• U.S. subsidiaries in Alabama play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 73,600 Alabamians.
• Alabama has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 25th in the United States in the number of employees supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for over 4% of Alabama's private-sector workforce

• U.S. subsidiaries support 42,100 manufacturing jobs in Alabama. Manufacturing companies tend to have a strong “multiplier” effect on the economy—stimulating a substantial amount of activity and jobs in other sectors through their demand for inputs from other suppliers.
• Nearly 14% of manufacturing jobs in Alabama are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Alabama is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Over 55% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.3 million Americans-or 4.5% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $364.2 billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $68,317; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $160 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

ThyssenKrupp Steel and Stainless USA, chose Alabama for a multi- billion-dollar state-of-the-art carbon and stainless steel plant near Mt. Vernon in the Calvert community, 25 miles north of Mobile. The Alabama plant will be Thyssenkrup's first steel making operation in the United States. This large-scale project is described as the first of its kind in the United States in decades, and as the largest economic project in the history of the state. The plant will be a 3,500-acre site employing as many as 2,700 workers with a capacity of producing 4.1 million metric tons of carbon steel end products. Thyssenkrupp estimates that this plant will generate at least 38,000 jobs indirectly in the region over the next two decades.