Every check the state wrote in FY2021.
Delaware issued $12.71 billion in checks and payments across 1,353,636 public records — up 24% from $10.24 billion in FY2018. Here is where it went, straight from the state's open checkbook data.
Total checkbook spending
$12.71B
Per day
$34.8M
roughly $12,000 per resident
Since FY2018
+24%
from $10.24 billion
Where it went — top departments FY2021 · checkbook
The single biggest vendor
Dxc MS LLC was the state's largest vendor relationship of FY2021.
Dxc MS LLC received $2.66 billion across 1,579 payments on the FY2021 checkbook — 21.0% of everything the state paid out.
$2.66B
Spending by category MEDFAC EXPENSES $2.63B MEDICAL - EMPLOYER $1.08B SALARIES/WAGES-EMPLOYEES $815.1M TEACHERS $670.1M OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE $541.5M PENSIONS/EMPLOYER'S SHARE $530.3M GRANTS $477.4M HEALTH INS/EMPLOYERS' SH $473.0M INVESTMENTS $367.2M HGWY/BRIDGE RECONSTR $296.8M GRANTS IN AID $223.5M TRANSFER OUT $217.0M
By fund type
GENERAL $4.70B · 37.0%
FEDERAL $3.60B · 28.3%
SPECIAL $3.46B · 27.3%
CAPITAL $947.0M · 7.5%
Monthly spending (fiscal period) $0 $500.0M $1.00B $1.50B $2.00B P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 P6 P7 P8 P9 P10 P11 P12 Spending
Top vendors paid in FY2021 # Vendor Paid Checks 1 Dxc MS LLC
$2,663,976,669 1,579 2 Employee Compensation
$2,334,681,917 120,728 3 Other Employment Costs Benefits
$1,236,572,792 239,820 4 Highmark Health Services
$516,920,359 70 5 Northern Trust Company
$367,428,441 121 6 Medco Health Solutions Inc.
$332,059,896 85 7 University of Delaware
$238,073,821 2,270 8 Pnc Bank NA
$210,385,538 18 9 Aetna
$172,009,975 92 10 Delaware Transit Corp.
$153,497,249 1,064 11 Dhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account
$121,756,791 2,295 12 Gothams LLC
$118,950,000 11 13 Div of Accounting
$67,957,036 145,506 14 Centurion of Delaware LLC
$67,213,679 34 15 Voya Ret Ins & Annuity
$65,427,073 53 16 Mumford & Miller Concrete Inc.
$58,626,111 412 17 City of Wilmington
$57,708,255 1,648 18 Richard E Pierson Construction Co. Inc.
$53,745,956 125 19 Division of Statewide Benefits
$51,808,501 955 20 Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
$36,721,115 36 21 Dtcc Financial Aid
$35,142,895 348 22 Delaware State Housing Authority
$33,811,089 83 23 Allan Myers MD Inc.
$30,164,537 94 24 Nelnet Business Solutions Inc.
$29,964,196 213 25 Insurance Coverage Office of M&b
$29,699,067 75 26 Delmarva Power
$26,424,616 28,379 27 Century Engineering Inc.
$26,265,289 2,223 28 A Del Construction Co. Inc.
$25,935,533 315 29 Conduent State and Local Solutions Inc.
$25,284,168 90 30 Kelmar Assocs LLC
$25,060,959 102 31 Dell Marketing LP
$24,323,856 1,936 32 Cdw Government Inc.
$24,179,925 2,593 33 Diamond Materials LLC
$23,596,480 85 34 Deloitte Consulting Llp
$23,196,406 370 35 New Castle County
$23,169,438 964 36 Computer Aid Inc.
$22,797,002 967 37 Dti Controller's Office
$21,943,800 5,170 38 Department of Health and Human Services
$21,856,330 26 39 Sussex County Council
$21,425,039 347 40 Dtcc - Office O/t President
$21,098,192 357 41 Richard Y Johnson & Son Inc.
$20,573,566 127 42 Connections Community Support Programs
$20,532,540 1,034 43 Deldot Real Estate Account
$20,181,487 1,081 44 Dhss Office O/t Secretary
$20,174,162 5 45 City of Newark
$20,084,287 573 46 Greggo & Ferrara Inc.
$19,180,499 92 47 Aecom
$18,616,177 1,596 48 Whitman Requardt & Associates
$18,504,163 1,230 49 Dhss Medicaid & Medical Assistance
$18,393,792 134 50 Scientific Games International Inc.
$18,128,774 184 51 Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC
$17,028,866 1 52 Boys & Girls Club of Delaware
$16,962,016 490 53 Goodwill DE and DE County
$16,742,553 7,976 54 Riverfront Development Corp.
$16,164,664 33 55 Catholic Charities Inc.
$15,879,583 313 56 Kci Technologies Inc.
$15,464,354 770 57 Transcore LP
$15,299,086 95 58 Delta Dental of DE Inc.
$15,043,063 25 59 Shi International Corp.
$14,874,967 372 60 Children and Families First Delaware Inc.
$14,706,251 606 61 Parkowski Guerke & Swayze PA
$14,503,074 438 62 Delaware Economic Development
$14,350,000 2 63 Grassbusters Landscaping Co.
$13,978,633 148 64 Dover Downs Inc.
$13,664,363 28 65 Regulatory Insurance Services
$13,594,362 1,934 66 Christiana Care Health Services Inc.
$13,390,076 910 67 Aloysius Butler & Clark
$13,360,266 1,336 68 Vault Medical Services PA
$13,251,660 7 69 Delaware Racing Assn
$12,753,665 30 70 Wagman Heavy Civil Inc.
$12,504,670 32 71 State Treasurer-debt Management
$12,500,000 3 72 George & Lynch Inc.
$12,260,487 65 73 Dscyf Client Payments
$12,202,042 181 74 Harrington Raceway
$11,826,962 41 75 Department of Labor
$11,552,023 488 76 Delaware State University
$11,382,159 91 77 Revenue Solutions Inc.
$11,350,592 19 78 Dhss Delaware Wic Program (food Account)
$11,052,746 36 79 Rummel Klepper & Kahl Llp
$10,950,303 905 80 City of Dover
$10,832,652 3,476 81 Specialty Audit Services LLC
$10,655,280 13 82 Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
$10,592,346 165 83 Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson Inc.
$10,590,941 781 84 Dti Chief Operating Officer
$10,194,139 8,983 85 Motorola Solutions Inc.
$10,025,373 97 86 Application Software Inc. Dba Asiflex
$9,953,132 1,157 87 Minnesota Life Insurance Co.
$9,827,440 50 88 Advanced Student Transportation Inc.
$9,625,248 319 89 US Foods Inc.
$9,554,218 4,659 90 Edis Company
$9,524,278 92 91 Pediatric Therapuetic Services
$9,386,469 297 92 National Opinion Research Center
$9,248,548 13 93 Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor Llp
$9,234,078 804 94 Igt Dba Intl Game Technology
$9,221,619 53 95 Correct RX Pharmacy Services
$8,888,573 33 96 Tarbiyah Sch Inc.
$8,888,455 36 97 Omb Fleet Management
$8,881,956 6,991 98 Recovery Innovations Inc.
$8,825,152 65 99 Deldot Finance Ttf Account
$8,733,505 2 100 Kent Construction Co. Inc.
$8,716,380 109
Figures come straight from Delaware's open checkbook (Socrata), covering FY2018–present and refreshed monthly. Browse every department, vendor and payment in the interactive dashboard.
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