CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beer really is big business, especially if you ask its industry group.
Coming off Memorial Day weekend, which marks one of the top beer-selling holidays of the year, a new economic impact report shows that America’s beer industry contributed $9.2 billion annually to the Tar Heel state and supports a total of 63,883 jobs.
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The study also states, according to the National Beer Wholesalers Association and the Beer Institute, that those 63,883 jobs in North Carolina account for $2.7 billion each year in wages and benefits — and a total of $1.6 billion annually in business, personal and consumption taxes.
“Beer is more than America’s most popular alcohol beverage,” says Jim McGreevy, president and CEO of the Beer Institute. “The beer industry is vital to the United States, generating more than 2 million jobs and contributing $328 billion to the American economy.”
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