Software has an enormous impact on our individual lives, but the impact on the economy, GDP and employment is even greater than expected, according to a study from BSA – The Software Alliance, an international alliance that advocates on behalf of the software industry. The Economic Impact of Software research study shows that, as of 2014, the software industry was responsible for a total of $1.07 trillion of U.S. value-added GDP, and directly drove $475.3 billion of that amount. The software industry directly employed 2.5 million people in the U.S., but when including indirect and induced impacts, that number rose to 9.8 million jobs, according to the research.

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