Where federal tax dollars land around Carmel

Federal contracts, grants and other awards with work performed in the county containing Carmel, CA — the yearly total, the biggest agencies and the largest recipients.

USAspending.gov API, federal awards by place of performance.

This story was assembled using AI and public data sources.

$3.1B in federal awards was spent in Monterey County.

Federal awards, FY 2025: $3.1B — $7,134 per county resident

Federal awards in Monterey County, by fiscal year

2016: 1625860259
2017: 1917908990
2018: 2043883614
2019: 2050495797
2020: 3311887364
2021: 3080197915
2022: 2527992239
2023: 2799971736
2024: 3198103936
2025: 3109246755

Biggest awarding agencies

Social Security Administration: 1642295786
Department of Defense: 427910118
General Services Administration: 363350397
Department of Veterans Affairs: 185374651
Department of Health and Human Services: 134874494
Department of Housing and Urban Development: 118573795

Largest recipients

MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS: 1939887177
DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP: 226609769
RQ CONSTRUCTION, LLC: 133791924
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF COUNTY OF MONTE: 100899590
PERATON INC.: 57045349
HUMAN RESOURCES RESEARCH ORGANIZATION (HUMRRO): 45582433

What it means

Social Security Administration accounts for the largest share — $1.6B of the $3.1B total.

That works out to about $7,134 for every resident of the county, counting contracts, grants, loans and direct payments.

Place of performance means the work happened here — the money may be awarded to a company or agency headquartered elsewhere, and multi-year awards can land in a single year's total.

Sources

U.S. Census Bureau — American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates — Population, income, housing, education, commuting and poverty figures
Census Bureau API — ACS Detailed Tables — The endpoint these pages are generated from
data.census.gov — Look up the same tables for any place yourself
ACS accuracy statement — Estimates carry margins of error; small places vary the most

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