---
title: "Tech budget status — Work data 2026"
url: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data/tech-budget
year: 2026
chapter: "work"
question: "TechBudget"
section: "Employer + technology details"
licence: "ODbL 1.0 (https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1-0/)"
---

# Tech budget status

Budget increases outnumber budget decreases 23% to 17%. However, 32% do not know their department’s budget direction.

Asked as: Has your department's budget increased, decreased, or stayed the same in your most recent budget cycle? When considering your department, refer to the one you are working in today. (`TechBudget`, single select, optional, v2026.1)

## Options offered

1. Increased
2. Decreased
3. Stayed the same
4. I don't know

## Results

### All Respondents

n = 20,915

|  | Respondents | Percent |
| --- | ---: | ---: |
| I don't know | 6,757 | 32.3% |
| Stayed the same | 5,839 | 27.9% |
| Increased | 4,713 | 22.5% |
| Decreased | 3,606 | 17.2% |

In context: https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2026/work/data.md