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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 2,061 direct jobs and 239 production-related jobs
- The software industry supported 6,090 direct jobs and 16,250 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 6,000 jobs.
- Local radio supported 4,390 jobs.
- The app economy supported 8,920 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $61.45 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $27.03 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $73,538.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $962 million to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $2.61 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $1.93 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 9,727
- Visual Arts: 1,559
- Performing Arts: 1,057
- Sound Recordings: 1,029
- Literary Works: 6,082
- Creative Community By The Numbers
- 9 video gaming companies
- 540 music publishers and 1,999 songwriters
- 121 local commercial radio stations
- 14 local commercial television stations
- 33 newspaper publications
- 1,100 graphic designers
- 220 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Idaho:
- Aaron Paul, actor
- Lana Turner, actor
- The top 5 daily Idaho newspapers by circulation are the Idaho Statesman, Twin Falls Times-News, Lewiston Morning Tribune, Coeur d’Alene Press, and Post Register.
- The Sun Valley Film Festival is held in Idaho.
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