CREATIVE ECONOMY IN NUMBERS

US$190.3 BILLION

Financial output of the creative economy

1 IN 8

Ratio of people in LA working in the creative economy (both freelance and salaried)

12 SECTORS

The creative economy includes: entertainment, fashion, architecture, interior design, art galleries, digital media, furniture/decorative arts, communication arts, industrial design, toys, visual and performing arts, and fine and performing arts schools

759,000

Total jobs (direct, indirect and induced) in the creative economy

429,400

Direct salary/freelance jobs in the creative economy (489,500 in New York)

4 MILLION

Population of LA (New York has 8.5 million)

141,400

Jobs in entertainment

87,600

Jobs in fashion

33,800

Jobs in printing and publishing

5.1%

Predicted creative industry employment growth over the next five years

US$56.9 BILLION

Total wages earned from the creative economy

US$2 TRILLION

Total economic output of California

11%

Percentage of economic output from creative economy in California

SIXTH IN THE WORLD

If California was a country, it would be the world’s sixth-largest economy

NUMBER ONE

California’s ranking among US states for number of people working in the creative economy