Iowa

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• Jobs
  • The motion picture and television industry supported 3,244 direct jobs and 434 production-related jobs.
  • The software industry supported 18,072 direct jobs and supported 30,434 jobs in total.
  • Local television supported 16,230 jobs.
  • Local radio supported 9,450 jobs.
  • The app economy supported 37,710 jobs in the computing workforce.

• Wages
  • $88.83 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
  • $31.49 million earned by new media and internet creators
  • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $81,135.

• State Economic Impact
  • Local software industry contributed $2.98 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • Local television contributed $7.65 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • Local radio contributed $4.41 billion to U.S. GDP.

• U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
  • Total Registrations: 14,454
    • Visual Arts: 1,443
    • Performing Arts: 1,792
    • Sound Recordings: 1,201
    • Literary Works: 10,018

• Creative Community By the Numbers
  • 14 video gaming companies
  • 760 music publishers and 3,259 songwriters
  • 211 local commercial radio stations
  • 23 local commercial television stations
  • 162 newspaper publications
  • 2,290 graphic designers
  • 480 photographers

• Creative Spotlight
  
  • Notable creators who hail from the state of Iowa:
    • Ashton Kutcher, actor
    • John Wayne, actor
    • Johnny Carson, talk show host

• Major Companies Headquartered or Started Here
  • Right Stuf, Inc., video publisher and distributor
  • Meredith Corporation, media conglomerate and the largest magazine company in the world and publisher of Time Magazine, Allrecipes, Entertainment Weekly, Food & Wine Magazine, Fortune, InStyle, Midwest Living, Sports Illustrated, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens

• Top 5 Iowa daily newspapers by circulation are the Des Moines Register, Cedar Rapids Gazette, Davenport Dispatch, Quad City Times, and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier.

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