FY25

Economic Impact Across Georgia  ·  Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech employees live and spend in communities across all 12 of Georgia's economic development regions. The map shows where they live; their wages and local spending ripple outward to support additional income and jobs. Click any region to see its FY25 numbers.

Select a region on the map to view its Georgia Tech employee economic impact for FY25.
Work in progress. This site currently reports only the impact of Georgia Tech employees and their spending. Coming soon: the impact of all other Institute spending, as well as that of students.
These numbers have not yet been adjusted for the contribution of state funds. That adjustment will be included in future updates.
These figures represent the "traditional" upstream economic impact. Downstream measures — the impact of Georgia Tech's research, innovation, and entrepreneurship — are being developed to provide a comprehensive view of the Institute's total impact.
Definitions & Methodology References ▸

Types of Impact

Direct Impacts
The initial economic activity that results from changes in production or expenditures by producers and/or consumers.
Indirect Impacts
The economic activity that results from local industries buying goods and services from other local industries. This cycle of spending continues until all the money leaks out from the regional economy.
Induced Impacts
The economic activity that results from the spending of employees' labor income. This cycle of household spending continues until all the money leaks out from the regional economy.

Key Measures

Economic Output / Final Demand
Final value of industry production. For manufacturing companies, output is sales plus/minus changes in inventory. For service sectors, output is equal to sales. For retail and wholesale trade companies, output equals gross margin, not gross sales.
Value Added
The difference between an industry's output and the cost of its intermediate inputs. This includes employee compensation, taxes on production, and gross operating surplus. This is the measure of the contribution to GDP made by the industry.
Wages / Income
All forms of employment income, including employee compensation and proprietor income. Employee compensation is the total payroll cost paid by the employer including wages and salary, all benefits (health, retirement, etc.) and employer-paid payroll taxes (social security, unemployment, etc.).
How to read this: "Direct" income is wages Georgia Tech pays to employees living in a region. "Induced" income and jobs are the additional local economic activity generated when those employees spend their wages in the regional economy. Figures reflect FY25 and Georgia Tech employees residing in Georgia (21,606 of them). Source: Georgia Tech Center for Economic Development Research.