DEFENSE 

SPENDING 

BY STATE 

FISCAL YEAR 2020 

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. FRD’s analytical team 

includes Vega Bharadwaj, Katarina David, Zack Ham, Sema Hasan, Sarah McNeal, and Alan 

Stone. 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 

Assistant Deputy Director, Federal Partners and Intergovernmental Engagement

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://oldcc.gov/dsbs-fy2020.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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

Table of Contents .................................................................................. 2

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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INTRODUCTION 

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

and personnel spending during fiscal year (FY) 2020. 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 early 2022, the analysis primarily entailed an examination of DoD-funded primeand 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 2020 Overview

The DoD’s budget authority rose from $712.5 billion in FY 2019 to $721.5 billion in FY 2020.1 

DoD contract obligations and payroll spending in all 50 states and the District of Columbia 

totaled $593.9 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 $2.9 billion. Contracts for various products and services totaled 

$1.7 billion in those five territories, while DoD personnel payroll accounted for $1.2 billion. 

Most contract funds went to services (43 percent) and construction (33 percent), with 

supplies and equipment (such as aircraft, ships, weapons, and parts; 24 percent) and research 

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

was for active-duty military (41 percent), followed by civilians (26 percent), the National Guard 

(23 percent), and the Reserves (10 percent).

Total defense spending (contracts plus payroll) ranged from $7.8 million in American Samoa to 

$2.0 billion in Guam. This comprised 33.9 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 2.8 percent in FY 2020 and was highest in Virginia, at 11.3 percent.

Please see the main FY 2020 Defense Spending by State report for information about this 

report’s methodology and how to read this report. 

 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

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SUMMARY TABLE 

1 2 3 4 5 6 

DEFENSE SPENDING 

AS A SHARE OF GDP 

(%)*

SHARE OF TOTAL 

TERRITORY 

DEFENSE SPENDING 

(%)

DEFENSE SPENDING 

PER RESIDENT 

($) 

TOTAL CONTRACT AND 

PAYROLL SPENDING 

($ M = millions, 

B = billions) 

TOTAL CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

($ M = millions, 

B = billions) 

TOTAL 

PAYROLL 

($ M = millions, 

B = billions) 

American Samoa 1.1 0.3 157 7.8 M 2.1 M 5.7 M 

Guam 33.9 67.3 12,860 2.0 B 1.2 B 759.4 M 

Northern Mariana 

Islands 0.8 0.3 199 9.4 M 8.2 M 1.2 M 

Puerto Rico 0.8 30.6 274 899.5 M 490.1 M 409.3 M 

U.S. Virgin Islands 1.1 1.5 506 44.1 M 4.6 M 39.5 M 

Territory Average/ 

Total 2.4 100.0 811 2.9 B 1.7 B 1.2 B 

States and DC 

Average/Total 2.8 100.0 1,803 593.9 B 439.4 B 154.6 B 

7 8 9 10 11 12 

CIVILIAN PAY 

($ K = thousands, 

M = millions, 

B = billions) 

MILITARY ACTIVE 

DUTY PAY 

($ K = thousands, 

M = millions,

 B = billions) 

NATIONAL GUARD 

PAY 

($ M = millions,

 B = billions) 

RESERVE PAY 

($ K = thousands, 

M = millions,

 B = billions) 

RANKING BY 

DEFENSE 

SPENDING AS

 A SHARE OF 

TERRITORY GDP* 

RANKING BY 

TOTAL 

DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN 

THE FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

American Samoa 588.4K 309.1 K 0 4.8 M 2 5 

Guam 191.8 M 479.9 M 64.8 M 22.9 M 1 1 

Northern Mariana 

Islands 353.8 K 177.0 K 0 704.8 K 5 4 

Puerto Rico 110.8 M 15.8 M 185.8 M 97.0 M 4 2 

U.S. Virgin Islands 6.9 M 1.1 M 30.3 M 1.3 M 3 3 

Territory Total 310.4 M 497.3 M 280.9 M 126.7 M N/A N/A 

States and DC Total 62.2 B 70.6 B 13.0 B 8.7 B N/A N/A 

Figures may not add up to totals due to rounding. 

