October 2025
The Seneca Nation commissioned Meister Economic Consulting, LLC (“MEC”) to calculate the economic and fiscal impacts of Seneca Nation government operations and gaming and non-gaming businesses on the Western New York1 economy. MEC utilized an input-output analysis (commonly referred to as an economic impact analysis) to determine the direct and secondary effects of the Seneca Nation’s impact on the regional economy. MEC’s analysis measured the Seneca Nation’s economic and fiscal impacts in Western New York in 2024 but measured the results in 2025 dollars.
The results of MEC’s analysis are stunning. Every year, the Seneca Nation’s government and business operations generate $1.9 billion in output (i.e., value of sales), support 8,014 full-time jobs, and pay $542.7 million in wages. Additionally, they generate $365.9 million in taxes and other payments for federal, state, and local governments.
It is important to note that these numbers do not include any construction related impacts or the impacts of the private sector businesses operated by Seneca members on Seneca Nation Territory. MEC also observed that if these construction related impacts and privately owned business impacts were included in the study, then the total economic impact of the Seneca Nation would be significantly larger.
1 For the purposes of this economic impact study, Western New York was defined as the counties of Chautauqua, Cattaraugus, Allegany, Steuben, Chemung, Erie, Wyoming, Livingston, Ontario, Yates, Schuyler, Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, Monroe, and Wayne.
