Global Innovation Policy Center

April 21, 2018

Intellectual Property Creates and Supports High-Paying Jobs

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IP-intensive industries employ over 45 million Americans, and hundreds of millions of people worldwide.

Jobs in IP-intensive industries are expected to grow faster over the next decade than the national average.

The average worker in an IP-intensive industry earned about 46% more than his counterpart in a non-IP industry.