The Friday File: There are 281,000 people employed in the production and distribution of movies and sound recordings in the USA. CA leads with 106,500. NY follows with 26,500, then TX with 16,500, and FL with 11,000. They are the only states with more than 10,000 such jobs. There are seven states employing between 5,000 and 10,000 and ranked by employment they are IL, PA, GA, WA, MI, OH, NJ.