* This analysis uses 2019 rather than 2020 GDP data for the territories of the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, as at 

the time of publication this was the most recent information made available by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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AMERICAN SAMOA 

#5 

$7.8 M SPENT IN 

TERRITORY 

#2

1.1% OF TERRITORY 

GDP 

0.3% 

OF DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

$157

PER RESIDENT 

#5 

$2.1 M CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

#4 

297 NUMBER OF 

PERSONNEL 

#4 

$5.7 M PERSONNEL 

SPENDING 

DEFENSE CONTRACTS

By Type 

Supplies and Equipment: 1% 

Construction: 0%

Service: 99%

Research and Development: 0%

By Service 

Army

99%

Navy/Marines

0%

Air Force

0%

Other Defense

1%

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

Tabcon Inc. $1.3 M

American Samoa Power Authority $504.4 K

The China Navigation Company Pte. Ltd. $138.0 K

American Samoa Telecommunications Authority $48.6 K

Mega Bugs Pest Control $18.5 K

Trident Engineering and Procurement PC $17.4 K

 

Contract Awards Performed (by fiscal year, millions)

$21.0

$2.5 -$0.4

$4.0 $1.8 $2.7 $2.1 $0.6

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

Allocations, By Service 

Army

100%

Navy/Marines

0%

Air Force

0%

Other Defense

0%

- ------

,

Allocations, By Type

(K = thousands, M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending 

Active Duty 3 $309.1 K

Civilian 20 $588.4 K

National Guard 0 $0

Reserve 274 $4.8 M

Total 297 $5.7 M 

NOTE: The negative spending value for FY15 is attributed to 

a contract closeout.
GUAM 

#1 

$2.0 B SPENT IN 

TERRITORY 

#1

33.9% OF 

TERRITORY GDP 

67.3% 

OF DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

$12,860

 PER RESIDENT 

#1 

$1.2 B CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

#2

11,334 NUMBER 

OF PERSONNEL 

#1 

$759.4 M PERSONNEL 

SPENDING 

, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

■ 

Army

0%

Navy/Marines

86%

Air Force

4%

Other Defense

10%

Army 

18%

Navy/Marines

51%

Air Force

25%

Other Defense

6%

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$992.3 $855.5 $787.3 $768.9 $644.2 $623.0 $482.8

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

(by fiscal year, millions)

$1,218.9

Supplies and Equipment: 4% 

Construction: 46%

Service: 50%

Research and Development: 0%

Top Defense Contractors (M = millions) 

Caddell-Nan, JV $264.3 M

DZSP 21 $128.3 M

Granite-Obayashi, JV $61.6 M

Serrano Cons. and Dev. Corp. $53.7 M

Coretech-Hawaiian Dredging $49.7 M

Black Construction-Tutor Perini, JV $47.0 M

Guible, Katherine A $42.8 M

Pacific Rim Constructors Inc. $42.5 M

Fargo Pacific Inc. $41.1 M

Pacific Unlimited Inc. $38.1 M

-

-

By Type 

By Service 

DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

Allocations, By Service 

Contract Awards Performed 

Allocations, By Type

(M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending 

Active Duty 6,140 $479.9 M

Civilian 2,580 $191.8 M

National Guard 1,559 $64.8 M

Reserve 1,055 $22.9 M

Total 11,334 $759.4 M 
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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 

#4 

$9.4 M SPENT IN 

TERRITORY 

#5

0.8% OF TERRITORY 

GDP*

0.3% 

OF DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

$199

PER RESIDENT 

#3 

$8.2 M CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

#5 

52 NUMBER OF 

PERSONNEL 

#5 

$1.2 M PERSONNEL 

SPENDING 

, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

By Type 

Supplies and Equipment: 0% 

Construction: 24%

Service: 76%

Research and Development: 0%

By Service 

Army

0%

Navy/Marines

100%

Air Force

0%

Other Defense

0%

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

USA Environmental Inc. $2.7 M

TEC-AECOM Pacific, JV $2.0 M

Ambyth Shipping Micronesia Inc. $1.2 M

Jacobs $1.1 M

AECOM $736.6 K

Brice Engineering $655.9 K

ASMD $283.6 K

Commonwealth Utilities Corp. $151.5 K

Chugach Alaska Corp. $93.7 K

Engineering/Remediation Resources Group Inc. $52.7 K

Contract Awards Performed 

 

$3.9 $2.1

$8.5

$2.7

$31.8

$23.7

$48.6

$8.2

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

(by fiscal year, millions)

