Commercial real estate is one of the country’s leading employers, supporting 1.75 million jobs overall.
And let’s hear it for BOMA power! Last year, U.S. BOMA members provided work space for approximately 46.9 million office jobs—meaning roughly one-third of all U.S. workers go to the office every day in a BOMA owned and/or managed space!
Here are some key stats that you can find alongside local NYC data in BOMA's latest in-depth, economic impact study: Where America Goes to Work: The Contribution of Office Building Operations to the Economy, 2016.
• 10.5 billion square feet of commercial office space located within the markets served by BOMA’s local associations contributed $234.9 billion to the gross domestic product (GDP) of the U.S. in 2015 through operational expenditures of almost $90 billion...$7 billion more than 2014
• The $89.1 billion in annual operating expenses generated by these buildings supported more than 1.75 million jobs across the U.S.BOMA/NY
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