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• U.S. subsidiaries in Louisiana play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 52,300 Louisianans—an increase of 1.9% over five years.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. U.S. subsidiaries provide the livelihood for 3.3% of Louisiana's private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 16,900 manufacturing jobs in Louisiana. 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 11% of manufacturing jobs in Louisiana are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Louisiana is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Over 30% 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.

Last year, NuComm, a U.S. subsidiary of Canada's leader in outsourced contact center solutions, chose Lafayette as the site of its 14th and largest ever customer contact center. The new site is expected to create up to 1,000 new contact center jobs for area residents. Employing more than 4,000 people in 13 contact centers around the world, NuComm's centers provide technical and service support, customer care and billing, data management and customer self-service programs to its clients. According to an economic impact study completed by Economist Anthony Greco, Ph.D, with the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, after the initial construction impact, the approximate annual impact of the NuComm project will be more than $115 million to the Lafayette economy.