Connecticut

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• 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.

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