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- 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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