Wireless Infrastructure By The Numbers: 2023 Key Industry Statistics

This report quantifies the size of the nation’s wireless infrastructure sector, including purpose-built cellular towers, indoor and outdoor small cells, macrocell sectors, annual infrastructure spending, and the American jobs that sustain this resource. Key statistics include:

• 153,400 purpose-built cellular towers in operation
• 244,800 macrocell sites, excluding small cells
• 805,400 macrocell sectors, excluding small cells
• 202,100 outdoor small cells in operation
• 775,800 indoor small cell nodes in use, encompassing DAS, small cells, private CBRS networks, and licensed frequency bands
• Employment of 387,300 individuals or full-time equivalents dedicated to building, maintaining, and operating cellular networks nationwide, supporting 4G/LTE, 5G, indoor and outdoor networks, and private networks.