View the Current Outdoor Recreation Economy Report Released April 25, 2017

“The Outdoor Recreation Economy” details the economic impact of outdoor recreation in the United States. This follow-up and expansion to the 2006 economic impact report commissioned by OIA demonstrates that outdoor recreation is big business in this country, to the tune of:

• 6.1 million direct American jobs
• $646 billion in direct consumer spending each year
• $39.9 billion in federal tax revenue
• $39.7 billion in state/local tax revenue

This report reinforces what the outdoor industry has known for a long time — outdoor recreation is a larger and more critical sector of the American economy than most people realize.