Economic Impact of Los Alamos National Laboratory on Northern New Mexico and the State

LANL injected more than $1.4 billion directly into the northern New Mexico economy during FY 2009. These injections provided more than 11,200 direct jobs, nearly $1.1 billion labor income and $1.4 billion economic output to the region. LANL?s expenditures also indirectly supported approximately 9,300 jobs, more than $317 million in labor income and $932 million economic output in this region (Table 3.1). The total economic impact of LANL to the region is approximately 20,531 in employment, $1.4 billion in labor income, and $2.3 billion in economic output. In addition, a total of 3,050 LANL retirees with $140 million in pension benefits are estimated to have supported an additional 821 jobs with $26 million in labor income (Table 4.1). Northern New Mexico consists of the seven counties of Los Alamos, Santa Fe, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Taos, San Miguel and Mora. (Author: Dolewsar Bhandari, PhD)