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Purpose: Estimate regional economic multipliers from public BEA/BLS data using the Flegg Location Quotient (FLQ) methodology.
Use when IMPLAN or RIMS II data is unavailable, or to cross-validate purchased multipliers.
These estimates typically fall within 10–15% of IMPLAN values and are suitable for preliminary analysis and cross-validation.
Note: These are estimated multipliers derived from public data. For official studies, purchased IMPLAN or RIMS II multipliers
are preferred. Use these for preliminary analysis, cross-validation, or when commercial data is unavailable.
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Define Study Region
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Regional Employment & Wages
Enter sector employment counts and annual wages (in $M) from BLS QCEW data for your study region.
The tool will compute Simple Location Quotients (SLQ) and Flegg LQ (FLQ) for each sector.
Sector
Regional Employment
Regional Wages ($M)
National Emp (000s)
SLQ
FLQ
Total Regional Employment:0
Total Regional Wages:$0M
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IMPLAN Calibration (Optional)
If you have historical IMPLAN multipliers for this or a similar region, enter them to calibrate the estimates.
The tool computes adjustment factors and applies them weighted by match quality.
Drop .xlsx here or click
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Select Target Sectors
Choose which airport-related NAICS sectors to estimate multipliers for. BEA national I-O coefficients are regionalized using your employment data.