Net Employment Effect of BRAC

From East-West Gateway's Weekly E-letter

BRAC’s Impact on Jobs in the East-West Gateway Region: Net Loss of 3,713

The Secretary of Defense announced his recommended closures and realignments of military installations May 13, 2005, the first step towards reducing the number of armed forces sites in the United States.

Overall, the net effect would be a loss of 3,716 jobs in our region. The direct loss of military and civilian jobs would be 1,905. It is estimated that an additional loss of 1,811 indirect jobs (local non-government jobs supporting installation material, service, and infrastructure needs) and induced jobs (jobs that provide goods or services to the households of direct or indirect installation employees, such as local grocery stores, retail stores, and restaurants) would occur.

Army National Guard Reserve Center, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis County, a loss of 121 jobs;

Defense Finance and Accounting Service, 4300 Goodfellow Blvd, City of St. Louis, a loss of 611 jobs;

National Personnel Records Center, 9700 Page Ave., Overland, a loss of 4,171 jobs;

Scott Air Force Base, St. Clair County, a gain of 1,697 jobs;

and the Air National Guard (131st Fighter Wing), Lambert Field, St. Louis County, a loss of 510 jobs.