Nationally in 2021, NASA’s missions led to $71.2 billion in annual spending and created more than 339,000 jobs. NASA invests more than $442 million in small businesses, $105 million in women-owned businesses, $67 million in non-profit organizations and universities, $64 million in small and disadvantaged businesses, $34 million to veteran-owned businesses, and $58 million to minority-owned businesses.

In the state of Texas NASA directly employs nearly 11,800 contract and civil service employees with a total state expenditure of more than $2.5 billion annually. NASA’s overall operations in Texas help maintain more than 40,000 jobs, generate more than $9.2 billion in economic output, and lead to an investment of more than $150 million in climate change activities.