• U.S. subsidiaries in Idaho play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 13,000 Idahoans—an increase of 15% over five years.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood over 2% of Idaho’s private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 3,700 manufacturing jobs in Idaho. 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.
• Nearly 6% of manufacturing jobs in Idaho are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Idaho is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Almost 30% 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.

In May of 2008, Areva, Inc. , U.S. subsidiary of the French-owned Areva Group, announced plans to build a $2 billion plant to enrich uraniumused to generate electricty. The new facility will be in Idaho Falls and is expected to employ more than 250 full time employees. The construction of the facility will create an additional 1,000 jobs. Construction on the plant will being in early 2011 and is expected to be completed by 2014.