Mega Intel chip factory by the numbers

The new Intel chip plant announced in Licking County, just east of New Albany, has plenty of eye-popping numbers: $20 billion in investment and an estimated 20,000 jobs generated by the project.

Other figures that stood out to us:

• $135,000: The average wage for an Intel worker at the site, plus benefits.
• $64,589: The median household income in Licking County, per U.S. Census Bureau.
• 30: Years Intel will be eligible for "megaproject" tax credits, thanks to a late addition to the state budget enacted last year.
• 40: Years since Intel last opened a new manufacturing site.
• 40: States that Intel considered for the project before ultimately choosing Ohio.
• 236: Days between Intel first reaching out to JobsOhio, the state's economic development arm, and telling Ohio leaders about the decision on Christmas.
• 17: Days the deal was kept a secret until cleveland.com broke the news on Jan. 10.