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$100k in taxes is maybe 6.5 yrs of a tech worker's state income (using 6.85% state income tax @ 220k/yr).

That's before other taxes, like property (directly or indirectly through rent), sales, etc.

They don't need 25k jobs to support AWS clients in NYC. It's not like they're supporting on-site installations.



Usually 1 job means 1 person-year worth of work. So 6.5 years of a tech worker would usually mean 6.5 jobs.

The jobs also tend to include things like construction workers, etc. So if you hire 500 people to build the place over 2 years that's 1,000 jobs created.




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