Department of Labor federal obligations 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.

New Jersey statewide versus Labor nationwide

New Jersey’s all-agency hub stacks every awarding agency with performance coded to the state. $1,996,614,545.53 is only the Department of Labor cell inside New Jersey. The Department of Labor national hub includes every state. This tie is the overlap, nothing more.

State budget documents in New Jersey answer a different question. They are not the source of the 170 federal award records. If a chart mixes a General Fund table with this cell, the chart has left the USAspending.gov series.

A 170-row file with an implied mean near $11,744,791 is consistent with large, infrequent formula or insurance-style actions. This packet does not name those vehicles. Place-of-performance in New Jersey can also capture work that is economically tied to New York. The join does not reallocate that overlap.

Commitments versus Treasury cash

An obligation records a legal commitment on an award. An outlay records cash leaving the Treasury. $1,996,614,545.53 is the first series. Using it as a proxy for checks already issued in New Jersey will misstate timing. SpendingVault does not convert this cell into cash.

Multi-year vehicles can remain open after the obligation posts. Cite the pair as agency 1601 × New Jersey, $1,996,614,545.53, 170 awards, obligations only.

Reading the New Jersey Labor overlay

The New Jersey × Department of Labor overlay holds the structured rows behind 170 awards and $1,996,614,545.53. The New Jersey state page and the Department of Labor agency page are the parents. The ties index lists other state–agency pairs on the same obligation basis.

Those views do not add a program-code mix or a unique-recipient count this packet omits. They also do not convert $1,996,614,545.53 into outlays.

How to cite Labor in New Jersey

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Labor (awarding agency 1601) obligated $1,996,614,545.53 on 170 awards coded to New Jersey. Keep both sides of the join. Do not drop New Jersey and call the figure a national Labor total. Do not drop Department of Labor and call it New Jersey’s entire federal book.

The implied mean near $11,744,791 remains a ratio of two packet facts. Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete map of New Jersey subcontractors. Do not treat the New Jersey Labor cell as a unique-grantee census.

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.