Colorado

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 10,971 direct jobs and 2,503 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 82,407 direct jobs and 140,271 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 28,640 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 16,940 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 120,220 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $574.29 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
    • $120.93 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $96,844.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $13.952 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $13.73 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio supported $8.06 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 54,612
      • Visual Arts: 7,489
      • Performing Arts: 8,855
      • Sound Recordings: 7,732
      • Literary Works: 30,536
  • Creative Community By The Numbers
    • 44 video gaming companies
    • 4,214 music publishers and 14,119 songwriters
    • 210 local commercial radio stations.
    • 27 local commercial television stations.
    • 114 newspaper publications
    • 4,610 graphic designers
    • 760 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Colorado:
      • Robert Adams, photographer
      • Jess E. DuBois, artist
      • Hattie McDaniel, actor
      • Tim Allen, comedian/actor
      • Amy Adams, actor
      • Sierra Boggess, actor
      • Jessica Biel, actor
      • Douglas Fairbanks, actor
      • Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman, reality TV star
  • The top 5 Colorado daily newspapers by circulation are The Denver Post, the Colorado Springs Gazette, Pueblo Chieftain, Greeley Tribune, and Grand Junction Daily Sentinel.
  • Digital First Media, a newspaper and media company, is headquartered in Denver
  • Kroenke Sports & Entertainment, a sports team and media group, is headquartered in Denver.
  • The Denver Center for the Performing Arts is the nation’s largest non-profit theatre organization.
  • True Grit, The Searchers, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were filmed here.

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