The men and women of Nellis, Creech, and the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) pride themselves in being great community partners in southern Nevada. Our 2011 Economic Impact Analysis provides information on the contribution Nellis, Creech, and the NTTR make to the local economy.
Nellis Air Force Base (AFB), is the hallowed ground of Tactical Aviation, and has been a part of the southern Nevada community for 70 years. Nellis' primary missions are: Operational testing of our most advanced aircraft and weapons systems, tactics development for warfighters around the globe, and advanced training to fly, fight, and win utilizing the 2.9-million-acre NTTR. In support of these missions, Nellis, Creech, and the NTTR are home to the only security forces group and largest civil engineer, logistics readiness, communications, and force support squadrons in Air Combat Command.
Despite tough economic times in 2011, Nellis, Creech, and the NTTR contributed more than $5 billion to southern Nevada in the form of purchases, creating jobs, and procuring services and commodities from local businesses.
Our Airmen and their families take pride in calling southern Nevada "home."
FY11 Economic impact Analysis (EIA)
Personnel
Appropriated Fund Military:
9,748 Active Duty
1,061 Reserve/Air National Guard
10,809 Total
Active Duty Military Dependents: 26,005
Appropriated Fund Civilians:
817 General Schedule
144 Federal Wage Board
6 Other APF Civilians
967 Total
Other Civilians: 3,312
Total Personnel: 41,093
Annual Payroll by Classification
Appropriated Fund Military: $856.1M
Appropriated Fund Civilians: $76.8M
NAF Civilians & On-Site Contractors: $225.4M
Nellis, Creech, NTTR Payroll: $1,158.3M
Total Payroll: $1,158,335,948.43
Expense Report
Commissary (Inventory): $1.9M
Base Exchange (Inventory): $12.9M
Health (Tri-Care): $34.0M
Education (TA): $4.5M
Temporary Duty (TDY): $161.8M
Other (Materials, Equp. & Sup): $680.7M
Government Purchase Card: $31.9M
Utilities: $16.9M
Service Contracts: $98.1M
Construction: $94.1M
Multi-Year Capital Assets: $1,863.4M
Total Annual Expenditures: $3,000160,250.50
Retiree Presence & Payroll
Air Force: 13,972 Payroll: $338.9M
Army: 5,368 Payroll: $117.5M
Navy: 6,538 Payroll: $147.7M
Marines: 1,584 Payroll: $38.4M
Coast Guard: 383 Payroll: $4.4M
Total: 27,845 Payroll: $646,932,000.00
Total Indirect Jobs Created Estimates
Active Duty: 3,997 Value: $162.8M
Reserve/ANG: 170 Value: $6.9M
APF Civilians: 532 Value: $21.7M
Other Civilians: 1,822 Value: $74.2M
Total: 6,521 Value: $265.6M
Total EIA Estimate (Nellis, Creech & NTTR)
Annual Payroll: $1,158,335,948.43
Retiree Payroll: $646,932,000.00
Annual Expenditures: $3,000160,250.50
Annual Dollar Value of Jobs Created: $265,665,540.00
Aviation Nation 2010 - Open House Economic Impact: $18,400,000.00
Total Annual Economic Impact: $5,089,494,138.93
