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• U.S. subsidiaries in Georgia play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 170,300 Georgians.
• Georgia has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 11th 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 nearly 5% of Georgia's private-sector workforce.
• Georgia ranks 16th in the country in the share of its workforce supported by U.S. subsidiaries.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 58,200 manufacturing jobs in Georgia. 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.
• Almost 13% of manufacturing jobs in Georgia are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Georgia is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 35% 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.

In May 2007, General Protecht U.S. Inc., a U.S subsidiary of a Chinese company that was created by a joint venture between China-based General Protecht Group and Atlanta-based Heritage Capital Advisors LLC, purchased more than 200 acres in Barnesville. The company plans to build an assembly and distribution facility for electrical products, wired devices and other related products. Over the course of two years, this new facility is expected to bring 240 jobs and $30 million of investment. Trade to and from China has made Georgia the sixth-largest port in the U.S. for imports and exports with China and the second largest port on the East Coast.