Defense Department Contractor Spending by State Ranked

In the first two months of the 2024 fiscal year, the U.S. government has already spent $87 billion on defense, more than any other budget category after Social Security. While a large portion of American military spending goes towards payroll for active-duty troops, the bulk of it goes directly to private sector companies with lucrative government contracts.

Defense contractors received nearly seven out of every 10 dollars the Pentagon spent domestically in fiscal 2022, the latest year of available data. Across the 50 states, there are hundreds of companies and organizations bringing in millions, if not billions, of taxpayer dollars each year.

50. West Virginia

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $167.2 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense Contractor Spending: 0.04%

Northrop Grumman is the largest recipient of DOD contract spending in West Virginia. They account for 21.4 percent of in-state contractor spending, or $35.8 million. AMS Group is the second largest, spending $14.3 million. In third place is NextGen having spent $13.9 million in 2022. Fourth is the Civil-Military Innovation Insitute with an annual budget of $13.2 million.

49. Montana

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $168.2 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.04%

In Montana, S&K Aerospace makes up 20.4 percent of the in-state contractor spending, which totals about $34.3 million. Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes is second, having spent $13.8 million in 2022. Third place goes to Corbet Technology Solutions with an $11.1 million budget. Reel COH is fourth, also spending $11 million.

48. North Dakota

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $186.8 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.05%

Ideal Aerosmith is the largest recipient of DOD contract spending, though they only account for 9 percent of the total with a budget of $16.7 million. Base Utilities comes in second, having spent $11.9 million in 2022. Third place, Summit Technical Solutions, spent $9.1 million, and Fourth, RFS, spent $8.4 million.

47. Delaware

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $214.8 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.06%

In Delaware in 2022, the largest recipient of DOD’s contract spending was J.D. Eckman, accounting for 21.4 percent of the total with $45.9 million in their budget. Second place was SNA International with a budget of $20.4 million, and the third was Dawson Enterprises, having received $16.7 million. Fourth place was Herman JCG Co. JV, having received $13.6 million.

46. Idaho

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $222.8 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.06%

In Idaho in 2022, the largest recipient of DOD’s contract spending was Brad Hall & Associates, who received $66.3 million, or 29.7 percent of the total contractor spending in the state. PKL Services took second place with a budget of $27.3 million. Aviation Specialties Unlimited was in third, having received $10 million. Fourth was Tanadgusix Corp., which had $9.5 million.

45. Wyoming

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $233.3 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.06%

In Wyoming in 2022, Conti Federal Services received $124.7 million from the DOD. This equaled 53.5 percent of all the in-state contractor spending. In comparison, Morgan Engineering Systems in second place only received $13.4 million. Third place, Broncho Co., earned $8.1 million. And fourth place, M1 Support Services, earned $6 million.

44. Arkansas

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $334.3 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.09%

General Dynamics took first place for DOD contract spending in Arkansas in 2022. They were granted $89.7 million, for a total of 26.8 percent of contractor spending in the state. TransDigm Group was in second with $46 million. HGL Construction was in third with $16.3 million. Kimball & Thompson Produce took fourth with $15.4 million.

43. Vermont

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $342.9 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.09%

In 2022, Vermont’s DOD contract spending mostly went to General Dynamics, who received $185.2 million, or 54 percent of the budget. Raytheon Technologies earned $46.6 million, putting them in second place. Marvell Technology was in third with a budget of $47.8 million. IBM was in fourth, with $8.4 million.

42. Oregon

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $526.3 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.1%

Oregon’s DOD contract spending in 2022 saw StanardAero Aviation Holdings in first place for contracts, spending $105.4 million, 20 percent, of the total budget on the company. Meanwhile, TAT Technologies in second place received $58.6 million. Columbia Helicopters were given $40.8 million, putting them in third. In fourth, Saltchuk Resources received $35.3 million.

41. Nebraska

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $635.2 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.2%

Nebraska’s funding in 2022 led to Veritas Capital Fund Management to receive $104.8 million, for a total of 16.5 percent of the state’s total DOD contract spending. M.A. Mortenson Companies was in second place, with $68.5 million. SAIC earned $64.8 million, putting it solidly in third place. Meanwhile, the company in fourth place, Northrop Grumman, only received $19.4 million.

