Semiconductor industry direct employment

Today, the chip industry directly employs around 345,000 people across chip design, electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor fabrication, and equipment production.

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APA

Semiconductor Industry Association. (2025). 2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SIA-State-of-the-Industry-Report-2025.pdf. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_AYTQP4MSTY3TN9JFTR315HM77S

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MLA

Semiconductor Industry Association. "2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry." 2025, https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SIA-State-of-the-Industry-Report-2025.pdf. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_AYTQP4MSTY3TN9JFTR315HM77S.

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Chicago

Semiconductor Industry Association. "2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry." 2025. https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SIA-State-of-the-Industry-Report-2025.pdf. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_AYTQP4MSTY3TN9JFTR315HM77S.

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@misc{sia2025semiconductor5hm77s, author = {{Semiconductor Industry Association}}, title = {2025 State of the U.S. Semiconductor Industry}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_AYTQP4MSTY3TN9JFTR315HM77S}, note = {Original source: https://www.semiconductors.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SIA-State-of-the-Industry-Report-2025.pdf. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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