Apple Touts U.S. Job Creation with Claims of 514,000 Jobs Tied to its Products

apple has come under increasing scrutiny offshoring of product manufacturing in recent years, number of observers believing apple should trying bring more jobs united states. noted allthingsd, apple has taken more public position on domestic impact posting new page on site highlighting on 500,000 u.s. jobs claims directly or indirectly responsible for.




apple breaks 514,000 jobs down 2 categories: 304,000 jobs directly tied apple , business partners , 210,000 jobs part of "ios app economy". first category includes 47,000 apple employees , estimated 257,000 employees @ companies such samsung, corning, fedex, , ups part of apple's supply chain , other businesses. rather direct count of employees @ other companies, latter figure calculated based on "employment multipliers" published u.s. government , applied apple's domestic expenditures.

apple further addresses in-house efforts, noting 47,000 of 70,000 employees located in united states, 7,800 u.s. jobs having been added in 2011. on 27,000 of u.s. employees part of company's network of 246 retail stores, apple reporting majority of these employees full-time workers. on support side, apple employees 7,700 applecare advisors in united states, acknowledging save 50% on call center costs outsourcing other countries such india opts keep jobs in united states in order maintain highly-regarded customer service standards.

on app economy side, apple notes has paid out on $4 billion developers since app store launched less 4 years ago, creating entirely new industry has seen 210,000 new jobs added u.s. economy. 248,000 registered ios developers in u.s. , on 5,000 ios developer jobs listed on indeed.com, apple believes industry continue see strong growth.

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i wonder numbers if apple's manufacturing done in well. not flaming them being offshore. curious impact be.

edit: geez...relax down votes people. rhetorical question. again...i'm not blaming apple having overseas operations.

 

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