How big are federal contracts in Temporary Help Services nationwide?

6,842 awards made FY2024–FY2026 under NAICS 561320. Each award counts once, at its value now (base plus exercised options). Contracts, purchase orders, orders under contract vehicles and vehicle ceilings are shown apart: mixing them would put $5K orders next to $500M ceilings.

By kind of award

Award values by kind
KindAwards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
Definitive contracts77$54.8K$224.0K$433.2K$1.09M$3.00M
Purchase orders789$15.0K$75.5K$270.4K$493.0K$838.0K
Orders under contract vehicles5,443$4.4K$13.2K$58.6K$233.9K$774.5K
Contract vehicles (ceilings)533$195.0K$383.4K$698.0K$4.67M$23.52M

Definitive contracts are stand-alone contracts; purchase orders are mostly simplified acquisitions (under $350K since October 2025, $250K before). Orders are task and delivery orders and BPA calls placed under a vehicle. A vehicle's ceiling is what it may be worth with every option, often shared by many companies, not what was spent.

By set-aside

Contract and purchase-order values by set-aside
Set-aside (contracts and purchase orders)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
No set-aside477$10.0K$42.7K$249.6K$493.0K$865.8K
Indian economic enterprise163$139.4K$224.6K$362.5K$568.9K$815.6K
Buy Indian84$70.8K$245.0K$433.2K$767.4K$1.84M
Small business71$16.3K$37.7K$164.7K$396.0K$486.4K
8(a)35$44.6K$70.8K$168.7K$807.8K$1.32M
Service-disabled veteran-owned30$14.5K$56.5K$206.2K$1.03M$1.51M
Women-owned (WOSB/EDWOSB)5$6.1K$26.8K$133.5K$319.1K$336.4K
Veteran-owned1too few to show percentiles

Competed or not

Award values by competition
How it was bought (all but vehicles)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
Competed5,490$4.4K$13.1K$58.2K$262.3K$770.8K
Not competed816$25.3K$75.5K$211.8K$451.6K$977.0K

By state

Contract and purchase-order values by state
Where the work is (contracts and purchase orders)Awards10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pct
NM291$144.0K$250.4K$433.2K$493.0K$814.3K
AZ144$63.7K$164.6K$371.7K$710.1K$1.47M
SD44$91.7K$298.3K$628.8K$776.2K$996.6K
DC43$28.7K$60.6K$125.9K$336.0K$390.1K
CA41$27.1K$67.9K$169.3K$436.0K$807.4K
MT23$30.0K$103.0K$429.6K$1.76M$2.95M
OK19$6.7K$41.6K$70.8K$168.7K$233.0K
GA18$6.5K$7.3K$80.5K$499.8K$9.02M
ND15$128.6K$242.5K$361.3K$705.6K$778.8K
FL13$4.0K$5.3K$13.4K$73.8K$120.2K
PA13$3.5K$23.0K$24.4K$30.7K$140.0K
MD12$10.0K$13.1K$29.2K$185.1K$575.9K
MN11$143.5K$250.0K$417.0K$724.8K$963.8K
WV11$4.4K$5.3K$14.0K$110.0K$331.1K
CO10$15.2K$37.4K$63.5K$246.0K$271.8K

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From USAspending.gov prime award data: the base action of each award (modification 0) in the fiscal years shown, with its industry, place, set-aside and competition; values as of the latest action. Percentiles are actual awards' values; with fewer than 5 awards only the count is shown. This page shows what was awarded; it is not a suggested price for any bid.

Typical federal contract size: Temporary Help Services (NAICS 561320) nationwide · SpendQuery