The U.S. chicken industry provides 1,613,881 jobs, $91.3 billion in wages, $433.2 billion in economic activity and $31.5 billion in government revenue, according to a new economic impact study released this week by the U.S. Poultry & Egg Association (USPOULTRY), National Chicken Council (NCC), National Turkey Federation (NTF) and United Egg Producers (UEP).
Since the last study conducted in 2018, the broiler industry has created 220,142 additional jobs, and the economic impact has increased $86 billion.
The data is hosted on interactive websites that can be viewed collectively or by individual product, and then sorted nationally by state, congressional district, state house district or state senate district, and county.
“I want to thank USPOULTRY President John Starkey and his team for spearheading this important study,” said NCC President Mike Brown. “This tool and this data will be invaluable as we welcome a new Congress next year and set out to educate members about chicken’s vast economic impact in their districts and states.”
For more information about U.S. chicken, turkey, egg and total poultry’s economic impact, visit:
The economic impact study was funded by USPOULTRY. The study was conducted by John Dunham & Associates, based in New York City. The study was updated using the most current methodology available and uses data from 2020. For more information on the study’s methodology and model description, please click here.
