Unemployment in the motion picture & sound recording industries in the U.S. 2001-2021

After peaking at over 20 percent in 2020 – amidst the coronavirus outbreak – the unemployment rate in the motion picture and sound recording industries in the United States decreased by more than seven percentage points in 2021, standing at 12.9 percent. The box office gross in the U.S. and Canada, collectively known as the North American cinema market, grew by over 110 percent in 2021.