The University of California has recently completed a comprehensive report on the statewide contributions to California’s economic growth and the quality of life throughout the state.

UC's Contributions to California's Economic Growth,
Health and Culture (2003 impact study)

Campus Economic Impact Summaries
In addition to the systemwide study, UC campuses also periodically commission impact reports:

Berkeley
The latest UC Berkeley impact study, published in September 2007, reveals the campus' vital role in the Bay Area economy as a major employer and purchaser of goods and services in the region. UC Berkeley had 2005-06 revenues of $1.4 billion, of which approximately 71% came from outside the Bay Area. The campus spent more than $401 million in goods and services, including about $31 million to vendors in Berkeley. UC Berkeley's payroll was almost $808 million, including almost $314 million to employees living in the city of Berkeley. The campus spent about $144 million on capital projects. Students spent about $395 million in the Bay Area. As Berkeley’s largest employer – as well as tops in Alameda and Contra Costa Counties – the campus employs more people than the city’s next nine largest employers combined. UC Berkeley's direct spending of over $1 billion in the Bay Area generated another $464 million in spending and an additional 9,200 jobs for Bay Area residents. The campus also attracts about 1 million visitors each year, who contribute at least $30 million annually to the local economy. The report also examines the campus’ community service and environmental practices.
Berkeley Economic Impact Report (Sep. 2007)

Davis
2007 UC Davis Annual Report, "Inspiration to Impact"
UC Davis generated an estimated $2.93 billion in economic activity in California in fiscal 2004, based on its most recent economic impact report. After state government, UC Davis remains the second-largest employer in the seven-county capital region, with 28,230 full-time and part-time employees. UC Davis paid out $1.086 billion in salaries and wages to those employees in fiscal 2004, while collecting revenues totaling $2.15 billion -- half of which are estimated to have come from outside the area. For every two direct jobs at UC Davis, another job is created in the state of California. UC Davis continues to expand its impact. By fiscal 2007, UC Davis' revenue had grown to $2.57 billion, including $938 million from UC Davis Medical Center. In addition to state support, UC Davis received more than $532 million in research awards in fiscal 2007, the third straight year that the total exceeded the half-billion dollar mark, reflecting UC Davis' place as one of the nation's top research universities.
UC Davis facts

Irvine
UC Irvine is an economic engine powering prosperity in the region and generating an annual economic impact on Orange County of $3 billion. In 2002-03, UCI's budget was $1.3 billion, with more than $475 million spent on goods and services, and $204 million on capital improvements. The campus and medical center distributed an average monthly payroll of $51 million, most of which was spent in the local economy. Funds spent by UC Irvine generate additional jobs, business activity and tax revenues for Orange County and the state of California. The county's third-largest employer, UC Irvine is responsible for the creation of almost 16,000 jobs, including 10,355 UC employees. Another 5,500 Orange Country jobs are directly attributable to UCI. The vast majority of UC Irvine's more than 80,000 alumni continue to live and work in Southern California, making the university a significant long-term contributor to the region's talent-rich workforce. In support of UC Irvine's innovative research activities, total extramural funding  money coming from outside sources, including federal and state agencies, industry contracts and private foundations  reached a record $236 million in 2002-03. As a growing campus in the UC system, UC Irvine's capital investments in new research and instructional facilities are expected to continue over the next decade.
Quick facts about UC Irvine economic impacts

Los Angeles
UCLA is an economic engine and a key player in the Southern California region. With revenues from the state, federal contracts and grants, licensing fees from inventions, gifts and endowments, student fees and hospital income, UCLA has an annual operating budget of $3.6 billion. For each dollar of taxpayer investment, the University generates almost $15 in economic activity, resulting in a $9.3-billion economic impact on the area. As the 7th-largest employer in the greater Los Angeles region, the economic activity associated with UCLA generates more than $1.2 billion in local, state, and federal taxes. UCLA's impact extends throughout California, resulting in almost $9.9 billion in economic activity across the state. With economic growth that outpaces the regional economy, UCLA has played a stabilizing role through the last decade's economic cycles.
UCLA economic impact report (May 2007)

Riverside
UC Riverside impact report (June 2006)
UC Riverside had a $1.1 billion economic impact on California in 2006-07. This total included the direct, indirect and induced impacts of expenditures by UCR on salaries, goods and services, and construction, as well as the impacts of spending by UCR students, retirees and campus visitors. With more than 6,600 employees, UCR was the second-largest employer in Riverside and the tenth-largest in the Inland Empire region. Spending by UCR, its students, retirees and visitors also helped to generate more than 13,000 full-time jobs statewide, along with $558 million in personal income. Its highly skilled graduates are one of UCR’s most significant contributions to the economy, particularly in the Inland Empire, where approximately 30% of UCR’s more than 60,000 alumni live. The campus was awarded $98 million in research funding in 2006-07, and licensing of UCR-patented technologies and other collaborations between UCR academics and private companies have helped to develop new, knowledge-based companies with great potential to grow in the Inland Empire and beyond.

