U.S. media industry - employment by sector 2017

Employment data from key sectors of the U.S. media industry in 2017 revealed that software publishers employed the most people by far, with over 643 thousand employees in total. Motion picture and video industries ranked second in 2016 but by 2017 the number of employees in this sector had dropped by almost one hundred thousand.

Employment in the U.S. media industry from 2009 to 2017, by sector

Characteristic	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Sound recording industries	23,644	23,419	22,629	22,897	22,957	27,477	28,519	22,940	22,602
Internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals	91,134	90,892	135,554	159,673	176,292	199,656	212,902	236,464	-
Broadcasting (except internet)	272,772	263,009	263,623	274,226	278,647	267,130	259,527	267,072	261,295
Motion picture and video industries	316,409	295,179	287,341	292,904	321,463	377,987	403,035	424,638	338,250
Software publishers	370,019	364,463	362,410	397,145	428,030	442,246	469,845	546,191	643,794
Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers	593,253	542,689	494,250	450,258	437,385	431,427	407,500	370,408	365,529

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Release date

November 2019

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United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2017

Supplementary notes

Paid employment consists of full and part-time employees, including salaried officers and executives of corporations. Included are employees on sick leave, holidays, and vacations.
Figures for internet publishing and broadcasting and web search portals were not given for 2017.

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