Florida

  • 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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