40. South Dakota

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $635.8 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.2%

South Dakota in 2022 gave $157.6 million, 24.8 percent of the state’s total spending, to Federal Contracting from the DOD contract budget. Voith Hydro was in second place, with $146.1 million. Third place, Walsh Group, received nearly half of the second-place budget with $79.2 million. Fourth place, Sterling Computers, had $75.7 million.

39. Rhode Island

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $659.6 million
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.2%

In 2022, Raytheon Technologies made up the largest percentage of the DOD contract spending, receiving 13.3 percent of the money, a total of $88 million. SEACORP earned $69.3 million, putting it in second place. Rite-Solutions was third with $43.5 million. McLaughlin Research Corp. was in fourth with $37.9 million.

38. Minnesota

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022:$1.2 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.3%

Northrop Grumman was the largest recipient of DOD contract spending in Minnesota in 2022. They received $352.3 million, or about 30 percent of the spending. BAE Systems came in second, with $230 million. Cummins had $92.2 million, putting it in third place. In Fourth place was TT Electronics, PLC, having received $66 million.

37. New Hampshire

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.3 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.3%

New Hampshire, in 2022, gave most of their contract spending money from the Department of Defense to BAE Systems. The company received $698.8 million, or 53.5 percent of spending. L3Harris Technologies was in second place with $105.8 million. Kettner0Westfalia Jagdreisen Holding GmbH was in third with $90.8 million. Safran Group received $35.5 million.

36. Louisiana

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.4%

Placid Refining Co. was in first place for DOD contract spending in Louisiana in 2022. They received $247.2 million, which totaled 17 percent of the spending in the state for contractors. Conrad Industries came in second place with $88.9 million. Valiant Integrated Services earned $51.3 million, putting it in third place. Bollinger Shipyards earned $50.2 million, putting it in fourth place.

35. Kansas

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.4%

The largest recipient of DOD contract spending in Kansas in 2022 was General Electric with $273.1 million or 18.6 percent of the spending on the state. Second place was Textron with $187.4 million. Bombardier Inc received $153.2 million, putting it in third place, and Leading Technology Composites earned $110.2 million in fourth place.

34. Nevada

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.4%

Nevada’s number one recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022 was AECOM, having received $325.2 million, or about 21 percent of the budget. Second place was Sierra Nevada Corp. with $254.9 million. Huntington Ingalls was in third with $147 million. Fourth place was Amentum Services with $111.6 million received.

33. Iowa

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.8 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.5%

In Iowa in 2022, Raytheon Technologies received $1.2 billion from the DOD, which was about 67 percent of all in-state contractor spending. Lockheed Martin received $214.8 million, putting it in second place. Third place was BAE Systems with $112.4 million. Fourth place was American Ordnance with $87.2 million.

32. Tennessee

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $1.8 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.5%

Tennessee’2 2022 DOD contract spending saw Bechtel Group receive $299.5 million, or 16.4 percent of the total spending. FedEx was in second place with $228.7 million. BAE Systems came in third with $153.2 million. Jacobs was in fourth with $147.1 million.

31. Alaska

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $2.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.5%

 

• Largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: Arctic Slope Regional Corp.; $253.5 million (12.7% of in-state contractor spending)
• Second largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: Brice Turnagain JV; $176.7 million (8.8% of in-state contractor spending)
• Third largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: Doyon Ltd.; $103.3 million (5.2% of in-state contractor spending)
• Fourth largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: Peter Kiewit Sons’, Inc.; $69.1 million (3.5% of in-state contractor spending)

30. Maine

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $2.7 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.7%

 

• Largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: General Dynamics; $1.3 billion (46.7% of in-state contractor spending)
• Second largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: 381 Constructors; $417.6 million (15.3% of in-state contractor spending)
• Third largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: Martin’s Point Health Care; $409.1 million (15.0% of in-state contractor spending)
• Fourth largest recipient of DOD contract spending, 2022: City of Bangor; $49.4 million (1.8% of in-state contractor spending)

29. Wisconsin

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $2.7 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.7%

Oshkosh Corp. earned  $934.6 million, a total of 34.3 percent, of Wisonsin’s total DOD contractor budget in 2022. Fincantieri Group was in second with $636.5 million. APTIM was in third place with $101 million. Arcline Investment Management was in fourth and received $71 million.

28. New Mexico

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $3.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.8%

New Mexico’s DOD contract spending in 2022 led to Honeywell receiving the most income at $888.5 million or 30 percent of the total spending. Fluor Corp. came in second with $275.1 million. Mahaffey Tent & Awning was third with $168.5 million. TRIAD National Security was in fourth earning $152.7 million.

