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AIA: Aerospace and Defense Fully Rebounds from Pandemic
Aerospace employment has reached the highest level on record
Boeing 737 Max production facility (Photo: Gregory Polek)
Workforce and sales are up over all in the aerospace and defense industry. (Photo: Gregory Polek)

The U.S. aerospace and defense industry has fully rebounded from the pandemic, according to the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA).

Releasing its “Facts & Figures” in concert with S&P Global Market Intelligence yesterday, AIA noted workforce topped 2019 levels last year to reach 2.2 million. This is the highest since AIA has tracked the data, marking a recovery from 2020 and 2021. According to AIA, aerospace and defense jobs are in every state, representing about 1.47 percent of the nation’s total employment.