Skip to content
- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 9,161 direct jobs and 3,483 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 35,139 direct jobs and 107,895 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 17,460 jobs.
- Local radio supported 9,390 jobs.
- The app economy supported 54,310 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $1.19 billion in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $62.29 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $96,390.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $6.84 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $8.99 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $4.83 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 27,106
- Visual Arts: 5,080
- Performing Arts: 10,018
- Sound Recordings: 5,603
- Literary Works: 6,405
- Creative Community By The Numbers
- 11 video gaming companies
- 3,376 music publishers and 11,271 songwriters.
- 59 local commercial radio stations
- 9 local commercial television stations
- 96 newspaper publications
- 2,260 graphic designers
- 630 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Connecticut:
- John Mayer, musician
- Seth MacFarlane, actor/producer
- Meg Ryan, actor
- Christopher Lloyd, actor
- Harriet Beecher Stowe, writer
- Katharine Hepburn, actor
- The top 5 Connecticut daily newspapers by circulation are Hartford Courant, New Haven Register, Republic-American Newspaper, Connecticut Post, and Manchester Journal Inquirer.
- ESPN is headquartered in Bristol.
- The earliest U.S. copyright statute was passed by the General Court of Connecticut on January 8, 1783.
BACK TO MAIN MENU