Engineering Services federal obligations in California (NAICS 541330)

What the engineering services–California join is

NAICS 541330 and place-of-performance state CA meet on this tie. $2,488,985,339 is the obligation sum on awards that carry both tags. It is not the nationwide total for engineering services, not California’s entire federal inflow, and not cash already paid. 541330 is not architectural services (541310) and not custom computer programming (541511).

4,836 is an award-action count. Modifications, delivery orders, and repeat vehicles add rows. Unique vendors are not published in this packet. Dividing $2,488,985,339 by 4,836 yields about $514,679 per award on average. The join does not rank California against other states and does not assign a fiscal year; none is in the facts.

Open California federal spending for the state rollup, NAICS 541330 for the industry hub, California industries for other NAICS in the same geography, and All spending ties for other pairs.

NAICS 541330 as the industry side

USAspending labels NAICS 541330 as Engineering Services. Engineering Services is a professional-services code. The extract does not split civil, mechanical, systems, or environmental work, and it does not count staff. A firm can bill engineering while another NAICS carries the hardware it designs. The industry hub for NAICS 541330 does not require California geography; only this overlay applies both filters.

A second engineering services join in another state uses the same NAICS and a different dollar total. Do not treat California’s 541330 figure as a synonym for every engineering services award in the catalog. 541330 is not architectural services (541310) and not custom computer programming (541511). Award titles on the NAICS 541330 page are the place to see what a given line bought.

Place of performance in California

California on this join is a USAspending geography field, not a claim that every dollar was disbursed to California residents. California on this page is a USAspending place-of-performance tag. Work later performed in Nevada, Arizona, or another state is not folded into this pair even if the contractor’s mailroom is in California. Statewide CA is not a Bay Area or San Diego metro split. Awards can list CA while later performance occurs elsewhere.

The state hub for California shows how NAICS 541330 sits beside other industries in the same geography. This packet does not split metros, counties, or congressional districts. Open California federal spending for the state rollup, NAICS 541330 for the industry hub, California industries for other NAICS in the same geography, and All spending ties for other pairs.

Award count, mean, and obligations

4,836 awards is a high action count for a services code: modifications and task orders can each add a row. The mean is a ratio of two facts, not a typical task-order size and not a salary. Award count 4,836 is a record count, not a payment count and not a unique-contractor census. Readers who need transaction-level detail should use the California industries list and the NAICS 541330 hub.

An obligation is a legal commitment. $2,488,985,339 is that kind of sum. Outlays can lag. This packet has no outlay total and no fiscal-year split. Citing $2,488,985,339 as cash already spent in California over-reads the field.

What this pair does not prove

A large engineering total in California does not prove the code caused the state’s contractor mix. Correlation with labs, bases, or infrastructure is expected and is not a finding about quality or waste. Keep $2,488,985,339 labeled as NAICS 541330 obligations with California place of performance. Campaign contributions and USAspending awards are different datasets; this page does not claim donations fund these obligations.

A later ingest can restate $2,488,985,339 without changing the join key of NAICS 541330 and CA. Rewrite only the sentence whose source moved. Open California federal spending for the state rollup, NAICS 541330 for the industry hub, California industries for other NAICS in the same geography, and All spending ties for other pairs. Correlation is not causation.

Questions

How much has NAICS 541330 obligated in California?

USAspending.gov records $2,488,985,339 in obligations for NAICS 541330 (Engineering Services) with California place of performance, covering 4,836 awards. That is an obligation total, not an outlay total, and not the nationwide engineering services figure. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Does $2.49B mean the Treasury spent that much in California?

No. The figure is obligations on awards tagged to NAICS 541330 and California place of performance. Outlays can differ. Place of performance is a geography field, not proof that every dollar was disbursed to California vendors or residents. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.

Does this include California architectural services?

No. This join is NAICS 541330 Engineering Services with California place of performance. Architectural services use a different NAICS. The $2,488,985,339 and 4,836 awards stay on 541330×CA only. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov This page does not invent a second NAICS total.

Where is the live engineering services–California table?

California federal spending is the state rollup. NAICS 541330 is the industry hub without a state filter. California industries lists other NAICS in California. All spending ties lists other pairs. The $2,488,985,339 and 4,836 awards on this page are the 541330×CA join only. Original filings remain on USAspending.gov.