The United States crypto industry directly employs 34,000 people and supports 232,000 jobs in total once supplier industries and worker spending are counted, according to a report published by the National Cryptocurrency Association.
The industry will contribute more than $55 billion to U.S. gross domestic product in 2026, of which roughly $31 billion flows to workers as income, the NCA report estimates. Pragmatic Policy Group conducted the analysis, which the NCA commissioned and funded.
Direct crypto employment sits above coffee and tea manufacturing at 28,400 and cement manufacturing at 15,300, and above tobacco manufacturing at 10,600, the report said, drawing on Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.
What the 232,000 counts
One notable finding from the report flagged that most of that total sits outside crypto companies. The NCA attributes 75,000 jobs to supplier industries and 123,000 to household spending by workers across both groups, arriving at the multiplier through a standard input-output model.