San Diego
UC San Diego contributes more than $7.2 billion in direct and indirect spending and personal income each year to the California economy and generates 39,000 jobs. Companies started by UCSD faculty and alumni create an even more powerful impact. The total statewide economic contribution from UCSD start-up companies – 67 currently active companies in California that generate more than $10 billion in annual sales – is more than $37 billion annually and nearly 130,000 jobs. UC San Diego, the third largest employer in San Diego County, pays more than $1.1 billion in salaries and wages to nearly 27,000 faculty, staff, health care and student workers. In total salaries and wages, purchasing of goods and services, and construction, UCSD spent nearly $2.5 billion in FY 2006-07. Every $1 in direct UCSD spending generates an additional 92 cents in indirect spending in the county.
UC San Diego economic impact report (2008)

San Francisco
One of San Francsico's largest employers, UCSF has a huge impact on the economic health of the Bay Area, generating more than 23,000 full-time jobs and $1.8 billion in sales and income in the region, according to a report prepared for UCSF by independent economic analysts. UCSFs current expansion in Mission Bay, furthermore, will create another 2,000 jobs and provide an additional spike in Bay Area economic activity. UCSF has one of the most active and lucrative research programs in the country, ranking number four in the nation in the amount of research money granted by the National Institutes of Health in 2003, receiving $420.7 million. UCSF researchers also have contributed to the start-up of at least 60 life science and pharmaceutical companies, including Genentech and Chiron. UCSF Mission Bay, a second major teaching and research campus under construction, is expected to attract private companies to a surrounding research zone and make the life sciences a key to the future economic vitality of the region. UCSF has the largest patent and invention portfolios of any campus in the UC system, and licensing revenue generated by UCSF about $38.5 million. UCSF continues to provide access to the highest quality of medical and dental care to people in the region, with more than 600,000 patient visits annually to its two medical centers.
Press release, Jan. 8, 2004

Santa Barbara
UC Santa Barbara is the largest employer in Santa Barbara County, with more than 9,100 employees. UCSB now spends about $239 million annually in wages and salaries (FY1999-2000 figures). The presence of more than 16,000 UC alumni in the region provides a highly skilled workforce for the many new companies in the area's growing technology sector. UCSB students are responsible for contributing more than $135 million to the local economy each year in direct retail and service expenditures. This translates into an estimated 3,000 jobs in these sectors. Approximately 80 percent of UCSB‘s annual operating expenditures of $437 million is spent in Santa Barbara County. An additional $60 million goes to capital expenditures. About 120 alumni and faculty members of the UCSB College of Engineering have started nearly 100 high-tech companies, about half of them located on California's Central Coast. In addition, many major companies now operate in the Santa Barbara area because they have acquired UCSB spinoff companies. Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, and Texas Instruments are just a few of the many other major international companies that have acquired UCSB spinoffs.

Santa Cruz
UC Santa Cruz contributes $960 million in economic activity within Santa Cruz County, which creates over 9,500 additional jobs for local residents, according to an analysis of 2004-05 expenditures by the campus and its employees and students. Every dollar spent by UC Santa Cruz grows to return more than $1.60 in the county. Every State dollar invested in UC Santa Cruz – when combined with student fees and other UC resources – generated $6.50 in economic activity within the community. During 2004-05, UCSC spent approximately $198 million in operating and housing/food services expenditures. The largest employer in Santa Cruz County, UCSC’s faculty, staff and their immediate families spent an estimated $292 million on purchases and services within the county, while campus visitors spent $23 million in the local area. Student expenditures also translate into new spending within the local economy – $145 million within county borders.
Economic impact report (April 2006)
UCSC Contributions to the Community

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
The overall economic impact of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the global economy is an estimated $1.4 billion a year, including $682 million annually on the San Francisco Bay Area and $800 million statewide. An estimated 11,700 jobs also resulted from the Lab’s direct spending and its related indirect and induced spending, and more than 20 startups – with a market capitalization of more than $2.5 billion – emerged from Lab technologies. Another 1,100 new jobs have been created in these companies alone. Add to this the spending by the Lab’s 2,500 guest researchers annually, and the total impact becomes even more impressive. Four major building projects planned over the next five years will also generate an estimated $360 million in project costs that will translate into building industry and supply contracts as well as job opportunities and regional economic growth.
Economic impact study (Dec. 2007)

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
With $1.6 billion annual budget, 7,800 employees and an annual payroll of more than $778 million, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is the largest employer in the City of Livermore and the fourth-largest in Alameda County. In FY 2007, the Livermore lab spent more than $610 million on the procurement of goods and services, with $334 million spent in California. LLNL has active commercial licenses with 537 companies, including 96 in California. About 34% of the lab’s industrial partnerships are with small businesses and start-up companies. Agreements with universities and colleges support high-technology workforce training, and the lab has a wealth of K-12 science education programs. 30,000 students and teachers benefit from LLNL educational outreach programs totaling approximately $900,000 each year. Lab employees also contribute to the community through volunteerism and charitable giving. The lab’s HOME (Helping Others More Effectively) Campaign raises money for local nonprofit agencies and umbrella groups, with more than $1 million annually.
Community impacts (FY 2007)

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Economic Impacts
"Partners on a Mission: Federal Laboratory Practices
    Contributing to Economic Development," Los Alamos
    case study, U.S. Department of Commerce, Nov. 2003

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