Unemployment rate in U.S. publishing industries 2001-2022
In 2022, an average of 2.5 percent of all workers in the U.S. publishing industry were unemployed lowest recorded since 2001. The highest unemployment rate was seen in the year 2020 with 7.0 which was likely a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced the United States into lockdown and threatened jobs across the country.