Robins Air Force Base pumps $5.46 billion into Georgia economy, according to new report

Robins Air Force Base bolsters Georgia’s economy by $5.46 billion, according to the military installation’s most recent economic impact report.

“That represents a 1.8% real growth in overall impact from the previous year,” according to the 2021 Robins Air Force Base Economic Impact Statement.

More than 23,000 people are employed at the base, including military and civilian personnel.

That’s about $4 billion paid out in salaries — about $1.17 billion paid to civilian workers on base, compared to $479 million paid to base military personnel. Non-federal civilians and contract employees were paid just over $22.3 million.

The 23,282 workforce breaks down 14,857 appropriated fund civilians, 5,692 military members and 2,733 other employees.

Also, the base awarded about $7.38 billion in contracts during fiscal 2021, including $932.6 million awarded to Georgia firms, according to the report.

About $232.9 million, or about 25% of contracts awarded in the state, went to firms in Houston and Bibb counties, the report said.

Here’s a breakdown by county for the top five:

• Cobb: $244.1 million in contracts
• Houston: $217.1 million in contracts
• Fulton: $115.8 million in contracts
• Chattooga: $81.3 million in contracts
• Bibb: $11.7 million in contracts

The top 10 contractors include Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Atomics, Rolls-Royce, Naige Nunc International, Health Supply U.S., LLC, and Rhino Health, Inc.

The base used a new method of calculating the impact that was based more on dollars spent that on the installation’s population and other factors like military construction, the report said.