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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