Texas Agencies With the Most Public Spending in FY 2026
The Health and Human Services Commission recorded $40.90 billion in public spending in FY 2026, followed by the Texas Education Agency at $29.06 billion and the Texas Department of Transportation at $11.69 billion.
Texas Comptroller spending records show $127.11 billion in public, non-confidential payments in FY 2026. The Health and Human Services Commission recorded the largest total at $40.90 billion, or 32.2% of the statewide total. The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Department of Transportation followed at $29.06 billion and $11.69 billion, leaving the top three agencies with 64.2% of all public spending.
The Three Largest Agency Totals
The Health and Human Services Commission led the FY 2026 ranking at $40.90 billion. The Texas Education Agency followed at $29.06 billion, and the Texas Department of Transportation recorded $11.69 billion. Together, those three agencies accounted for $81.65 billion in public spending.
Measured against the statewide total, their shares were 32.2%, 22.9%, and 9.2%, respectively.
How the Rest of the Top 10 Stacks Up
The next group of agencies was substantially smaller. Comptroller-State Fiscal recorded $10.50 billion, followed by the Employees Retirement System of Texas at $5.33 billion, the Teacher Retirement System of Texas at $2.92 billion, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at $2.78 billion.
The Texas Water Development Board, Texas Workforce Commission, and Texas Permanent School Fund Corporation rounded out the top 10 at $1.68 billion, $1.44 billion, and $1.37 billion.
What the FY 2026 Ranking Shows
The ranking is concentrated near the top. After the first three agencies, only one additional agency in the top 10 exceeded $10 billion in public spending, and five agencies in the lower half of the top 10 were below $3 billion.
This view is limited to public payments and should be read as a ranking of recorded spending totals, not a statement about program goals or outcomes.