- U.S. subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad
support an annual payroll
of $335.9 billion — with average compensation
per worker of $66,042, which is 32 percent higher
than compensation at all U.S. companies.
- U.S. subsidiaries heavily invest in the American
manufacturing sector;
with 30 percent of the jobs at U.S. subsidiaries in
manufacturing industries.
- U.S. subsidiaries manufacture in America to export
goods around the world — accounting for nearly
19% of all U.S. exports, or $169.2 billion.
- U.S. subsidiaries of companies headquartered abroad
reinvested a record-high of $70.6 billion in
their U.S. operations.
- Ninety-nine percent of U.S. FDI is from private
sector firms — only one percent of total
direct investment (assets) is owned by companies that
are controlled by foreign governments.
- In 2005, U.S. subsidiaries tax payments went up dramatically over the previous year, rising 42 percent to a record high of $42.4 billion. In fact, since the 2001-2002 recession, U.S. subsidiaries’ tax liabilities were up 138 percent.
* All statistics are the latest publicly available
government data from the Department of Commerce, compiled
by Content
First, LLC for the Organization
for International Investment.
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