The contribution of the digital economy to total gross domestic product (GDP) trended up from 5.2% ($104 billion) in 2017 to 5.9% ($123 billion) during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The share of the sector in overall jobs followed a similar trend, increasing from 4.0% of total jobs in 2017 to 5.0% in 2020. While the total number of jobs in the digital economy increased from 757,000 in 2017 to 879,000 in 2019, there was a slight decrease to 872,000 in 2020. The economic output of the sector remained stable as the rest of the economy declined in 2020 and employment declined by 0.8%, compared with a drop of 10.4% in the non-digital industries.
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