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Publishing Industries (except Internet): NAICS 511

About the Publishing Industries (except Internet) subsector

The publishing industries (except internet) subsector is part of the information sector.

Industries in the Publishing Industries (except Internet) subsector group establishments engaged in the publishing of newspapers, magazines, other periodicals, and books, as well as directory and mailing list and software publishing. In general, these establishments, which are known as publishers, issue copies of works for which they usually possess copyright. Works may be in one or more formats including traditional print form, CD-ROM, or proprietary electronic networks. Publishers may publish works originally created by others for which they have obtained the rights and/or works that they have created in-house. Software publishing is included here because the activity, creation of a copyrighted product and bringing it to market, is equivalent to the creation process for other types of intellectual products.

North American Industry Classification System

The publishing industries (except internet) subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers: NAICS 5111
  • Software Publishers: NAICS 5112

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in publishing industries (except internet). While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, union membership and representation, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Unemployment

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Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024
Feb.
2024

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

933.0 931.7 (p)928.1 (p)930.3

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees

726.0 726.1 (p)714.3  

Unemployment

Unemployment rate

3.6% 3.3% 4.7% 4.0%

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Union Membership and Representation

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Union membership and representation

Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

2.4% 5.6% 4.8% 3.6%

Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

2.6% 7.2% 6.0% 4.1%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2022

Advertising sales agents

23,350

Editors

42,120

Graphic designers

15,410

Reporters and correspondents

18,080

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for publishing industries (except internet).

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours, as well as weekly earnings by union membership status, are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in publishing industries (except internet).

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$55.75 $55.08 $55.43 (p)$55.19

Average weekly hours

39.4 38.2 38.6 (p)38.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$46.26 $46.46 $47.03 (p)$47.29

Average weekly hours

39.3 38.0 38.2 (p)38.3

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Union Membership and Representation

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Median weekly earnings
2020 2021 2022 2023

Union membership and representation

Full-time workers

$1,431 $1,271 $1,495 $1,890

Members of unions

-$ -$ -$ -$

Represented by unions

-$ -$ -$ -$

Nonunion

$1,439 $1,332 $1,517 $1,896

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2022
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Advertising sales agents

$21.99 $28.45 $45,740 $59,170

Editors

$30.27 $36.88 $62,970 $76,700

Graphic designers

$24.84 $28.96 $51,660 $60,240

Reporters and correspondents

$21.36 $26.19 $44,430 $54,480

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in publishing industries (except internet). An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series 2019 2020 2021 2022

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

10 6 11 13

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series 2022

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

Total recordable cases

0.2

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

0.1

Cases involving days away from work

0.1

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

(1)0.0

Footnotes
(1) Rate rounded to zero

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction.

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Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024
Feb.
2024

Producer price index

(p)104.576 (p)105.748 (p)106.244 (p)106.871

Percent change from previous month

  (p)-0.7% (p)1.1% (p)0.5% (p)0.6%

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in publishing industries (except internet). Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

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1st quarter
2021
2nd quarter
2021
3rd quarter
2021
4th quarter
2021

Number of establishments

Private industry

67,616 72,134 76,721 81,840

Local government

6 6 6 6

State government

2 2 2 3

Federal government

6 6 5 5

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

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2019 2020 2021 2022

Labor productivity index, output per hour

145.133 149.417 161.342 164.916

Percent change from previous year

2.5 3.0 8.0 2.2

Labor index, total labor hours

100.578 103.122 105.904 116.428

Percent change from previous year

2.5 2.5 2.7 9.9

Output index

145.972 154.082 170.867 192.008

Percent change from previous year

5.0 5.6 10.9 12.4

Unit labor costs index

104.581 110.077 116.978 106.628

Percent change from previous year

2.4 5.3 6.3 -8.8

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: March 22, 2024