In 2023, California was ranked first as the U.S. state with the highest direct in-state employment from the video game industry. The video game industry saw 44,205 jobs in California during that year. Additionally, the direct in-state employment from the video game industry was over 10,870 in the state of Washington.
Leading U.S. states with the highest in-state video game industry employment impact in 2023
Intrastate impacts refer to firms in each state captured within the U.S. Video Game Industry database. Additionally, the impact effort estimates each state’s interstate impacts, or impacts captured within a state from the sales of its firms (from any sector) to the video game firms in the other states.
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Entertainment Software Association. (February 21, 2024). Leading U.S. states with the highest in-state video game industry employment impact in 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1258010/us-video-game-industry-direct-in-state-employment/
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