Hawaii

  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 2,457 direct jobs and 1,164 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 5,882 direct jobs and supported 16,044 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 5,380 jobs
    • Local radio supported 4,040 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 10,700 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $119.26 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $32.54 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $84,113.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $904 million to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $2.56 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio supported $1.92 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 10,963
      • Visual Arts: 3,311
      • Performing Arts: 1,629
      • Sound Recordings: 1,884
      • Literary Works: 4,139
  • Creative Community By The Numbers
    • 7 video gaming companies
    • 1,209 music publishers and 3,580 songwriters
    • 84 local commercial radio stations
    • 23 local commercial T.V. stations
    • 11 newspaper publications
    • 460 graphic designers
    • 410 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Hawaii:
      • Jack Johnson, singer/songwriter
      • Bette Midler, actor/singer
      • Bruno Mars, singer/songwriter
      • Markiplier, YouTuber
      • Ryan Higa, YouTuber
  • The top 5 daily Hawaiian newspapers by circulation are Midweek Oahu, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Street Pulse, Kauai MidWeek, and Hawaii Catholic Herald.
  • 50 First Dates, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Pearl Harbor, and George of the Jungle were all filmed in Hawaii.
  • Kanye West recorded My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in Hawaii.
  • Hawaii Five-O is produced in Hawaii.

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