Total employees: 11,738
Los Alamos National Security, LLC: 8,324
Centerra Group, LLC Los Alamos (Guard Force): 268
Compa, Staff and support contractors: 516
Students: 1,191
Unionized craft workers: 1,047
Post doctoral researchers: 392

Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 34.7 square miles of DOE-owned property.

1,280 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 9 million square feet under roof.

Replacement value of $14.2 billion

FY17:
63% Weapons programs
10% Nonproliferation programs
4% Safeguards and Security
7% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
3% Energy and other programs
9% Work for Others

39% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe, Española, Taos and Albuquerque.

Average Age: 45
67% male, 33% female
47% minorities
64% university degrees
28% hold undergraduate degrees
17% hold master’s degrees
19% have earned a PhD

145 R&D100 awards
34 E.O. Lawrence Awards
9 Presidential Early Career Awards
3 Glenn Seaborg Medals
Edward Teller Medal
Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines

Albuquerque to Los Alamos, NM
98 miles; 1 hr, 51 min.
Driving directions


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As of April 18, 2018