FCEDA: 8,400 New Jobs Committed to Fairfax County in 2012

The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority brought more than 8,400 jobs to the county in 2012, it announced this week — the majority of them in the professional services and information technology sectors.

The authority said 186 companies committed business to Fairfax County last year.

“For close to 200 companies to announce the addition of almost 8,500 jobs in 2012, while much of the rest of the Washington area continued to struggle economically, is a testament to the kind of economy that we have worked so hard to create in Fairfax County,” said Jerry Gordon, president and CEO of the FCEDA, in a statement.

IntelSat, leading provider in satellite services, was the year’s biggest announcement, moving almost 430 employees to its new headquarters in Tysons’ new Tysons Tower. The company is set to relocate in 2014.

Of the 186 companies, 138 were domestic businesses based in the United States, including healthcare provider Kaiser Permanente and IT companies Carahsoft Technology and Fulcrum IT Services.

More than 30 foreign companies also announced expansions to Fairfax County last year, including major automobile company Volkswagen, which moved more than 100 jobs to Herndon.

According to the FCEDA, Tysons will welcome almost 730 of the 8,400 jobs. In addition to IntelSat's relocation, Kaiser Permanente will move 146 jobs with the opening of the Tysons Corner medical center.

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