Department of Labor federal obligations in Ohio

Labor and Ohio as an accounting intersection

This page is a join of two USAspending.gov fields: awarding agency Department of Labor (code 1601) and place-of-performance Ohio. The extract sums to $2,205,435,952.63 on 248 awards. Those facts describe a coding intersection. They do not show that Department of Labor spending caused Ohio outcomes, or that Ohio caused the federal award book.

The pair is not an Ohio manufacturing-health index or a UI claims dashboard. Correlation of an agency label with a state code is not causation. Place-of-performance can follow a state workforce agency, a training contractor, or an enforcement office. Work tagged to Ohio can involve parties elsewhere, and Ohio work can be coded to another state.

BLS employment surveys, UI claims, and OSHA inspection counts are other publications. Mixing any of those series with $2,205,435,952.63 leaves the USAspending award file. The 248 figure counts award records, including modifications present in the extract, not unique people, firms, or facilities.

Two hundred forty-eight awards under $2.21 billion

Two hundred forty-eight awards under a $2.21 billion book is a sparse tape relative to the dollars. Dividing $2,205,435,952.63 by 248 awards yields an implied mean near $8,892,887. 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 248 and $2,205,435,952.63. USAspending.gov is the source. SpendingVault does not recast $8,892,887 as a product schedule or a beneficiary payment.

Later ingests can revise $2,205,435,952.63 and 248. 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 Ohio.

Ohio statewide versus Labor nationwide

Ohio’s all-agency hub stacks every awarding agency with performance coded to the state. $2,205,435,952.63 is only the Department of Labor cell inside Ohio. The Department of Labor national hub includes every state. This tie is the overlap, nothing more.

State budget documents in Ohio answer a different question. They are not the source of the 248 federal award records. If a chart mixes a General Fund table with this cell, the chart has left the USAspending.gov series.

Large formula or insurance-style vehicles can dominate a 248-row list. This packet does not name those vehicles or split Unemployment Insurance, Job Corps, or OSHA accounts. The implied mean near $8,892,887 is a file-level ratio, not a typical Ohio training grant.

Commitments, not paychecks already issued

An obligation records a legal commitment on an award. An outlay records cash leaving the Treasury. $2,205,435,952.63 is the first series. Using it as a proxy for checks already issued in Ohio 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 × Ohio, $2,205,435,952.63, 248 awards, obligations only.

Where to open the live tables

The Ohio × Department of Labor overlay holds the structured rows behind 248 awards and $2,205,435,952.63. The Ohio 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 $2,205,435,952.63 into outlays.

How to cite Labor in Ohio

Cite USAspending.gov: Department of Labor (awarding agency 1601) obligated $2,205,435,952.63 on 248 awards coded to Ohio. Keep both sides of the join. Do not drop Ohio and call the figure a national Labor total. Do not drop Department of Labor and call it Ohio’s entire federal book.

The implied mean near $8,892,887 remains a ratio of two packet facts. Place-of-performance is a coding field, not a complete map of Ohio subcontractors. Do not treat the Ohio Labor cell as a count of displaced workers.

Questions

How much has the Department of Labor obligated in Ohio?

USAspending.gov shows $2,205,435,952.63 in Department of Labor obligations coded to Ohio across 248 awards. Awarding-agency 1601 and Ohio place of performance define the join. The total is obligations, not outlays.

Why are there only 248 Labor awards in Ohio?

The extract counts 248 award records. Large formula or insurance-style vehicles can produce a short tape with a high implied mean—about $8,892,887 from $2,205,435,952.63 divided by 248. Program splits are not in this packet.

Is this Ohio’s unemployment-insurance spending?

The packet does not isolate Unemployment Insurance from other Labor accounts. $2,205,435,952.63 is the full agency 1601 × Ohio cell. UI claims series are a different product.

Are Labor obligations in Ohio the same as outlays?

No. $2,205,435,952.63 is an obligation sum on 248 awards. Outlays are cash leaving the Treasury and can lag. SpendingVault does not convert this Ohio × Labor cell into cash.