DEFENSE 

SPENDING 

BY STATE 

FISCAL YEAR 2019 

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 

AMERICAN SAMOA 

GUAM 

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 

PUERTO RICO 

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 

U.S. Department of Defense 

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation 

(OLDCC) (formerly the Office of Economic Adjustment) partnered with the Library of 

Congress’s Federal Research Division (FRD) to produce this report.1 FRD’s analytical team 

includes Vega Bharadwaj, Katarina David, Malinda Goodrich, Hannah Ho, Sarah McNeal, 

Wm. Noël Noël, Annie Rorem, Alan Stone, and Liz White. Liz Chimienti managed this project 

for OLDCC and provided input throughout the report’s development. 

This research benefited from the guidance of staff at the DoD’s Defense Manpower Data 

Center, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, and the Congressional Research Service. 

Experts at the American Enterprise Institute, Brookings Institution, Center for a New 

American Security, and Center for Strategic and International Studies generously offered 

feedback on earlier versions of this report.

Please direct any questions or suggestions for future reports via email to: 

Tara Butler 

Program Director, Intergovernmental Affairs 

Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation, U.S. Department of Defense 

tara.a.butler4.civ@mail.mil 

An electronic copy of this report is located online at https://www.oea.gov/defensespending-state-fiscal-year-2019. 

1

 The name of the Office of Economic Adjustment (OEA) recently changed to Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation per Section 905 of the William M. (Mac) 

Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021. This report is a continuation of the annual series issued by OEA since Fiscal Year 2013.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments ................................................................................. 1

Introduction .......................................................................................... 3

Summary Table ..................................................................................... 4

American Samoa Profile ........................................................................ 5

Guam Profile ......................................................................................... 6

Northern Mariana Islands Profile .......................................................... 7

Puerto Rico Profile ................................................................................ 8

U.S. Virgin Islands Profile ...................................................................... 9
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2

 All numbers presented in current U.S. dollars. Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller), National Defense Budget Estimates for FY 2021

(Washington, DC: April 2020): pages 150-151, https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/fy2021/FY21_Green_Book.pdf

INTRODUCTION

This report presents the results of an analysis of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) contract 

and personnel spending during fiscal year (FY) 2019. The report’s graphs and tables present 

a range of findings, such as total spending figures, categories of contracted goods and 

services, major defense vendors, and numbers and types of defense personnel. Territory 

officials may use this information to assess a region’s dependence on defense spending and 

to target assistance to support more resilient communities and companies.

Conducted in January 2021, the analysis primarily entailed an examination of DoD-funded 

prime- and sub-award contract data and defense personnel and payroll figures. Findings are 

drawn from an array of sources, including the DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center and 

USAspending.gov, which is managed by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

FY 2019 Overview

In FY 2019, the DoD’s budget authority rose for a fourth straight year, from $694.5 billion in 

FY 2018 to $712.5 billion in FY 2019.2 DoD contract obligations and payroll spending in all 50 

states and the District of Columbia totaled $550.9 billion. Contract obligations and payroll 

spending in American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 

the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands totaled $2.7 billion. Contracts 

for various products and services totaled $1.6 billion in those five territories, while DoD 

personnel payroll accounted for $1.1 billion.

Most contract funds went to services (41 percent) and construction (36 percent), with 

supplies and equipment (such as aircraft, ships, weapons, and parts; 23 percent) and 

research and development (<1 percent) comprising the remainder. The largest portion of 

personnel pay was for active-duty military (40 percent), followed by civilians (27 percent), 

the National Guard (21 percent), and the Reserves (12 percent).

Total defense spending (contracts plus payroll) ranged from $8.4 million in American Samoa 

to $1.7 billion in Guam. This comprised 28.4 percent of Guam's Gross Domestic Product 

(GDP), the highest of any U.S. state or territory. Among the 50 States and DC, defense 

spending as a share of GDP averaged 2.5 percent in FY 2019 and was highest in Virginia, at 

10.6 percent.

Please see the main FY 2019 Defense Spending by State report for information about this 

report’s methodology and how to read this report.
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DEFENSE SPENDING SHARE OF TOTAL DEFENSE SPENDING TOTAL CONTRACT AND TOTAL CONTRACT TOTAL 

AS A SHARE OF GDP TERRITORY PER RESIDENT PAYROLL SPENDING SPENDING PAYROLL

(%) DEFENSE SPENDING ($) ($ M = millions, ($ M = millions, ($ M = millions, 

(%) B = billions) B = billions) B = billions)

