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Employment and Establishments

Employment, establishments, and average employment per establishment, information, 2001-2011
industry	Year
industry	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Internet publishing
Employment							71,768	82,019	82,111	90,986	104,892
Number of establishments							5,836	6,909	7,618	8,207	9,089
Average employment per establishment							12.3	11.9	10.8	11.1	11.5
Television broadcasting
Employment	135,033	131,026	128,652	127,282	127,127	125,687	126,380	126,716	118,799	117,333	118,702
Number of establishments	2,349	2,344	2,334	2,339	2,400	2,461	2,489	2,590	2,572	2,564	2,552
Average employment per establishment	57.5	55.9	55.1	54.4	53.0	51.1	50.8	48.9	46.2	45.8	46.5
Motion picture and video production
Employment	172,722	187,443	176,455	192,856	189,880	190,634	194,012	202,318	184,921	197,627	200,020
Number of establishments	16,019	15,455	14,875	14,539	14,617	15,211	15,438	15,605	15,559	15,359	15,341
Average employment per establishment	10.8	12.1	11.9	13.3	13.0	12.5	12.6	13.0	11.9	12.9	13.0
Motion picture and video exhibition
Employment	131,761	138,789	136,649	136,376	133,802	133,039	134,542	130,655	132,073	128,821	123,572
Number of establishments	5,153	5,009	4,922	4,841	4,811	4,877	4,848	4,778	4,713	4,643	4,589
Average employment per establishment	25.6	27.7	27.8	28.2	27.8	27.3	27.8	27.3	28.0	27.7	26.9
Radio broadcasting
Employment	113,090	111,543	109,661	110,971	111,092	111,497	110,162	106,342	96,642	92,727	93,205
Number of establishments	5,892	5,798	5,758	5,818	5,774	5,795	5,898	5,875	5,682	5,638	5,619
Average employment per establishment	19.2	19.2	19.0	19.1	19.2	19.2	18.7	18.1	17.0	16.4	16.6
Newspaper publishing
Employment	404,072	387,333	382,608	375,099	370,065	360,491	348,247	323,601	276,044	252,629	239,375
Number of establishments	9,300	9,287	9,259	9,329	9,288	9,342	9,262	9,138	8,795	8,502	8,280
Average employment per establishment	43.4	41.7	41.3	40.2	39.8	38.6	37.6	35.4	31.4	29.7	28.9
Sound recording industries
Employment	29,246	27,100	24,969	21,429	21,250	20,928	21,664	18,696	16,940	16,584	16,679
Number of establishments	4,395	4,256	4,075	3,916	3,897	3,907	3,871	3,751	3,648	3,558	3,540
Average employment per establishment	6.7	6.4	6.1	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.6	5.0	4.6	4.7	4.7
Book, periodical, and music stores
Employment	240,104	228,873	214,938	207,497	201,694	190,643	183,531	171,889	154,479	141,940	106,611
Number of establishments	21,728	20,791	19,906	18,705	17,933	17,236	16,286	15,474	14,623	13,643	9,817
Average employment per establishment	11.1	11.0	10.8	11.1	11.2	11.1	11.3	11.1	10.6	10.4	10.9

Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages | Chart

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