The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the U.S. entertainment industry hard in 2020. That year, theatre, music venues, and similar cultural institutions had to stay close for several weeks due to emergency restrictions implemented to limit the spread of the virus. As a result, the average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States experienced a sharp drop in 2020 over the previous year. Overall, the country's average expenditure on such cultural activities amounted to 20.61 U.S. dollars in 2020, the lowest figure recorded since 2013.
Average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States from 2013 to 2020
(in U.S. dollars)
A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (1) All members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part. Data are diary-based. The shown figures are based on unpublished data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are available upon request. Figures prior to 2019 have been taken from previous publications.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 9, 2021). Average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 17, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/468191/us-consumer-spending-on-plays-theater-opera-and-concerts/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars)." Chart. September 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/468191/us-consumer-spending-on-plays-theater-opera-and-concerts/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2021). Average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 17, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/468191/us-consumer-spending-on-plays-theater-opera-and-concerts/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Annual Expenditure on Plays, Theater, Opera, and Concerts per Consumer Unit in The United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. Dollars)." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/468191/us-consumer-spending-on-plays-theater-opera-and-concerts/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average annual expenditure on plays, theater, opera, and concerts per consumer unit in the United States from 2013 to 2020 (in U.S. dollars) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/468191/us-consumer-spending-on-plays-theater-opera-and-concerts/ (last visited May 17, 2022)
