SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA
OUR IMPACT
2011 Total Direct, Indirect and Induced
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PRIVATE U.S. SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING INDUSTRY OPERATIONS IN THE U.S.
State
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Deleware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virgina
Wisconsin
Wyoming
U.S. TOTAL
EMPLOYMENT*
LABOR INCOME**
Amount
($ million)
10,910
1,150
2,880
1,740
37,140
2,840
22,710
500
660
21,890
5,020
2,290
810
8,010
5,780
1,800
1,580
4,000
29,250
14,280
4,250
4,910
5,480
3,420
23,450
4,380
510
1,080
1,450
930
5,910
850
11,630
4,810
420
6,760
1,890
4,850
9,720
3,970
4,680
480
4,840
25,720
1,510
340
63,650
10,620
820
8,200
310
397,110
$548.0
$63.9
$140.8
$75.7
$2,378.7
$158.9
$1,731.4
$30.2
$71.3
$1,089.3
$262.8
$151.2
$34.3
$481.3
$282.7
$84.4
$73.1
$187.4
$1,595.3
$803.0
$249.0
$349.0
$280.7
$186.8
$1,609.3
$221.4
$19.8
$51.2
$71.0
$52.5
$397.5
$38.7
$941.6
$235.0
$24.0
$352.5
$88.7
$259.1
$541.4
$260.1
$227.7
$20.5
$253.8
$1,449.0
$71.7
$15.3
$3,961.9
$634.8
$39.0
$437.2
$22.2
$23,606.1
GDP
($ million)
$824.4
$108.7
$254.3
$122.7
$3,752.1
$275.0
$2,526.5
$49.7
$99.9
$1,638.4
$444.4
$233.1
$57.6
$779.6
$450.5
$146.8
$126.3
$291.1
$2,239.3
$1,190.7
$371.9
$550.7
$441.9
$314.5
$2,111.6
$354.0
$36.9
$83.0
$127.5
$81.9
$609.5
$65.9
$1,442.6
$398.8
$48.8
$568.7
$161.1
$392.3
$857.9
$360.9
$355.1
$33.5
$405.4
$2,343.6
$134.8
$26.3
$5,507.2
$972.8
$69.1
$658.6
$39.1
$35,537.2
Critical Facts about the
United States Shipyard Industry
The U.S. shipyard industrial base is
vital to America’s national and economic
security. Private U.S. shipyards build,
repair, maintain and modernize the
largest and most sophisticated Navy
and Coast Guard in the world as well as
America’s fleet of approximately 40,000
commercial vessels.
Source: Calculations using the MIG modeling system (2011 database). *Employment is defined as the number of payroll and self-employed jobs, including part-time jobs.
**Labor income is defined as wages and salaries and benefits as well as proprietor’s income.
SCA
The Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) is the national trade
association representing the shipbuilding, ship repair and shipyard
supplier industry. Founded in 1920.
Compiled by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA). All data sourced from The Economic Impact of the U.S.
Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry, a study prepared by PriceWaterhouseCoopers for the U.S. Maritime Administration
To learn more, please visit www.ShipBuilders.org.
The U.S. shipbuilding and repair
industry affects the economies of
ALL
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
BY THE NUMBERS
107,240
direct jobs
7.9 BILLION
in direct LABOR
INCOME
Source: MARAD Report “The Economic Importance of the U.S. Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry”
SHIPBUILDERS COUNCIL OF AMERICA
SCA
$9.8 billion
IN direct GDP
to the national
economy
IN TOTAL:
Private U.S. Shipyards Support
402,000 jobs
$23.9 $36.0
billion
of labor income
billion
in GDP
*
*Compiled by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA). Data sourced from the Economic Importance of the U.S. Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry, Maritime Administration, June 2013,
and using MIG modeling system, Census Bureau, and Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
Shipbuilders Council of America
ShipBuilders.org
OUR WORKERS
OUR INDUSTRY
2011 Total Direct, Indirect and Induced
ECONOMIC IMPACT OF PRIVATE U.S. SHIPBUILDING AND REPAIRING INDUSTRY OPERATIONS IN THE U.S. Top 15 States.
6.0
60
5.5
55
5.0
Employment (thousands)
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
Each direct job in the
shipbuilding and repairing
industry leads to another
2.7 jobs nationally.
Average labor
income per job
LEADS TO
Per Capita Shipyard
Employment States
2.0
1.5
0
AL CA CT FL IL LA ME MS NY OH PA TX VA WA WI
AL
CA
CT
FL
States
IL
LA ME MS NJ
NY
PA
TX
VA WA
WI
States
top 10 STATES ranked by
LABOR INCOME & GDP.
1. Virginia
2. California
3. Louisiana
4. Texas
5. Mississippi
$73,630
$50,786
National
average
LEADS TO
45% HIGHER
than the
Top 5
2.5
In 2012, shipbuilders delivered
1,260
6. Connecticut
7. Florida
8. Maine
9. New York
10. Alabama
VESSELS
top 15 congressional districts, ranked by employment.
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT
Each dollar of GDP
leads to another
$2.66 in other GDP.
3.0
500
LABOR INCOME
Each dollar of direct
labor income leads to
another $2.03 in labor
income in other parts
of the economy.
3.5
5
Labor income per job was
approximately $73,630 in 2011,
45% higher than the national
average for the private sector
economy ($50,786).
LEADS TO
4.0
1.0
Average labor income
GDP
4.5
10
0
EMPLOYMENT
Labor Income
Labor income and GDP (millions)
The private shipbuilding and repair
industry employs highly skilled men
and women building the largest most
sophisticated fleets in the world.
65
1. Maine: 1 in 50 jobs
2. Mississippi: 1 in 75 jobs
3. Virginia: 1 in 90 jobs
4. Connecticut &
Louisiana: 1 in 100 jobs
5. Alabama: 1 in 150 jobs
national
average
RANK
Congressional
District
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
VA-3
CT-2
MS-4
ME-1
LA-2
LA-1
AL-1
CA-51
FL-4
LA-3
WI-8
FL-2
CA-52
RI-2
MS-2
Employment
(jobs)a
45,710
19,750
19,290
13,550
11,710
9,430
8,450
4,860
4,000
3,950
3,880
3,840
3,670
3,560
2,900
Labor Income
($ millions)b
$2,931.5
$1,397.2
$1,426.8
$772.9
$701.1
$511.4
$412.8
$338.3
$211.5
$199.0
$206.5
$187.7
$254.8
$228.5
$130.3
GDP
($ millions)
$3,962.8
$2,065.8
$1,834.9
$1,137.8
$963.4
$717.2
$609.5
$457.5
$260.8
$278.5
$297.6
$250.2
$360.8
$319.9
$200.1
Source: Data sourced from the Economic Importance of the U.S. Shipbuilding and Repairing Industry, Maritime Administration,
June 2013 and using MIG modeling system, Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
a
Employment is defined as the number of payroll and self-employment jobs, including part-time jobs. bLabor income is defined
as wages and salaries and benefits as well as proprietor’s income.
60%
MILITARY
$20 BILLION
22%
COMMERCIAL
SHIPBUILDING
18%
SHIP REPAIR
Industry revenue at a glance
In 2012, the industry’s total revenues are
estimated at approximately $20 billion.
Approximately 60% of that is attributable
to military shipbuilding, 22% to commercial
shipbuilding, and 18% to ship repairing.