Impact of federal R&D investments on employment in the U.S. in 2018, by sector
In 2018, approximately 701,000 jobs were provided through federally funded research and development (R&D) investments to the defense sector in the United States. These were the result of both direct and indirect impacts of the R&D investments. R&D in the health sector provided 112,100 part and full-time jobs in 2018.