Economic Impact Report: Financial Contribution

UC Davis generated $2.7 billion in new spending for California in 2001–02, based on its own campus expenditures of $1.5 billion.

UC Davis employs a highly skilled workforce of 29,000 on the Davis campus, at its Sacramento medical center and other locations throughout the state.

For every two UC Davis jobs, the university creates another job in the state of California.

Through its purchasing alone, UC Davis contributes more than $100 million in new money to the capital region annually.

UC Davis’ economic contribution to California was nearly five times the $577 million that the campus received from the state in 2001–02.

The annual UC Davis payroll is $961 million, 90 percent of which stays in the Sacramento region.

For every dollar that UC Davis spends, it generates an additional 48 cents in indirect spending in the Sacramento region and an additional 75 cents in spending in the state of California.

UC Davis receives 49 percent of its revenue from outside the capital region, but does 59 percent of its spending inside the region.

In 2001–02, UC Davis purchased more than $693 million in goods and services from more than 6,700 companies and small businesses.