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)
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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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (September 15, 2023). Total employment in U.S. publishing industries from 2001 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/184360/employment-in-us-publishing-industries-since-2001/
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Total employment in U.S. publishing industries from 2001 to 2023 (in 1,000s) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, September 15, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/184360/employment-in-us-publishing-industries-since-2001/