American Samoa 1.3 0.3 152 8.4 M 2.7 M 5.7 M

Guam 28.4 62.4 10,568 1.7 B 1.0 B 655.3 M

Northern Mariana 

1.8 0.9 430 23.2 M 21.3 M 1.9 M Islands

Puerto Rico 0.9 35.0 296 944.8 M 566.7 M 378.2 M

U.S. Virgin Islands 0.9 1.4 353 17.6 M 6.9 M 30.7 M

Territory Average/

Total

 2.3 100.0 756 2.7 B 1.6 B 1.1 B

States and DC

Average/Total 2.5 100.0 1,678 550.9 B 403.9 B 146.9 B

7 8 9 10 11 12

RANKING BY 

CIVILIAN PAY MILITARY ACTIVE NATIONAL GUARD RESERVE PAY RANKING BY TOTAL 

($ K = thousands, DUTY PAY PAY ($ K = thousands, DEFENSE DEFENSE 

M = millions, ($ K = thousands, ($ M = millions, M = millions, SPENDING AS SPENDING IN 

B = billions) M = millions, B = billions) B = billions) A SHARE OF THE FIVE 

 B = billions) TERRITORY GDP TERRITORIES

American Samoa 574.9 K 347.4 K 0 4.8 M 3 5

Guam 173.5 M 409.8 M 49.0 M 23.1 M 1 1

Northern Mariana 

 447.6 K 205.5 K 0 1.2 M 2 4 Islands

Puerto Rico 106.3 M 15.1 M 153.2 M 103.6 M 5 2

U.S. Virgin Islands 7.4 M 693.6 K 22.0 M 545.1 K 4 3

Territory Total 288.3 M 426.1 M 224.1 M 133.2 M N/A N/A

States and DC Total 59.2 B 67.7 B 11.5 B 8.6 B N/A N/A

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding.

SUMMARY TABLE

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

DEFENSE PERSONNEL

By Type

By Service

Top Defense Contractors (K = thousands, M = millions) 

Contract Awards Performed (by fiscal year, millions)

AMERICAN SAMOA

#5 #3 0.3% $152 #5 #4 #4

$8.4 M SPENT IN 1.3% OF TERRITORY OF DEFENSE PER RESIDENT $2.7 M CONTRACT 328 NUMBER OF $5.7 M PERSONNEL 

TERRITORY GDP SPENDING IN FIVE SPENDING PERSONNEL SPENDING

TERRITORIES

Allocations, By Service Allocations, By Type

Service: 36%

Supplies and Equipment: 1% 

Research and Development: 0%

Construction: 63%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

97%

2%

0%

1%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

100%

0%

0%

0%

$4.3 $4.2

$21.0

-$0.4

$4.0 $1.8 $0.6 $2.7

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Island Energy Ventures $1.7 M

Na Ali'i Consulting & Sales $418.0 K

American Samoa Power Authority $367.0 K

AST Telecom $103.9 K

Ambyth Shipping Micronesia Inc. $60.5 K

American Samoa Telecommunications Authority $48.6 K

PEM & TKL JV $38.9 K

Trident Engineering and Procurement (TridentEP) $19.0 K

MegaBugs Pest Control $18.5 K

(K = thousands, M = millions) 

NOTE: The negative spending value for FY15 is attributed to 

a contract closeout.

Type Personnel Spending

Active Duty 3 $347.4 K

Civilian 19 $574.9 K

National Guard 0 $0 

Reserve 306 $4.8 M

Total 328 $5.7 M

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

DEFENSE PERSONNEL

By Type

By Service

Top Defense Contractors (M = millions) 

Contract Awards Performed (by fiscal year, millions)

GUAM

#1 #1 62.4% $10,568 #1 #2 #1

$1.7 B SPENT IN 28.4% OF OF DEFENSE PER RESIDENT $1.0 B CONTRACT 10,555 NUMBER $655.3 M PERSONNEL 

TERRITORY TERRITORY GDP SPENDING IN FIVE SPENDING OF PERSONNEL SPENDING

TERRITORIES

Allocations, By Service Allocations, By Type

Construction: 47%

Service: 48%

Supplies and Equipment: 4%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

1%

85%

7%

7%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

19%

49%

26%

6%

$612.0

$488.6

$654.1

$906.1

$636.9

$794.5 $893.4

$1028.8

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Type Personnel Spending

Active Duty 5,560 $409.8 M

Civilian 2,430 $173.5 M

National Guard 1,549 $49.0 M

Reserve 1,016 $23.1 M

Total 10,555 $655.3 M

Tutor Perini $180.1 M

Core Tech-HDCC-Kajima $150.2 M

DZSP 21 $122.5 M

Modern International Inc. $41.8 M

ASMD $34.8 M

Gilbane $33.4 M

Pacific Unlimited Inc. $26.5 M

APTIM Federal Services $24.1 M

Reliable Builders Inc. $23.5 M

Gilbane SMCC ECC $23.0 M

(M = millions) 

