June 28, 2013
  • The Center for Automotive Research’s most recent report estimates that original equipment manufacturers, suppliers and dealers collectively support nearly 8 million jobs, pay $500 billion in annual compensation and generate $70 billion in personal tax revenue.
  • The auto industry hires domestically.  In a recent Gallup Poll, Americans were asked what the best way would be to create more jobs in the U.S.  “Keeping jobs here” scored highest, by a substantial margin.
  • Ford, GM and FCA US, are just three of 16 major global automakers competing in the U.S., but they employ two-thirds of America’s autoworkers: This is because four out of 10 FCA US, Ford and GM employees are based in the U.S.  At Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Hyundai/Kia, BMW, Daimler and VW (the seven largest foreign automakers), only five in 100 employees are based here.