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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 29,841 direct jobs and 10,349 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 119,719 direct jobs and supported 213,614 in total.
- Local television supported 111,800 jobs.
- Local radio supported 54,750 jobs.
- The app economy supported 220,340 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $1.85 billion in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $308.43 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $82,812.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $19.21 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $52.04 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $25 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Flordia’s music industry contributes $7 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 196,776
- Visual Arts: 31,786
- Performing Arts: 41,837
- Sound Recordings: 36,644
- Literary Works: 86,509
- Creative Community By The Numbers
- 96 video gaming companies
- 18,925 music publishers and 75,375 songwriters
- 462 local commercial radio stations
- 78 local commercial television stations
- 183 newspaper publications
- 13,140 graphic designers
- 4,040 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Florida:
- Ariana Grande, singer
- Pitbull, rapper
- Norman Reedus, actor
- Jim Morrison, singer/songwriter
- Zora Neale Hurston, writer
- Ariel Martin, Vlogger/Influencer
- The top 5 daily Florida newspapers by circulation are Tampa Bay Times, Orlando Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, Miami Herald, and Tampa Tribune.
- Home Shopping Network, the television network, is headquartered in St. Petersburg.
- Telemundo, the television network, is headquartered in Miami.
- Creature From the Black Lagoon, The Shining, Edward Scissorhands, and Magic Mike were filmed here.
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