National Aeronautics and Space Administration Stennis Space Center 2015 Economic Impact

Direct Global Economic Impact Navy $796 Million $233 Million (29%) NASA $252 Million (32%)

Construction of Facilities $87 Million Other (11%) Commerce $182 Million $42 Million (23%)

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Stennis Space Center is a major Direct Economic Impact 50-mile Radius contributor to the Gulf Coast $684 Million economies of Louisiana and Navy Mississippi. It spends almost $207 Million NASA three-fourths ($0.74) of every (30%) dollar within a four-county/ $204 Million parish, 50-mile-radius area. It also (30%) is responsible for contributing more than $1.06 billion to the economies of that region, which include Hancock, Harrison and Pearl River counties in Mississippi and St. Tammany Parish in Louisiana. Eighty-nine percent of all Stennis employees reside in the four counties and Construction parish. of Facilities Other $86 Million Commerce $156 Million *Study by Dr. Alan Barefield (12%) of Mississippi State University, $31 Million (23%) February 2016. (5%)

Total workforce – approx. 5,100 Average salary with benefits – $93,000 Workforce* • NASA and contractors – 1872 (Stennis federal civil servants, 438; contractors and other, 1434) • Department of Navy and contractors – 1936 • Department of Commerce and contractors – 184 • Other Resident Agencies – 1094 *Totals as of Sept. 30, 2015

Residential Distribution of Stennis Personnel

HANCOCK COUNTY, MS 1170 (23%)

HARRISON COUNTY, MS 806 (16%)

PEARL RIVER COUNTY, MS 1316 (26%)

OTHER, MS 323 (6%)

ST. TAMMANY PARISH, LA 1236 (24%)

OTHER, LA 194 (4%)

OTHER 38 (1%)

Employee Skills Summary Education Levels (All Employees) • Scientific/Engineering – 30% • Doctorate – 4% • Business/Professional – 27% • Masters – 14% • Technical/Crafts/Production – 26% • Bachelors – 32% • Clerical – 6% • Associates – 12% • Other – 11% • Some College – 17% • High School Diploma– 20% • Other – 1%

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