label match is the hook; the scale mismatch is the story.

FY2026 ($352.3M vs $11.8B) is a large share of Nebraska’s $1.2B, which makes recency unusually important on the Nebraska side. USAspending.gov obligations remain the unit. Treasury outlays are not substituted in. Use each state’s hub for the actual recipients behind the shared label.

Questions

How do Nebraska and Virginia compare on federal spending?

Nebraska has $1.2B in USAspending.gov obligations and 36,000 awards; Virginia has $110.8B and 1,116,647 awards. Spending per capita is $175.68 versus $1,344.24 on populations of 2,005,465 and 8,811,195. FY2026 obligations are $352.3M and $11.8B. These are obligations, not Treasury outlays. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Do Nebraska and Virginia have the same top federal contracting industry?

Yes, as a label. Both show other computer related services as the top industry. That shared string sits on $1.2B (Nebraska) and $110.8B (Virginia). Identical wording does not mean identical scale, contractors, or agencies. Award counts remain 36,000 versus 1,116,647. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

What is Nebraska’s federal spending per capita vs Virginia’s?

Nebraska is at $175.68 per person; Virginia is at $1,344.24. Those rates use $1.2B and $110.8B in obligations and Census populations of 2,005,465 and 8,811,195. The per-capita gap stays large after population is divided out. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.

Are Nebraska vs Virginia totals outlays?

No. They are obligations from USAspending.gov. Treasury outlays are cash payments and can lag. The $1.2B and $110.8B stacked totals and FY2026 amounts of $352.3M and $11.8B measure award commitments by place of performance, not Monthly Treasury Statement payments. Those figures remain USAspending.gov obligations by place of performance, not Treasury outlays and not a score of which state deserves more work.