Every check the state wrote in FY2023.
Delaware issued $14.84 billion in checks and payments across 1,492,349 public records — up 45% from $10.24 billion in FY2018. Here is where it went, straight from the state's open checkbook data.
Total checkbook spending
$14.84B
Per day
$40.7M
roughly $14,000 per resident
Since FY2018
+45%
from $10.24 billion
Where it went — top departments FY2023 · checkbook
The single biggest vendor
Gainwell Technologies LLC was the state's largest vendor relationship of FY2023.
Gainwell Technologies LLC received $3.29 billion across 1,834 payments on the FY2023 checkbook — 22.1% of everything the state paid out.
$3.29B
Spending by category MEDFAC EXPENSES $3.08B MEDICAL - EMPLOYER $1.27B SALARIES/WAGES-EMPLOYEES $899.5M TEACHERS $746.5M INVESTMENTS $679.6M PENSIONS/EMPLOYER'S SHARE $597.1M OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE $589.9M TRANSFER OUT $530.1M HEALTH INS/EMPLOYERS' SH $508.3M GRANTS $313.7M GRANTS IN AID $291.7M HGWY/BRIDGE RECONSTR $251.5M
By fund type
GENERAL $6.09B · 41.0%
SPECIAL $4.14B · 27.9%
FEDERAL $3.69B · 24.8%
CAPITAL $923.1M · 6.2%
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
What the money bought — top expense accounts MEDFAC EXPENSES $3.08B MEDICAL - EMPLOYER $1.27B SALARIES/WAGES-EMPLOYEES $899.5M TEACHERS $746.5M INVESTMENTS $679.6M PENSIONS/EMPLOYER'S SHARE $597.1M OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICE $589.9M TRANSFER OUT $530.1M HEALTH INS/EMPLOYERS' SH $508.3M GRANTS $313.7M GRANTS IN AID $291.7M HGWY/BRIDGE RECONSTR $251.5M
Top vendors paid in FY2023 # Vendor Paid Checks 1 Gainwell Technologies LLC
$3,285,281,672 1,834 2 Employee Compensation
$2,689,811,510 134,124 3 Other Employment Costs Benefits
$1,371,352,671 254,478 4 Northern Trust Company
$679,560,448 217 5 Highmark Health Services
$649,660,806 70 6 Omb Office of Pensions
$254,874,279 21 7 University of Delaware
$214,148,844 2,242 8 Cvs Pharmacy Inc.
$205,424,668 72 9 Aetna
$180,572,791 87 10 Silverscript Insurance Company
$180,286,935 36 11 Delaware Transit Corp.
$178,645,800 1,125 12 Dhss Child Care Direct Deposit Account
$110,050,043 1,759 13 Division of Statewide Benefits
$87,590,472 1,123 14 Div of Accounting
$86,780,262 191,187 15 Delaware State Housing Authority
$85,799,133 82 16 Voya Ret Ins & Annuity
$72,226,354 53 17 Centurion of Delaware LLC
$70,229,343 25 18 Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
$65,362,226 20 19 City of Wilmington
$59,490,471 1,743 20 Mumford & Miller Concrete Inc.
$56,531,348 388 21 Deldot Real Estate Account
$43,303,171 850 22 Christiana Care Health Services Inc.
$42,662,943 1,245 23 Delmarva Power
$37,162,672 29,688 24 A Del Construction Co. Inc.
$36,185,742 224 25 Deloitte Consulting Llp
$34,157,615 421 26 Dtcc Financial Aid
$33,839,203 322 27 Wagman Heavy Civil Inc.
$32,828,322 38 28 New Castle County
$32,392,763 997 29 Department of Health and Human Services
$31,981,718 29 30 Insurance Coverage Office of M&b
$31,866,185 115 31 Dtcc - Office O/t President
$30,786,609 331 32 Diamond State Port Corporation
$30,010,000 9 33 Catholic Charities Inc.
$28,494,598 484 34 Deldot Finance Ttf Account
$25,898,382 6 35 Conduent State and Local Solutions Inc.