Allocations, By Service 

-

Army

90%

Navy/Marines

10%

Air Force

0%

Other Defense

0%

---- -

DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

Allocations, By Type

(K = thousands, M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending 

Active Duty 3 $177.0 K

Civilian 7 $353.8 K

National Guard 0 $0

Reserve 42 $704.8 K

Total 52 $1.2 M 

* This analysis uses 2019 rather than 2020 GDP data for the Northern Mariana Islands, as at the time of publication this was the most recent 

information made available by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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PUERTO RICO 

#2 

$899.5 M SPENT IN 

TERRITORY 

#4

0.8% OF TERRITORY 

GDP*

30.6% 

OF DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

$274 PER RESIDENT #2 

$490.1 M CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

#1 

13,735 NUMBER OF 

PERSONNEL 

#2 

$409.3 M PERSONNEL 

SPENDING 

, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

By Type 

Construction: 1%

Service: 27%

Supplies and 

Equipment: 72%

Research and Development: 0%

By Service 

-

I 

Army

17%

Navy/Marines

8%

Air Force

3%

Other Defense

72%

Top Defense Contractors 

Aurora Industries

(M = millions) 

$116.9 M

Pharmaceutics International Inc. $112.4 M

M & M Manufacturing

Bluewater Defense Inc.

$26.8 M

$23.6 M

Short Bark Industries Inc. $21.0 M

USA Environmental Inc. $15.8 M

Puerto Rico Apparel Manufacturing Corp.

CDM Smith

$15.6 M

$13.1 M

Pentaq Manufacturing Corp.

Saltchuk

$11.6 M

$10.5 M

Contract Awards Performed 

 

.. _ 

$603.9 $490.1 $231.8 $364.1 $316.9 $316.5 $411.3

-----

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY16 FY18 FY19 FY20

(by fiscal year, millions)

$3,243.0

DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

Allocations, By Service 

I 

-

■ 

Army

84%

Navy/Marines

2%

Air Force

10%

Other Defense

4%

Allocations, By Type

(M = millions) 

Type Personnel Spending 

Active Duty 163 $15.8 M

Civilian 2,099 $110.8 M

National Guard 6,971 $185.8 M

Reserve 4,502 $97.0 M

Total 13,735 $409.3 M 

* This analysis uses 2019 rather than 2020 GDP data for Puerto Rico, as at the time of publication this was the most recent information made available 

by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS 

#3 

$44.1 M SPENT IN 

TERRITORY 

#3

1.1% OF TERRITORY 

GDP*

1.5% 

OF DEFENSE 

SPENDING IN FIVE 

TERRITORIES 

$506

PER RESIDENT 

#4 

$4.6 M CONTRACT 

SPENDING 

#3 

821 NUMBER OF 

PERSONNEL 

#3 

$39.5 M PERSONNEL 

SPENDING 

, DEFENSE CONTRACTS

By Type 

Supplies and 

Equipment: 18% Construction: 17%

Service: 65%

Research and Development: 0%

By Service 

Army

66%

Navy/Marines

15%

Air Force

19%

Other Defense

0%

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

Xperts Inc. $5.1 M

Conti Enterprises Inc. $868.6 K

A & H - Ambica, JV $774.8 K

United Electronic Industries Services $612.7 K

PBP Management Group Inc. $326.8 K$3

Manifest Global Enterprises Inc. $258.3 K

IntegriWard $87.7 K

National Air Cargo Inc. $86.9 K

AT&T $78.9 K

Quality Electric Supply Inc. $71.9 K

Contract Awards Performed (By fiscal year, millions)

 

$58.0

$31.6

$12.1 $4.4 $7.0 $8.2 $4.6

FY13 FY14 FY15 FY16 FY17 FY18 FY19 FY20

$127.5

DEFENSE PERSONNEL 

Allocations, By Service 

-

Army

92%

Navy/Marines

0%

Air Force

8%

Other Defense

0%

Allocations, By Type

(M = millions) 

Type 

Active Duty

Civilian

Personnel 

10

126

Spending 

$1.1 M

$6.9 M

National Guard 655 $30.3 M

Reserve 30 $1.3 M

Total 821 $39.5 M 

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* This analysis uses 2019 rather than 2020 GDP data for the U.S. Virgin Islands, as at the time of publication this was the most recent information 

made available by the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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