Railroad Retirement Board federal obligations

High row count under a $36.6 billion RRB book

The precise total is $36,633,822,907.06. Across 289,930 awards the implied mean is about $126,000 per award. A large number of assistance rows can produce that mean even when the agency’s public mission is retirement and survivor benefits. This packet does not split the 289,930 count by benefit type, so the mean is not a typical monthly annuity.

Fiscal year 2026 is the latest year. New actions posted after this extract will move both the dollar total and the award count. USAspending.gov is the source.

That mix is the research takeaway from the two packet facts together. 289,930 awards at a mean near $126,000 describe a high-count benefits-related file rather than a few giant contracts. A later extract can change both the dollar total and the award count as new actions continue to post inside FY 2026.

CGAC 060 as the awarding-agency key

SpendingVault keys the Railroad Retirement Board to /agencies/060/. CGAC 060 is the USAspending awarding-agency identifier. The $36,633,822,907.06 total and 289,930 award count roll up rows carrying that code. The award count is not a count of railroad employees or surviving spouses.

USAspending versus RRB benefit ledgers

RRB publishes beneficiary and trust-related figures in other reports. This hub cites $36,633,822,907.06 in USAspending obligations through FY 2026 on 289,930 awards. Trust-fund accounting and monthly check totals that never appear as award rows in this extract are omitted. Outlays are not in the packet.

Researchers sometimes treat an agency obligation total as cash already paid. For Railroad Retirement Board, that reading is wrong. Monthly annuity ledgers, trust-fund accounting, or a census of railroad workers and surviving spouses belong in other publications. The USAspending figure on this hub remains an obligation sum through FY 2026. New actions continue to post inside FY 2026.

State geography for RRB awards

Place-of-performance coding for a benefits-heavy file may follow recipient or processing location. The state table is a coding view of the 289,930 awards that sum to $36,633,822,907.06 through FY 2026, not a map of railroad employment by state.

Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete economic-impact model. On this agency, recipient or processing locations can fill cells that do not match railroad employment by state. Read the state table after the agency hub, not instead of it. Pair $36,633,822,907.06 with the 289,930 count on CGAC 060.

RRB on the all-agencies list

Pair $36,633,822,907.06 with the 289,930 award count before ranking the Board on dollars alone. A high row count with a mid-pack independent-agency total describes many modest actions. The hub does not advise claimants.

The all-agencies list is useful only inside this extract’s obligation definition and FY 2026 cap. 289,930 awards at a mean near $126,000 describe a high-count benefits-related file rather than a few giant contracts. Ranking on dollars alone hides that mix. Pair $36,633,822,907.06 with the 289,930 count on CGAC 060.

RRB’s award file is not an annuity census

The packet facts are $36,633,822,907.06, 289,930 awards, CGAC 060, and FY 2026. RRB publishes beneficiary figures in other reports. Those figures are not in this extract and are not cited. A later USAspending extract can revise both the dollar total and the 289,930 count as new actions and modifications post against CGAC 060. Until that refresh, the documented book is 36633822907.06 in obligations. That figure is not a performance score, not an enacted one-year appropriation, and not a recommendation to apply for funds. It is the award-file rollup this packet carries through FY 2026.

The high row count next to a mid-sized independent-agency book is the distinctive mix. Benefit-type splits are omitted. Use the state table as award coding, not as a map of railroad jobs. CGAC 060 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/060/. The award population is 289,930 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 060 is the awarding-agency identifier on every row in this rollup, and the overlay path stays /agencies/060/. The award population is 289,930 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 Railroad Retirement Board obligated through FY 2026?

RRB awarding-agency records (CGAC 060) sum to $36,633,822,907.06 across 289,930 awards in this USAspending extract. That figure is an obligation total through fiscal year 2026, not a monthly annuity ledger and not a count of railroad workers.

Why does RRB show nearly 290,000 awards?

The 289,930 count is the number of award records tagged to CGAC 060 in the extract. High transaction volume sits beside the $36,633,822,907.06 dollar book. It is not a headcount of annuitants.

What is CGAC 060?

CGAC 060 is the USAspending awarding-agency code for the Railroad Retirement Board. SpendingVault’s RRB hub uses that code. The $36,633,822,907.06 obligation total and 289,930 award count roll up rows carrying 060 through FY 2026.

Where can I see RRB spending by state?

The state table from the CGAC 060 agency page uses place-of-performance fields on the same obligation extract. Geography rows still sit under $36,633,822,907.06 and 289,930 awards through FY 2026.