Hollywood continued to add jobs in February, though the pace of increase dipped even as the broader employment market turned in another robust month.
There were 443,200 people working in jobs in movies and sound recording last month, according to data released by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday. While the growth didn’t match January’s strength, the number of jobs rose by 3,200 from the prior month and by 26,800 from February 2023, before to the two major strikes last year walloped the industry.
The movie jobs were among 275,000 the U.S. economy added overall during the month, even as unemployment rose to 3.9%,