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Total Impact on Indiana Institutional and student spending generated directly and indirectly more than 44,000 jobs, $1.42 billion in income, and a total economic output of more than $2.9 billion in the state of Indiana
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Direct Institutional Impact (Employment and income excluding student spending) During the 2004-05 fiscal year, Purdue University was responsible for creating a total of 17,526 jobs. In order to support these jobs, Purdue spent $678 million in salaries and wages on the West Lafayette campus and $808 million system-wide.
Disovery, engagement, and learning activities at Purdue stimulated 10,071 non-Purdue jobs, bringing $303 million in income to the Indiana economy. The total Purdue and non-Purdue employment and income associated with these activities is 27,597 jobs and more than $1.1 billion in income.
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