Alaska

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• Jobs
  • The motion picture and television industry supported 1,030 direct jobs and 96 production-related jobs.
  • The software industry supported 1,414 direct jobs and 2,640 jobs in total.
  • Local television supported 3,410 jobs.
  • Local radio supported 2,240 jobs.
  • The app economy supported 4,940 jobs in the computing workforce.

• Wages
  • $32.6 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
  • $10.67 million was earned by new media and internet creators.
  • The app economy, the average computing salary is $90,853.

• State Economic Impact
  • Local software industry contributed $263 million to the U.S. GDP.
  • Local television contributed $1.88 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • Local radio contributed $1.22 billion to U.S. GDP.

• Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
  • Total Registrations: 3,368
    • Visual Arts: 726
    • Performing Arts: 350
    • Sound Recordings: 684
    • Literary Works Total: 1,608

• Creative Community By The Numbers
  • 3 video gaming companies
  • 1,096 songwriters and 273 music publishers
  • 74 local commercial radio stations
  • 13 local commercial T.V. stations
  • 24 newspaper publications
  • 180 graphic designers
  • 140 audio and video equipment technicians
  • 50 photographers

• Creative Spotlight
  
  • Notable creators who hail from the state of Alaska:
    • Jewel, singer/songwriter
    • Irene Bedard, model and voice for Pocahantas

• Top 5 Alaska newspapers by circulation are the Alaska Dispatch News, Capital City Weekly, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Kenai Peninsula Clarion, and Juneau Empire.

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