Week after week in Connect, IDFA has demonstrated that the dairy industry has a powerful economic impact – $628 billion in total – on the American economy. But did you know that dairy indirectly supports unique industries across the nation, like real estate? By renting and purchasing warehouses, offices and manufacturing facilities, the nation’s dairy companies support over 36,800 jobs in the U.S. real estate industry. This includes jobs at companies that manage, operate or sell properties throughout the country.  

Dairy company employees and employees of dairy suppliers support another 41,400 jobs in the real estate industry when they rent or buy apartments, houses or other properties. All told, the dairy industry creates nearly $2 billion in wages and $16.6 billion in economic impact for the American real estate industry.

Starting this week, IDFA is will take deeper dives into the data of Dairy Delivers®, its economic impact tool, to demonstrate dairy’s economic power and its economic ripple effect on other American industries.

“These numbers illustrate a few of the many ways Dairy Delivers® quantifies the power and reach of American dairy product manufacturing,” said Dave Carlin, IDFA senior vice president of legislative affairs and economic policy. “In addition to calculating the effect dairy has on other industries, members can also use the interactive tool to show the number of jobs, wages, taxes and overall economic impact dairy products manufacturers have in their states and congressional districts.”

Access IDFA’s Dairy Delivers® here.

Members with questions may contact Carlin at dcarlin@idfa.org.