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Something that a lot of folks do n't realize is every billion dollar increase in U.S. exports translates into 20,000 new jobs here at home , and those jobs pay on average 17 percent more than jobs for simply the domestic economy . They include reconfiguring the mix of active-duty and reserve forces to facilitate quicker deployments ; transferring as many as 320,000 military jobs to civilian contractors ; adjusting the relative numbers of soldiers in each " military occupational specialty " to address the problem of high demand on some units and low demand on others ; reconfiguring the worldwide infrastructure of bases ; reducing worldwide commitments ; and transferring missions to other services or to coalition forces . However , if federal lawmakers increased fuel economy standards so that new cars and trucks would consume 40 percent less fuel in 10 years , more than 160,000 new jobs would be created nationwide , including 3,800 in Missouri and 1,000 in Kansas . As of April , we've created more than 15,400 new jobs during my administration across all industries . Overall , the state 's employers have created more than 75,000 new jobs in the past year .