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
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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
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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