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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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