National Aeronautics and

Space Administration

(2) NASA contracts sourced in the state in FY21; see FY21 NASA Economic Impact Report (3) Categories are not additive. For more information on FY21 Sample Obligations, please visit: NASA Acquisition Internet Service (NAIS)

(1) For more information please visit: Value of NASA 

NASA Overall State Impact(1)

• Jobs Supported 4,622

• Economic Output $1,061,694,000

• State Tax Revenue $39,655,000

Moon to Mars Campaign State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 3,712

• Economic Output $917,935,000

• State Tax Revenue $34,465,000

Investments in Climate Change Research & 

Technology State Impacts

• Jobs Supported 287

• Economic Output $56,515,000

• State Tax Revenue $2,165,000

Sample Obligations(3)

Business $304,267,562 

• Other Than Small Business $293,610,406 

• Small Business $10,657,156 

 – 8(A) Program $0 

 – Economically Disadvantaged Women 

 Owned Small Business $0 

 – Historically Underutilized Business 

 (HUBZone) $129,607 

 – Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small

 Business $113,965 

 – Small Business Innovative Research $930,154 

 – Small Disadvantaged Business $5,928,011 

 – Veteran Owned Small Business $269,452 

 – Woman Owned Small Business $0 

 – Small Business Only $3,744,696 

Educational $20,330,009 

Government $0 

Non-profit Institutions $804,510 

Leading State-based NASA Business 

Contractors

Blue Origin, LLC $275,900,431 

Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. $15,744,742 

Magnix USA, Inc. $5,437,500 

nLIGHT, Inc. $1,026,140 

Northwest Research Associates, Inc. $772,491 

Leading State-based NASA Education Funding 

University of Washington $19,192,927 

Washington State University $613,681 

Western Washington University $351,482 

Northwest Indian College $180,000 

Space Grant Consortium 

University of Washington $864,411 

WASHINGTON

FY21 State Procurement Investments (2) $426.6 M
For more information about the

Economic Impact Report

for your state, go to:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NASA Headquarters

300 E Street, SW

Washington, DC 20546

www.nasa.gov/centers

www.nasa.gov

James Webb Space Telescope

Cycle 1 Hours of Access

NASA Astronauts

Mike Barratt*

Bonnie Dunbar

Richard Gordoned

Greg C. Johnson

Anne C. McClain*

Steve Oswaldmer

Richard Scobee

There are 19 NASA Federal jobs and 2,713* contractors in the 

state of Washington. 

For every NASA federal job located in Washington, an additional 

242.3** jobs are supported in the state economy. For every 

million dollars’ worth of economic output generated by NASA 

federal jobs, an additional $113.3** million worth of output is 

sustained throughout the state economy.

* Indirect effects are the purchases of goods and services by 

government agencies and private sector contractors, as well as by 

the industries that supply them.

** Multiplier based on IMPLAN Input Output (I-O) model. To learn more, 

please visit: https://blog.implan.com/understanding-implan-multipliers

WASHINGTON

4,622

NASA Jobs

Supported

* Current

Forty-two Washington suppliers contributed to NASA’s Artemis program. An example of the state’s contributions is providing 

engines for the Orion spacecraft. Washington Institutions

220.3

Hours