Digital Media Jobs in Los Angeles Grow By 11.6% in Past Decade

Digital media jobs in the Los Angeles basin currently total more than 206,000 with $27 billion in annual payroll, according to a report issued Friday by the Los Angeles Economic Development Corp.The report, titled Entertainment and the Rise of Digital Media in the Los Angeles Basin, found that the local entertainment industry is facing its most dramatic transformation since the 1950s when television replaced radio as the primary way to deliver content to consumers.From 2006 to 2016, total payroll employment across these larger digital media industries increased 11.6%, adding over 30,300 jobs, while employment in the overall regional economy (across all industries in the Los Angeles Basin) grew by 4%.