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Faces of Beer

The Beer Institute is proud to highlight the more than 2.4 million hard-working Americans employed by the beer industry.

These are a few of the FACES OF BEER:

Faces of Beer

The beer industry contributes $409 billion in economic output.

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Each job in the brewing industry generates 30 additional full-time equivalent jobs in wholesaling, retailing, manufacturing or farming.

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Brewers and beer importers directly employ nearly 92,000 Americans.

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Suppliers to the brewing industry, enterprises that manufacture bottles and cans, cardboard case boxes, brewing equipment or marketing displays, are responsible for more than 522,000 jobs alone.

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Overall, the beer industry employs more than 2.4 million Americans.

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Distributor jobs have increased by over 6 percent in the last decade to more than 137,420.

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Retail partners, such as supermarkets, convenience stores, restaurants and taverns that sell beer, employ 980,000 workers.