Apple Releases Stats for its Share in ‘Job Creation’ and $8 Billion Paid Out to Developers
It’s always nice to see how things like the mobile, and app industry is affecting every-day lives. People who may otherwise have no place to go. Today we’re going to take a look at a company that has clearly got their sh@t together, and is clearly helping others achieve the same. While there are a lot of stats included in Apple’s report, we’re going to emphasize the ones pertaining to the App Ecosystem.
As written on Apple’s website,
“Based on a study by Analysis Group in February 2012, Apple has directly or indirectly created 307,250 U.S. jobs.* These jobs — spread across all 50 states — include thousands of jobs in numerous industries, from the people who create components for our products to the people who build the planes and trucks that carry them to our customers. For example, this figure also includes workers in Texas who manufacture processors for iOS products, Corning employees in Kentucky and New York who create the majority of the glass for iPhone, and FedEx and UPS employees. Together with the 291,250 iOS jobs generated by the app economy, these 307,250 jobs make a total of 598,500 U.S. jobs created or supported by Apple.”
Pertaining to the App Economy,
“With more than 800,000 apps and more than 35 billion downloads in four years, the App Store has created an entirely new industry: iOS app design and development. The app revolution has added more than 291,250 iOS jobs to the U.S. economy since the introduction of iPhone in 2007.** And Apple has paid more than $8 billion in royalties to developers through the App Store. We also provide app developers with the tools and distribution they need to bring their best ideas to tens of millions of iOS customers worldwide.”
It’s too bad despite all this in helping the rest of “U.S.” their stock is still down a ‘helluva’ lot than where it stood just last September. I’m sure they’ll come around. Unless – they don’t. As always, we’ll see.
Kevin is an Online and Mobile Marketing Strategist who has worked with companies of all sizes over the last 6 years. You can follow Kevin on any of the social platforms below.
