Albuquerque has three of the former FAANG companies (the “F” for Facebook would now be “M”) located within the Albuquerque MSA: Facebook (Meta), Amazon, and Netflix.

► Sandia National Laboratories at Kirtland Air Force Base, an internationally celebrated research lab, had a $95 billion economic impact from 2000 to 2020, supporting over 21,000 jobs per year.

► The University of New Mexico accounts for 47,053 jobs, contributing $1.9 billion in labor income, with a cumulative $5.2 billion economic impact on the local economy.

► Albuquerque and Santa Fe soon will be called Hollywood on the Rio Grande due to the massive movie and television industry impact.

► The New Mexico Economic Development Department provides numerous tax incentive programs for companies which locate in and/or expand within the state.

► Two additional research universities in the state are New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, commonly known as New Mexico Tech, in Socorro, and New Mexico State University, in Las Cruces.

► And New Mexico is affordable, across the board.