Employment in U.S. publishing industries 2001-2023

Published by
Amy Watson,
Sep 15, 2023
As of May 2023, a total of 920.26 thousand people were estimated to be working in publishing companies, up from the 806.8 thousand people recorded in January of the previous year. The figure includes software publishers as well as those working in newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishing.

Total employment in U.S. publishing industries from 2001 to 2023 (in 1,000s)

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Release date

September 2023

Region

United States

Survey time period

2001 to 2023

Special properties

includes newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers and software publishers / excludes internet publishers

Supplementary notes

Figures are seasonally adjusted. Figure for 2023 calculated internally. Figures from 2001 to 2022 as of January in each year, figure for 2023 as of May that year.

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