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• U.S. subsidiaries in California play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 542,600 Californians.
• California has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 1st 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 4.2% of California's private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 123,900 manufacturing jobs in California. 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.
• More than 8% of manufacturing jobs in California are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in California is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 25% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.1 million Americans-or 4.4% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $335.9 billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $66,042; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $121 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

Virgin America, a U.S. subsidiary of the British company Virgin Group, has begun offering service on its low cost airline Virgin, based in Burlingame, California and will have two daily nonstop flights between San Francisco International Airport and New York's John F. Kennedy Airport. Virgin also offers five daily nonstop flights between San Francisco International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport. The new service will add thousands of jobs to the region's airline industry. Virgin America says it eventually will create 3,000 to 5,000 jobs for mechanics, flight attendants, pilots, reservationists and others, many of them in the Bay Area.