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Boasting a population of more than 504,000, Mesa, Arizona is the 37th largest city in
the United States and the second largest in the Phoenix-Mesa metro area. Larger than
Miami, Minneapolis, Atlanta, and St. Louis, Mesa covers 138 square miles inside a 21-
city region with a population of 4.9 million, projected to be 5.4 million by 2026. Smart
companies such as Banner Health, Dexcom, Merz Aesthetics, Auer Precision,
and EyeTech Digital Systems have significant operations in Mesa.

In Arizona, the healthcare/biosciences industry supports 15,596 companies and 354,830 jobs with an average annual salary of $61,222 according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. Over the next decade the Phoenix-Mesa metro area projected employment growth in healthcare and
biosciences is 30%, compared to 17% nationally. The region is expected to grow nearly 90,000 healthcare jobs in the next decade. Moreover, the region is a premier treatment destination and has made $3 billion in strategic investments during the past two years in its emerging healthcare enterprise and research capabilities. The City of Mesa holds a strong healthcare and bioscience position with world-class specialty and general hospitals, higher education institutions focused on next generation healthcare and applied science, and secondary education programs training students in biotech and life sciences industries.

The Phoenix-Mesa metro region’s diverse healthcare and bioscience sector is
rich with opportunity.
Phoenix-Mesa Metropolitan Overview :
• 272,702 jobs
• $66,073 average wage
• 47.1% growth from 2009 to 2019.

Major Regional Assets Include:

• Adelante Healthcare
• Ardent Sound
• Arizona State University BioDesign Institute
• A.T. Still University
• Arizona Center for Algae Technology and Innovation (AzCATI)
• Auer Precision
• Banner Alzheimer’s Institute
• Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center
• Banner Simulation Medical Center
• Barrow Neurological Institute
• Cancer Treatment Centers of America
• CORE Institute
• Dexcom, Inc.
• Dignity Health
• EyeTech Digital Systems
• Heliae
• International Genomics Consortium (ICG)
• Mayo Clinic
• Medtronic
• Merz Aesthetics
• St. Jude Medical, Inc.
• Stryker Sustainability Solutions
• Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)
• University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix