From Deseret News archives:
Utah's biopharmaceutical industry
Annual employee earnings: $195.2 million
Total of direct and related employment: 22,200
Annual direct economic impact: $330.5 million
Annual total economic impact: $701.4 million
Annual local and state taxes: $52 million
Annual federal taxes: $142.6 million
Projected direct employment by 2014: 8,370
Projected direct job growth rate through 2014: 50.5 percent, third-highest among states
Projected direct and related employment by 2014: 35,128
Nationally, the biopharmaceutical sector employs 406,000 people directly and results in 2.7 million jobs overall, has a direct economic impact of nearly $64 billion and a total economic impact of $132.3 billion.
Source: Milken Institute
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