Economic impact, workers increase at Wright-Patterson

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base had an estimated $4.3 billion impact and employed about 27,552 workers in fiscal year 2014, according to Air Force economic analysts.

That’s a boost in both the number of people who worked on the base and the geographic area it impacts because analysts increased the survey area from five counties to 14, boosting both the economic effect and base population, said Daryl Mayer, a base spokesman.

“The assessment last year was that they were missing some employees who travel from further out than just directly the counties that border the base,” he said.

The previous survey had estimated a $4 billion impact and a population of about 26,200 workers in the counties of Montgomery, Greene, Miami, Preble and Clark counties, he said.

The revised survey also added Auglaize, Butler, Champaign, Clinton, Darke, Fayette, Mercer, Shelby and Warren.

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