Fast Facts

• U.S. Investment and Job Creation

  • Ford’s labor cost gap with the transplant automakers was $27 an hour in 2007. Today it stands at $8.

  • Ford made a commitment to its employees to bring more than 1,500 jobs back in to U.S. plants through in-sourcing, and then exceeded that commitment by 35 percent.

  • Ford will add more than 7,000 new hourly and salaried jobs between 2011-2012 in the U.S.

  • Ford’s production of the new Explorer in Chicago has led to the addition of 1,200 direct jobs, plus 600 supplier jobs.

  • Ford plans to invest $850 million in the state of Michigan to produce fuel-efficient products and components in multiple plants.

• Working Together

  • Since 1999, Ford and the UAW have reduced workplace injuries by more than 90 percent.

  • In June 2010, Ford and the UAW agreed to reinstate the valued Employee Tuition Assistance Program for eligible hourly employees.

  • Ford has paid an average of $1,988 in profit sharing for hourly employees since 1983.

  • Ford has funded our $7.1 billion healthcare obligation for hourly retirees in full and ahead of schedule.

  • Each American autoworker supports more than nine other jobs.

• Industry Restructuring

  • Domestic automakers use more than twice as much U.S. content than the average non-U.S. competitor.

  • Last year, automakers spent approximately $148 billion on U.S. parts, helping keep vibrant a supply chain that employs 569,000 U.S. workers.

  • If manufacturing levels continue to decline at present levels, they will slip below 10 percent by 2013.

  • Manufacturing’s share of the U.S. GDP is falling, but it still stands at an impressive 11 percent.

• Global Strategy

  • Ford exported 318,000 units from the U.S. in 2010, which makes automotive the number one exporting sector in the U.S.

  • Ford is investing $1.7 billion in Asia Pacific and Africa.

  • Ford is investing $4.5 billion in North and South America.

  • Ford has announced more than $9 billion in global investments, aimed at opportunities for future growth in markets worldwide.