How much Defense spending is obligated in Wisconsin?

USAspending records $18,820,054,489.26 in obligations for awarding agency 097 (Department of Defense) with Wisconsin place of performance, covering 127,687 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not an outlay total and not the national Defense figure.

Why does Wisconsin show 127,687 Defense awards?

The 127,687 figure is the award-record count in the aggregate for agency 097 and WI place of performance. High counts often reflect many smaller actions. The packet does not list vendors or bases.

What is the average DoD award in Wisconsin?

Dividing $18,820,054,489.26 by 127,687 awards produces about $147,392 per award. That is a mean of the aggregate, not a typical unit price or a median contract.

Does this include the National Guard in Wisconsin?

Anything coded to awarding agency 097 with Wisconsin place of performance is in the total. The packet does not split Guard from other Defense awarding offices.

Department of Defense in Wisconsin

Federal obligations from Department of Defense to Wisconsin

Total obligated

$20.74B

Awards

154K

USAspending.gov records $18,820,054,489.26 in Department of Defense obligations under awarding agency 097 with place of performance in Wisconsin, across 127,687 awards. The distinctive feature is a high award count under $18.82 billion, a mean of about $147,392 per award ($18,820,054,489.26 ÷ 127,687). The join names Defense and Wisconsin. It does not name a Guard unit, a shipbuilder, or a vendor, and it does not say Madison funded the Pentagon. Obligations are not outlays.

Key figures

DoD agency 097 shows $18,820,054,489.26 in Wisconsin place-of-performance obligations on 127,687 awards.
Mean obligation is about $147,392 per award — a high-count cell.
Wisconsin is a geography tag, not a roster of bases.
VA in Wisconsin is a different agency join.
Figures are obligations from USAspending.gov, not outlays.

A high-count Defense cell in Wisconsin

This tie is the USAspending cell for awarding agency 097 and Wisconsin (WI) place of performance. The $18,820,054,489.26 sum is the obligation aggregate on awards that match both keys. Wisconsin’s all-agency hub is the parent geography; the national Defense hub is the parent agency. This page is only the overlap.

One hundred twenty-seven thousand six hundred eighty-seven awards is a large row count. High counts often signal many smaller procurement actions and modifications. The facts do not name Fort McCoy or any contractor. Inferring a single installation from the state tag would be a leap the table does not support.

Wisconsin’s 127,687 Defense records under $18,820,054,489.26 are a high-count 097 book. High-count plus a mean near $147,392 usually means many smaller actions. Usually is not a shipyard roster. Guard end strength is another dataset. This page’s dataset is USAspending obligations tagged to 097 and WI.

Department of Defense as awarding agency 097

Code 097 is the Defense parent in this extract. Component agencies can sit underneath it in the source. This packet supplies one dollar total and one award count for the parent-plus-Wisconsin slice. The overlay /states/wi/agencies/097/ holds the same pair.

A reader who wants Defense awards in every state should leave this tie and open the agency 097 page. $18,820,054,489.26 is Wisconsin’s tagged share in the aggregate, not the department’s worldwide obligation book.

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Questions

How much Defense spending is obligated in Wisconsin?: USAspending records $18,820,054,489.26 in obligations for awarding agency 097 (Department of Defense) with Wisconsin place of performance, covering 127,687 awards. That is an obligation aggregate for this pair, not an outlay total and not the national Defense figure.
Why does Wisconsin show 127,687 Defense awards?: The 127,687 figure is the award-record count in the aggregate for agency 097 and WI place of performance. High counts often reflect many smaller actions. The packet does not list vendors or bases.
What is the average DoD award in Wisconsin?: Dividing $18,820,054,489.26 by 127,687 awards produces about $147,392 per award. That is a mean of the aggregate, not a typical unit price or a median contract.
Does this include the National Guard in Wisconsin?: Anything coded to awarding agency 097 with Wisconsin place of performance is in the total. The packet does not split Guard from other Defense awarding offices.

USAspending.gov aggregate of federal obligations by state and awarding agency. Obligations are not outlays.

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Department of Defense federal obligations in Wisconsin

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