27. South Carolina

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $3.2 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.8%

South Carolina’s DOD contract spending in 2022 had the Scientific Research Corp. take the most money, receiving $139.2 million, or 4.4 of the state budget. Second place, Unaka Corp., wasn’t close behind and received $137.1 million. Detyens Shipyards had $131.3 million in third place and Amentum Services in fourth place had $119.8 million.

26. Hawaii

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $3.2 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.8%

In Hawaii in 2022, Holdco Sands received $224.6 million, which is about 6.9 percent of the total spending. Hense Phelps Construction was in second with $186.8 million. Nan Inc received $121.9 million. AECOM in fourth place had $107.7 million.

25. Oklahoma

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $3.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 0.9%

In Oklahoma, Boeing came out te winner for the 2022 DOD contract spending with $1.6 billion, or 44.6 percent of the total spending. V2X was next, with $147.4 million. Arctic Slop Regional Corp. took third and received $101 million. Fourth was Amentum Services with $88.7 million.

24. Mississippi

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $3.9 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.0%

Mississippi’s 2022 DOD contract spending showed that Huntington Ingalls was the largest recipient, with $1.6 billion, totaling up to 42.6 percent of the total spending in the state. ST Engineering with $651.8 million came second. V2X was third with $410.9 million. Raytheon Technologies was fourth with $176.5 million.

23. Utah

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $4.1 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.0%

The largest recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022 in Utah was Northrop Grumman with a total of $2.3 billion or 55 percent of the total contract spending in the state. L3Harris Technologies was second with $224.5 million. Advantaged Solutions was next with $156.2 million. Utah State university was in fourth place with $142.4 million.

22. Ohio

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $5.1 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.3%

General Electric was the largest recipient of DOD contract spending for Ohio in 2022. They received $742 million, which was about 14.6 of the total contract spending in the state. CFM International was next and received $331.7 million. Riverside Research Institute was third with $211.9 million. Fourth was W.A. Baxter & Sons with $175 million.

21. Michigan

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $5.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.4%

Michigan’s largest recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022 was General Dynamics. They received $3.9 billion, which was over 71 percent of the in-state contractor spending. L3Harris Technologies was next and earned $139.4 million. Peckham Vocational Industries had $112.2 million. In fourth place was Loc performance Products with $111.2 million.

20. North Carolina

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $5.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.4%

North Carolina’s largest recipient was GlaxoSmithKline with $1.6 billion, or 28.9 percent of the state’s contract total. Booz Allen Hamilton was in second with $205.6 million. CACI earned $177.6 million. Walsh Group was in fourth with $157.7 million.

19. Georgia

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $6.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.5%

Lockheed Martin was the largest recipient in Georgia in 2022 with $1.4 billion in total. This made up 23.3 percent of the total contractor spending in the state. Georgia Tech Research Corp. was in second with $557.1 million. International Auto Logistics had $162.7 million. Northrop Grumman earned $126.9 million.

18. Washington

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $6.9 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.8%

Washington gave a majority of their DOD contract spending money in 2022 to Boeing. This company made up 60.5 percent of all in-state contractor spending, receiving a total of $4.1 billion.PacMed was in second place with $177.5 million. TAT Technologies was in third place with $152.7 million. Par Pacific Holdings came in fourth with $111 million.

17. Indiana

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $7.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.8%

Indiana’s largest recipient was Eli Lilly and Co. for $2.8 billion, making up 39.6 percent of in-state contractor spending. Rolls-Royce was in second, having received $930 million. Fondation Medicine had $579.1 million. KPS Capital Partners had $479.1 million.

16. New Jersey

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $7.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.8%

New Jersey’s first-place recipient was Lockheed Martin. They received a little over a quarter of the in-state contractor spending, which totaled $1.8 billion. Merck Group was next with $997 million. Amentum Services was third with $73.3 million. SAIC was fourth with $479.9 million.

15. Missouri

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $7.2 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.8%

Missouri’s largest recipient was Boeing, which earned $4.2 billion and made up 57.7 percent of the in-state contractor spending. Accredo Health Group was next with $737.9 million. Olin Corp. had $383.8 million. Honeywell received $304.4 million.

14. Illinois

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $7.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 1.9%

BP was the largest recipient in Illinois. They received $1.7 billion, about 22.6 of the total in-state contract spending. Northrop Grumman was next, with $849.5 million. W.S. Darley & Co. haad $603.3 million. Cardinal Health had $416.5 million.

