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Federal obligations for Washington state (WA)

Washington state (WA) accounts for $401.45B in federal obligations in USAspending.gov award files covering fiscal years 2024 through 2026. SpendingVault reports that amount as obligations, not Treasury outlays. 333,984 awards are tagged to Washington in the same window. This page is the WA extract, not the District of Columbia.

Key figures

  • Washington state (WA) shows $401.45B in obligations for FY2024–2026.
  • USAspending.gov files count 333,984 awards for WA in that span.
  • This extract is WA, not the District of Columbia.
  • The $401.45B is obligations, not Treasury outlays.

Washington state’s $401.45B obligation book

The $401.45B figure belongs to Washington state, postal code WA, from USAspending.gov awards for FY2024–2026. It is an obligation sum: commitments on awards, not cash leaving the Treasury. It is not Olympia’s state budget and not a District of Columbia total. SpendingVault keeps the WA label on this hub.

Reuse $401.45B with the two-decimal form and the WA identifier. A headline that says only Washington can be read as D.C. The companion statistic is 333,984 awards in the same FY2024–2026 extract.

333,984 awards tagged to WA

333,984 awards is a record count for the WA file. Modifications and assistance actions in the source add rows. It is not a unique-recipient census, and this packet does not publish one. Dollars and rows remain separate columns.

The Washington spending hub shows $401.45B beside 333,984 awards. This summary does not invent a typical award size from those two totals. Distribution, if needed, lives in the hub tables.

FY2024–2026 for Washington (WA)

WA figures on this page combine federal fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026. The $401.45B is a window total, not a calendar-year stack and not a FY2026-only rate. Federal fiscal years begin on October 1.

USAspending.gov corrections can move $401.45B and 333,984 awards after a refresh. Cite the current WA index with the FY2024–2026 label. This packet does not include an ingest timestamp.

Washington state (WA) is the subject of the $401.45B total, not the District of Columbia. Cite WA in any reuse so the figure is not read as D.C. The 333,984-award count belongs to the same WA extract for FY2024–2026 from USAspending.gov. Olympia’s state budget is a different book.

WA is Washington state. The $401.45B and 333,984 awards are the WA extract for FY2024–2026, not the District of Columbia. Repeat WA in citations. Olympia’s budget is a different series. USAspending.gov award obligations are this series.

Washington state’s $401.45B and 333,984 awards are the WA extract. Keep WA in the citation so the totals are not read as D.C. The Washington spending hub and related obligation tables remain the place to slice FY2024–2026 without leaving USAspending.gov.

What the WA hub does not cover

The WA hub lists award obligations. Federal flows that never become awards sit outside $401.45B. That omission is definitional. The hub also does not substitute for Washington state’s own budget documents.

If a federal-spending chart for Washington disagrees with $401.45B, confirm it is WA rather than D.C., then check whether it used outlays or another year. Do not force that chart onto these 333,984 award rows.

The $401.45B is a window sum for federal fiscal years 2024 through 2026. A federal fiscal year starts on October 1. Treating it as calendar years will misalign a WA chart. Late file actions can move $401.45B and 333,984 awards together.

Federal fiscal years start on October 1. The $401.45B is a three-year window, not a calendar stack. Late file updates can move 333,984 awards with the dollars. The Washington spending hub, agencies, comparisons, and per-capita rankings stay on obligations.

Related WA tables

Agency pages, state comparisons, and per-capita rankings open from the Washington spending hub and keep obligations as the unit. None recast $401.45B as Treasury outlays.

Use those links when statewide WA is too coarse. This packet has no agency mix to quote. The documented facts are $401.45B, 333,984 awards, and FY2024–2026 for Washington state.

The Washington spending hub lists award obligations. Non-award flows sit outside $401.45B. Agency pages, state comparisons, and per-capita rankings keep the obligation unit. None convert WA’s $401.45B into Treasury outlays. This packet has no agency mix to quote.

Citing Washington state totals

Cite Washington state (WA) as $401.45B in federal obligations for FY2024–2026 from USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault, covering 333,984 awards. Include WA so the total is not read as D.C. Keep the obligation label.

Comparisons should use obligations on every state and the same FY2024–2026 window. The Washington spending hub, agency index, comparison tool, and per-capita rankings all stay on that basis.

A complete WA citation names Washington state, $401.45B in federal obligations, FY2024–2026, USAspending.gov, SpendingVault, and 333,984 awards. Keep the obligation label. Do not call $401.45B cash already paid.

Questions

How much federal spending is obligated in Washington state?
USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault show $401.45B in obligations for Washington (WA) in FY2024–2026. That is not a Treasury outlay total. The files count 333,984 awards for WA in the same window.
Is this Washington state or the District of Columbia?
This hub is Washington state, postal code WA, with $401.45B in obligations and 333,984 awards for FY2024–2026. The District of Columbia is a separate extract on SpendingVault.
Are Washington’s USAspending dollars outlays?
No. $401.45B is an obligation sum from award files. Outlays are cash leaving the Treasury. SpendingVault’s WA page does not convert one into the other.
Which years does the WA $401.45B cover?
Federal fiscal years 2024, 2025, and 2026 combined. The packet does not publish a single-year Washington state obligation total.

Obligations from USAspending.gov award files indexed on SpendingVault. Not Treasury outlays.