Department of Commerce federal obligations in Pennsylvania

Commerce coded to the Commonwealth

This tie keeps USAspending rows where Commerce is the awarding agency and Pennsylvania is the place of performance. The dollar book is $2,362,756,891.65. The award count is 343. Those two facts describe a coding intersection. They do not prove that Commerce chose Pennsylvania because of manufacturing, universities, or ports.

Standards, statistical, and ocean-adjacent bureaus can all post Pennsylvania tags. This packet does not split the 343 rows by bureau. A Census processing action and a NIST-related task order can share the same statewide cell. Correlation is not causation.

Place-of-performance can follow a Harrisburg office, a Philadelphia contractor, or a campus. Work performed in New Jersey or Maryland can still carry a Pennsylvania tag, and the reverse is true. The 343 figure counts award records, including modifications, not unique manufacturers.

Three hundred forty-three awards under $2.36 billion

Dividing $2,362,756,891.65 by 343 awards yields an implied mean near $6,888,504. That is a high mean on a short tape. A handful of large vehicles can dominate 343 rows. The packet has no median and no bureau shares.

Compared with Commerce cells that carry a thousand-plus awards, Pennsylvania’s 343-row file is sparse relative to $2.36 billion. Cite volume and dollars together. USAspending.gov is the source. Do not treat the mean as a typical Pennsylvania Commerce contract.

Later bulk files can move both dollars and the 343-award count. This page is a snapshot. The overlay is the live table. Keep the obligation label so $2,362,756,891.65 is not read as cash already paid in the Commonwealth.

Pennsylvania statewide versus Commerce nationwide

Pennsylvania’s all-agency hub includes every awarding agency with performance in the state. $2,362,756,891.65 is only Commerce. Commerce nationwide includes every state. This join is the overlap.

Harrisburg budget documents and port-tonnage reports are other books. Mixing them with this award file leaves the USAspending obligation definition. This packet has no tonnage figures to quote.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg offices can attract Pennsylvania tags without proving that every dollar of $2,362,756,891.65 was spent inside the Commonwealth. A national statistical or systems vehicle coded to one Pennsylvania address can dominate the 343-row cell. This packet does not reallocate subcontractors. Read the overlay as a coding view, not an industrial-impact model.

Commitments on a short bureau tape

Multi-year statistical and facilities vehicles can remain open after the obligation posts. $2,362,756,891.65 is the commitment stock on Pennsylvania-coded Commerce rows, not outlays. SpendingVault does not publish a Commerce-in-Pennsylvania outlay total here.

Cite the pair as agency 013 × Pennsylvania, $2,362,756,891.65, 343 awards, obligations only.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg offices can attract Pennsylvania tags without proving that every dollar of $2,362,756,891.65 was spent inside the Commonwealth. A national statistical or systems vehicle coded to one Pennsylvania address can dominate the 343-row cell. This packet does not reallocate subcontractors. Read the overlay as a coding view, not an industrial-impact model.

Where the structured rows live

The Pennsylvania × Commerce overlay holds the tables behind the join. The Pennsylvania state page and the Commerce agency page are the parents. The ties index lists other state–agency pairs.

None of those links add a bureau mix this packet omits, and none convert $2,362,756,891.65 into outlays.

Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburg offices can attract Pennsylvania tags without proving that every dollar of $2,362,756,891.65 was spent inside the Commonwealth. A national statistical or systems vehicle coded to one Pennsylvania address can dominate the 343-row cell. This packet does not reallocate subcontractors. Read the overlay as a coding view, not an industrial-impact model.

How to cite Commerce in Pennsylvania

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Commerce (awarding agency 013) obligated $2,362,756,891.65 on 343 awards coded to Pennsylvania. Keep both sides of the join. Do not drop Pennsylvania and call the figure a national Commerce total. Do not drop Commerce and call it Pennsylvania’s entire federal book.

The implied mean near $6,888,504 is a quotient of two packet facts, not a product price. Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a map of every subcontractor in Philadelphia or Pittsburgh.

Questions

How much Department of Commerce spending is in Pennsylvania?

USAspending.gov shows $2,362,756,891.65 in Commerce obligations coded to Pennsylvania across 343 awards. Awarding-agency 013 and Pennsylvania place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Why are there only 343 Commerce awards in Pennsylvania?

The extract counts 343 award records. Large vehicles can produce a short tape with a high implied mean—about $6,888,504 from $2,362,756,891.65 divided by 343. Bureau splits are not in this packet.

Is this Pennsylvania’s full federal spending?

No. $2,362,756,891.65 is only the Commerce cell. Other agencies with Pennsylvania place of performance sit on the statewide hub. Commerce nationwide sits on the agency 013 page.

Are Commerce obligations in Pennsylvania the same as outlays?

No. $2,362,756,891.65 is an obligation sum on 343 awards. Outlays are cash payments and can lag. SpendingVault does not convert this cell into cash.