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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