District of Columbia

  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 4,156 direct jobs and 969 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 27,169 direct jobs and 45,937 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 4,780 thousand jobs.
    • Local radio supported 2,830 thousand jobs.
    • The app economy supported 48,840 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $475.92 billion in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $21.93 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $106,274.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $5.199 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • television generated $2.82 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio generated $1.66 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 57,061
      • Visual Arts: 6,029
      • Performing Arts: 3,629
      • Sound Recordings: 1,638
      • Literary Works: 45,765
  • Creative Community By The Numbers
    • 14 video gaming companies in D.C.
    • 16 local commercial radio stations.
    • 6 local commercial T.V. stations.
    • 30+ book and education publishers
    • 1,710 graphic designers
    • 260 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the District of Columbia:
      • Bill Nye, TV personality
      • Samuel L. Jackson, actor
      • Marvin Gaye, singer
      • Katherine Heigl, actor
  • Top 5 D.C. newspapers by circulation are the Washington Post, The Express (Washington), Washington City Paper, Sun Gazette Newspapers, and Washington Times.
  • Major Companies Headquartered or Started Here
    • Atlantic Media, media company
    • C-SPAN, television network
    • National Geographic, media company

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