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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 19,984 direct jobs and 6,554 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 111,609 direct jobs and 309,611 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 64,810 jobs.
- Local radio supported 39,480 jobs.
- The app economy supported 194,910 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $1.02 billion in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $187.82 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $91,699.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $21.005 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $32.17 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $19.46 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 129,594
- Visual Arts: 12,500
- Performing Arts: 17,253
- Sound Recordings: 20,864
- Literary Works: 78,977
- Industry
- 91 video gaming companies
- 14,486 music publishers and 42,624 songwriters
- 345 local commercial radio stations
- 36 local commercial television stations
- 269 newspaper publications
- 35+ book and education publishers
- 11,180 graphic designers
- 2,540 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Illinois:
- Robin Williams, actor
- Chance The Rapper, rapper/singer
- Kanye West, rapper
- Bob Woodward, journalist
- Lorraine Hansberry, writer
- C. Segar. Cartoonist/creator of Popeye
- Shel Silverstein, cartoonist/author
- The top 5 Illinois daily newspapers by circulation are The Chicago Tribune, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Chicago Daily Herald, The News-Gazette, and The Journal Star.
- Shaw Media, owners of the third oldest, continuously owned and operated family newspaper, is based in Illinois
- Inc., publisher of the Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, and The Baltimore Sun, is headquartered in Chicago.
- Television shows Empire, Chicago Fire, and The Girlfriend Experience were produced here.
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