$25,704,550 96 36 Century Engineering LLC
$25,641,244 2,020 37 Richard E Pierson Construction Co. Inc.
$24,726,038 166 38 US Foods Inc.
$23,950,414 5,935 39 Diamond Materials LLC
$22,592,282 68 40 Greggo & Ferrara Inc.
$22,324,336 105 41 Dhss Office O/t Secretary
$22,153,841 5 42 Nelnet Business Solutions Inc.
$21,087,278 137 43 Allan Myers MD Inc.
$20,955,536 78 44 Delaware Economic Development
$20,673,699 16 45 Deldot Finance
$20,621,606 38 46 Dti Controller's Office
$20,362,067 3,721 47 Delaware Racing Assn
$20,351,274 34 48 Goodwill DE and DE County
$20,103,710 7,950 49 Commonwealth Construction Co.
$19,946,774 38 50 Richard Y Johnson & Son Inc.
$19,661,862 127 51 Computer Aid Inc.
$19,626,674 747 52 Guidesoft Inc. Dba Knowledge Services
$18,787,855 1,114 53 Kelmar Assocs LLC
$18,630,716 111 54 Dover Downs Inc.
$18,455,165 27 55 Recovery Innovations Inc.
$17,625,139 132 56 Aecom
$17,575,830 1,242 57 Pediatric Therapuetic Services
$17,405,586 301 58 Dell Marketing LP
$17,224,779 2,200 59 Children and Families First Delaware Inc.
$17,213,589 654 60 Cdw Government Inc.
$17,146,060 2,533 61 Compatriot Capital Inc.
$17,132,442 1 62 Morris James Llp
$16,843,316 463 63 Conexio Care Inc.
$16,716,691 694 64 Shi International Corp.
$16,428,653 527 65 Whitman Requardt & Associates
$16,288,828 1,323 66 City of Dover
$15,887,829 4,116 67 Delta Dental of DE Inc.
$15,630,049 24 68 Gaudelli Brothers Inc.
$15,494,139 78 69 Dscyf Client Payments
$15,452,628 173 70 Ralph G Degli Obizzi & Sons
$14,921,644 49 71 Food Bank of Delaware Inc.
$14,917,205 151 72 Carahsoft Technology Corporati
$14,693,024 298 73 Sussex County Council
$14,596,608 568 74 Kci Technologies Inc.
$14,383,996 550 75 Aloysius Butler & Clark
$14,375,644 1,532 76 Harrington Raceway
$14,266,055 42 77 Acro Service Corp.
$14,229,169 4,350 78 Dhss Delaware Wic Program (food Account)
$14,220,951 42 79 Scientific Games US Parent LP
$14,173,348 140 80 Kent Construction Co. Inc.
$14,024,534 93 81 Grassbusters Landscaping Co.
$14,023,576 160 82 Omb Budget Administration
$13,844,261 3,860 83 Riverfront Development Corp.
$13,729,768 51 84 Abha/bsa a LLC
$13,189,754 57 85 Corrado Construction Company
$13,081,578 33 86 Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company
$12,908,437 156 87 Artesian Water Inc.
$12,511,738 3,541 88 Joseph T Richardson Inc.
$12,316,077 122 89 Omb Fleet Management
$12,232,804 9,276 90 Regulatory Insurance Services
$12,177,360 1,455 91 Parkowski Guerke & Swayze PA
$11,631,237 291 92 Application Software Inc. Dba Asiflex
$11,507,134 830 93 Dti Chief Operating Officer
$11,425,516 7,934 94 Mercer Human Resource
$11,330,074 214 95 Johnson Mirmiran & Thompson Inc.
$11,258,189 785 96 Discover Bank
$11,027,322 9 97 ID Griffith Inc.
$11,010,816 293 98 GA Blanco & Sons Inc.
$10,924,725 660 99 Specialty Audit Services LLC
$10,853,055 12 100 Advanced Student Transportation Inc.
$10,823,973 404
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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