> The app revolution has added more than 210,000 iOS jobs to the U.S. economy since the introduction of iPhone in 2007
> Apple has paid more than $4 billion in royalties to developers through the App Store
The app store has been around since summer '08, so let's say it's been around for 3.5 years.
$4B / 210,000 / 3.5 = $5442.17 per annum
Converted to an hourly wage, that's $2.62/hr (or $454 monthly). Way below minimum wage. Either Apple has some funky math going on here, or they've created 210k very crappy jobs.
Note: I'm ignoring Advertising and B2B revenue here, so when you factor that in I'm sure the gross product jumps quite a bit. Still, Apple ignores that part of the market as well, so either they should publish a gross product for the iOS economy, or they're leading me to the conclusion above.