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Employment, Output and
Texas
Military Snapshot / 2021
Texas military installations play a vital role in strategic national defense and provide significant benefits to the state economy. These bases support local businesses and create jobs in a wide variety of industries. The U.S. Department of Defense maintains 14 bases throughout Texas, covering more than 1.4 million acres.
Ten of the Comptroller’s twelve economic regions include a U.S. military installation. Military bases in the state support about 235,000 direct jobs and contribute more than $67.6 billion to Texas’ gross domestic product annually.
They support an estimated 622,000 Texas workers in some capacity, contributing about $42.3 billion in disposable personal income.
Glenn Hegar
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
2021 ESTIMATED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE TEXAS ECONOMY
235,184
Direct
Employment
Direct and Indirect Employment
622,790
$42.3 Billion
Disposable
Personal
Income
$114.2 Billion
Output
Gross Domestic Product
$67.6 Billion
Employment, Output and
Disposable Personal
Income
| Installation | Direct Employment |
Total Employment |
Output (in thousands) |
Gross
Domestic Product (in thousands) |
Disposable Personal Income (in thousands) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Army Futures Command | 833 | 2,201 | $371,423 | $224,300 | $156,737 |
| Corpus Christi Army Depot | 3,191 | 9,344 | $1,404,507 | $845,791 | $641,597 |
| Dyess AFB | 5,533 | 16,098 | $3,040,516 | $1,792,594 | $1,148,538 |
| Ellington Field JRB | 414 | 1,203 | $217,681 | $128,750 | $85,043 |
| Fort Bliss | 46,971 | 120,799 | $22,944,253 | $13,557,057 | $7,969,926 |
| Fort Hood | 55,374 | 160,933 | $28,886,145 | $16,967,542 | $11,224,637 |
| Goodfellow AFB | 9,690 | 23,897 | $4,744,642 | $2,801,133 | $1,533,659 |
| Joint Base San Antonio | 82,639 | 211,213 | $39,168,304 | $23,315,990 | $14,403,968 |
| Laughlin AFB | 3,290 | 8,694 | $1,592,240 | $946,857 | $595,740 |
| NAS Corpus Christi | 8,395 | 19,815 | $3,356,238 | $2,010,506 | $1,311,338 |
| NAS JRB Fort Worth | 5,199 | 15,164 | $2,696,550 | $1,589,164 | $1,068,397 |
| NAS Kingsville | 1,647 | 4,442 | $751,525 | $450,613 | $295,946 |
| Red River Army Depot | 3,370 | 9,059 | $1,343,386 | $812,263 | $619,407 |
| Sheppard AFB | 8,638 | 19,928 | $3,675,309 | $2,183,933 | $1,236,660 |
| Statewide totals | 235,184 | 622,790 | $114,192,719 | $67,626,493 | $42,291,593 |
To see more detailed information on each of these installations, visit:
- TMPC 2021-2022 Texas Military Preparedness Commission Biennial Report
- Comptroller’s 2021 Economic Impact, Texas bases
Published July 2022
Sources: Texas Military Preparedness Commission; the various U.S. Military bases in Texas; REMI; Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
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