Department of Labor in New Jersey

A thin Labor tape in New Jersey

This page is a join of two USAspending.gov fields: awarding agency Department of Labor (code 1601) and place-of-performance New Jersey. The extract sums to $1,996,614,545.53 on 170 awards. Those facts describe a coding intersection. They do not show that Department of Labor spending caused New Jersey outcomes, or that New Jersey caused the federal award book.

The pair is not a Newark-port jobs index or a New York–adjacent labor-market score. Correlation of an agency label with a state code is not causation. Place-of-performance can follow a Trenton workforce agency, a training contractor, or an enforcement office. Work tagged to New Jersey can involve parties elsewhere, and New Jersey work can be coded to another state.

Port employment, UI claims, and BLS metro surveys are other publications. Mixing any of those series with $1,996,614,545.53 leaves the USAspending award file. The 170 figure counts award records, including modifications present in the extract, not unique people, firms, or facilities.

One hundred seventy awards under $2.00 billion

One hundred seventy awards under a $2.00 billion book is the shortest Labor tape in this slice relative to dollars. Dividing $1,996,614,545.53 by 170 awards yields an implied mean near $11,744,791. That quotient is a ratio of two packet facts, not a typical award size and not a median. A few large vehicles can pull the average while many smaller rows sit below it.

Volume and dollars are different columns. Cite both 170 and $1,996,614,545.53. USAspending.gov is the source. SpendingVault does not recast $11,744,791 as a product schedule or a beneficiary payment.

Later ingests can revise $1,996,614,545.53 and 170. This prose is a packet snapshot. The overlay is the live table. If those two disagree, use the overlay. Keep the obligation label so the cell is not read as cash already paid in New Jersey.

Questions

How much has the Department of Labor obligated in New Jersey?

USAspending.gov shows $1,996,614,545.53 in Department of Labor obligations coded to New Jersey across 170 awards. Awarding-agency 1601 and New Jersey place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Why are there only 170 Labor awards in New Jersey?

The extract counts 170 award records. The implied mean is about $11,744,791 from $1,996,614,545.53 divided by 170. Large formula vehicles can dominate a short tape. Program splits are not in this packet.

Does place-of-performance include New York work?

Place-of-performance is a coding field. Work economically tied to New York can still carry a New Jersey tag, and the reverse is true. $1,996,614,545.53 and 170 remain the New Jersey-coded Labor cell, not a metro reallocation.

Are Labor obligations in New Jersey the same as outlays?

No. $1,996,614,545.53 is an obligation sum on 170 awards. Outlays are cash leaving the Treasury and can lag. SpendingVault does not convert this New Jersey × Labor cell into cash.