Motion pictures & video industries

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

419k

2020

Average Employee Age

35.7

2020

Average Salary

$65,157

2020

Average Male Salary

$70,972

2020

Average Female Salary

$55,025

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group are producers & directors, other managers, and television, video, & motion picture camera operators & editors. On average, full-time employees in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group work 46.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $85,649. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,896.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group are Burbank City PUMA, CA, LA City (Central/Pacific Palisades) PUMA, CA, and West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group in 2020 was 419,429 people, with 36.5% woman, and 63.5% men.

In 2020, 75.2% of the workforce in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group was White (315,585 people), of which 35.4% were women and 64.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

The workforce in Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group was 419,429 people and is concentrated in California (150,641 workers). The average annual salary was $65,157, being $9,203 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−15.9%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 149k people employed in the Motion Picture and Video Industries industry. This represents a −15.9% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Motion Picture and Video Industries over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (151k), New York (43.1k), and Texas (27.2k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,157, $9,203 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.558

WAGE GINI

Motion pictures & video industries has a wage GINI of 0.558, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Motion pictures & video industries (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

Producers & directors are the most common position with 57,004 workers, but the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Television, video, & motion picture camera operators & editors.

The highest average salary in Motion pictures & video industries goes to Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians & statisticians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were producers & directors (57,004 people), other managers (39,083 people), and television, video, & motion picture camera operators & editors (27,429 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$70,972

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,398

$55,025

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,841

On average, Male workers in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group make 1.29 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

The Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Motion pictures & video industries is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group is Information.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Motion pictures & video industries is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Motion pictures & video industries is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
14,966
New York
5,524
Florida
2,308

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Motion pictures & video industries industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Motion pictures & video industries Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 36.5% corresponds to women and 63.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $70,972 and $55,025.

76% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

152,943

Women

36.5%

266,486

Men

63.5%

The workforce of Motion pictures & video industries industry in 2020 was 419,429 people, with 36.5% woman, and 63.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Motion pictures & video industries industry.

Races

In 2020, 75.2% of the workforce in the Motion pictures & video industries industry was White (315,585 people), of which 35.4% were women and 64.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Motion pictures & video industries workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (165,255 people), some college (94,817 people), and high school or equivalent (58,901 people).

The chart shows the Motion pictures & video industries workforce by gender and educational level.