Free, Transparent Economic Impact Calculator
Estimate local jobs, wages, GDP, output, fiscal impact, and leakage from business expansions, construction projects, and industry growth using public data and transparent formulas.
What this calculator estimates
Jobs, labor income, output, GDP/value added, fiscal revenue, leakage, local retained impact, and uncertainty ranges.
Direct, indirect, and induced impacts
Direct activity is the project itself, indirect activity is supplier demand, and induced activity is household spending from worker income.
Why leakage matters
Not every dollar stays local. The calculator applies commuting, supplier, savings, tax, and net-new assumptions transparently.
Why confidence ranges matter
Economic impacts are estimates. Monte Carlo ranges show how sensitive results are to uncertain assumptions.
Public data sources
Designed around BEA, BLS QCEW, Census CBP, ACS, and inflation data, with clear fallback warnings when seed data is used.
Built for public analysis
Useful for economic developers, local governments, journalists, researchers, and business owners who need explainable planning estimates.
Run a transparent estimate in minutes.
Choose a county, industry, jobs, spending, and assumptions. The calculator returns impact ranges and source notes.
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