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• U.S. subsidiaries in Nebraska play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 18,700 Nebraskans.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for over 2% of Nebraska’s private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 8,700 manufacturing jobs in Nebraska. 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 9% of manufacturing jobs in Nebraska are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Nebraska is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Over 45% 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 $364.2billion.
• 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.

Bosch Security Systems, a U.S. subsidiary of German manufacturing giant Robert Bosch, announced plans in 2007 to consolidate all of its North American repair work to one site in Lincoln, Nebraska. The $8 million expansion of this site will create 60 jobs by the end of 2008, when construction has finished and the gradual migration of all Bosch’s services to the Lincoln site has been completed.