13. Colorado

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $8.8 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 2.3%

Colorado’s largest recipient was Lockheed Martin, with $3 billion, or 34.5 percent of the in-state spending for contractors. Next was United Launch Alliance with $1.1 billion. Sierra Nevada Corp came in third with $513.5 million. Raytheon Technologies earned $369.6 million, putting it in fourth place.

12. Alabama

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $10.3 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 2.6%

Alabama’s largest recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022 was Austal. They received $748.1 million, which only totaled 7.3 percent of the contractor spending in the state. Northrop Grumman was in second with $692.6 million. Boeing had $657.5 million. M1 Support Services had $539.4 million.

11. Kentucky

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $10.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending:2.7%

Kentucky’s largest recipient was Humana. They received about 73 percent of the budget, which totaled $7.7 billion. Lockheed Martin came next and earned $668.1 million. Bechtel Group had $384.9 million. Boeing was fourth, with $128.9 million.

10. Arizona

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $12.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 3.2%

Arizona gave most of its contractor money to Raytheon Technologies. The company got $8.2 billion which was about 65 percent of the total. Northrop Grumman was in second, getting a much smaller $855.3 million. Honeywell earned $642.7 million, and Boeing received $584.9 million.

9. Massachusetts

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $13.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 3.5%

In Massachusetts, Raytheon Technologies was given the top position. They accounted for 26.2 percent of in-state contractor spending and were given $3.6 billion. Moderna was next, with $1.3 billion. General Electric in third got $1.3 billion. Finally, the Massachusetts Insitute of Technology received $1.1 billion.

8. Pennsylvania

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $14.3 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 3.7%

The largest recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022in Pennsylvania was the Bechtel Group, which earned $2.1 billion and accounted for 14.8 percent of the state’s contractor spending. AmerisourceBergen was next, with $2 billion. Fluor Corp. earned $1.7 billion, and BAE Systems earned $1.1 billion.

7. Maryland

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $17.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 4.5%

Maryland’s number one contractor in 2022 was Northrop Grumman. Accounting for 7.6 percent of the state’s DOD contractor spending, they earned $1.3 billion. Second place was Johns Hopkins University, wich had $1.2 billion. Leidos had $685.7 million. Booz Allen Hamilton had $489.6 million.

6. Connecticut

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $21.4 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 5.5%

Connecticut’s largest recipient of DOD contract spending in 2022 was General Dynamics. They got $9.56 billion, which was 44.5 percent of the total. Raytheon Technologies earned $7.9 billion. Lockheed Martin had $3.3 billion. Gartner had $42.5 million.

5. Florida

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $21.5 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 5.5%

In Florida, Lockheed Martin took first place with $4.1 billion, which totaled 18.9 percent of the total budget. Abbott Laboratories had $1.9 billion, and Northrop Grumman had $1.7 billion. In fourth place was Hensel Phelps Construction, which received $742.6 million.

4. New York

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $24.5 billion
  Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 6.3%

Pfizer was in first place in New York. The DOD contract gave them $16.7 billion, which was 67.9 percent of the state’s total contract spending. Lockheed Martin was second, earning $2.3 billion. L3Harris Technologies came in third with $1.7 billion. BAE Systems earned $177 million, putting it in fourth place.

3. California

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $38.1 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 9.8%

Centene Corp. was number one in California, earning $3.5 billion. This only accounted for 9.3 percent of the total contract spending in the state. Northrop Grumman was next and got $3.1 billion. General Dynamics in third place received $2.3 billion. In fourth place, Lockheed Martin had $2.2 billion.

2. Virginia

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $42.0 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending:10.8%

In Virginia, Huntington Ingalls came in first place. They received $3.2 billion, which was about 7.7 percent of the total in-state contractor spending. Leidos got $2.2 billion and ADS Tactical got $1.4 billion. In fourth place was CACI with $1.4 billion as well.

1. Texas

• Total money spent by the Department of Defense on contractors in the state in 2022: $45.6 billion
• Total percent of all Department of Defense contractor spending: 11.7%

Texas provided the most money on contractors for the DOD. Lockheed Martin was the company to receive the most, earning $23.4 billion, about 51 percent of the total spending in the state for contracts. Second place, McKesson, received a much lower number, $2.9 billion. L3Harris Technologies earned $2.1 billion and the Bell Boeing Joint Project had $1.9 billion.

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