Research and Development: 0%

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

DEFENSE PERSONNEL

By Type

By Service

Top Defense Contractors (K = thousands, M = millions) 

Contract Awards Performed (by fiscal year, millions)

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

#4 #2 0.9% $430 #3 #5 #5

$23.2 M SPENT IN 1.8% OF TERRITORY OF DEFENSE PER RESIDENT $21.3 M CONTRACT 86 NUMBER OF $1.9 M PERSONNEL 

TERRITORY GDP SPENDING IN FIVE SPENDING PERSONNEL SPENDING

TERRITORIES

Allocations, By Service Allocations, By Type

Service: 70%

Supplies and

Equipment: 29%

Construction: 1%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

16%

53%

3%

29%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

95%

5%

0%

0%

$3.7

$8.0

$2.1

$8.5

$4.9

$32.5

$24.7 $21.3

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Jacobs Engineering Group $7.9 M

Mobil Oil Mariana Islands Inc. $6.1 M

HydroGeologic Inc $1.6 M

USA Environmental Inc. $1.4 M

Parsons Corp. $1.4 M

TEC-AECOM Pacific JV $1.4 M

AECOM $486.1 K

TSI Holding Company $445.8 K

ASMD $197.6 K

Brice Engineering $140.6 K

(K = thousands, M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending

Active Duty 2 $205.5 K

Civilian 5 $447.5 K

National Guard 0

Reserve 79 $1.2 M

Total 86 $1.9 M

Research and Development: 0%

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

$0 
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, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

DEFENSE PERSONNEL

By Type

By Service

Top Defense Contractors (M = millions) 

Contract Awards Performed (by fiscal year, millions)

PUERTO RICO

#2 #5 35.0% $296 #2 #1 #2

$944.8 M SPENT IN 0.9% OF TERRITORY OF DEFENSE PER RESIDENT $566.7 M CONTRACT 13,749 NUMBER OF $378.2 M PERSONNEL 

TERRITORY GDP SPENDING IN FIVE SPENDING PERSONNEL SPENDING

TERRITORIES

Allocations, By Service Allocations, By Type

Construction: 16%

Service: 26%

Supplies and

Equipment: 57%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

36%

6%

1%

57%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

83%

2%

10%

4%

$401.6

$636.1

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

Aurora Industries $129.3 M

M & M Manufacturing $68.3 M

Weston Solutions Holdings $39.9 M

Bluewater Defense Inc. $38.0 M

Cerberus Capital Management $36.2 M

Original Footwear $25.3 M

RBC Construction $18.8 M

Pentaq Manufacturing Corp. $18.4 M

Caribe General Constructors Inc. $17.9 M

Pharmaceutics International Inc. (Pii) $16.9 M

(M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending

Active Duty 161 $15.1 M

Civilian 2,115 $106.3 M

National Guard 6,866 $153.2 M

Reserve 4,607 $103.6 M

Total 13,749 $378.2 M

Research and Development: 0%

$361.6 $383.6 $337.2 $318.4 $298.2

$566.7

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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,

DEFENSE PERSONNEL

By Type

By Service

Top Defense Contractors (K = thousands, M = millions) 

Contract Awards Performed (By fiscal year, millions)

U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS

#3 #4 1.4% $353 #4 #3 #3

$37.6 M SPENT IN 0.9% OF TERRITORY OF DEFENSE PER RESIDENT $6.9 M CONTRACT 829 NUMBER OF $30.7 M PERSONNEL 

TERRITORY GDP SPENDING IN FIVE SPENDING PERSONNEL SPENDING

TERRITORIES

DEFENSE CONTRACTS

Allocations, By Service Allocations, By Type

Research and Development: 1%

Service: 63%

Construction: 0%

Supplies and

Equipment: 36%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

66%

23%

6%

5%

Army

Navy/Marines

Air Force

Other Defense

93%

0%

7%

0%

$2.3

$66.7

$4.2 $3.8 $5.6

$31.7

$6.9

FY12 FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19

United Electronic Industries Services $1.5 M

Leidos $1.2 M

Blue Mountain Nursery Inc. $957.7 K

National Air Cargo Inc. $388.8 K

Seba Professional Services $310.0 K

C & C Port Services Inc. $305.7 K

Crowley $301.4 K

Dental Power International Inc. $178.7 K

AT&T $157.6 K

IntegriWard $147.3 K

(K = thousands, M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending

Active Duty 7 $693.6 K

Civilian 122 $7.4 M

National Guard 669 $22.0 M

Reserve 31 $545.1 K

Total 829 $30.7 M

$35.6

 Data sources: DoD’s Defense Manpower Data Center; DoD’s Procurement and Acquisition Policy; DoD’s Military Installations, Ranges and Training Areas; 

USASpending.gov; U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; U.S. Census Bureau; and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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