GoKawiilUS creative-industry jobs down over 200,000 since ChatGPT's 2022 debut, data shows
An analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data by journalist Joseph Politano found the US has lost more than 200,000 jobs in creative industries over the past four years, with nearly 50,000 of those losses in the last year alone. The steepest declines hit digital fields like graphic design, broadcasting, publishing, film and sound recording, while museum and performing-arts jobs grew even as independent-artist employment fell sharply.