Copyright Facts for the State of Kansas

Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 23,212 direct jobs and 607 production-related jobs
- The software industry supported 22,493 direct jobs and supported 38,382 in total.
- Local television supported 12,540 jobs.
- Local radio supported 9,060 jobs.
- The app economy supported 37,740 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
- $90.67 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $32.47 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $77,756.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $3.003 billion to U.S. GDP
- Local television contributed $5.74 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $4.16 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 18,103
  - Visual Arts: 4,492
  - Performing Arts: 2,314
  - Sound Recordings: 1,687
  - Literary Works: 9,610

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 9 video gaming companies
- 1,273 music publishers and 5,455 songwriters
- 190 local commercial radio stations
- 23 local commercial television stations
- 79 newspaper publications
- 2,210 graphic designers
- 400 photographers

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Kansas:
  - Buster Keaton, actor
  - Eric Stonestreet, actor
  - Martina McBride, country singer
  - Kirstie Alley, actor

The top 5 Kansas daily newspapers by circulation are The Wichita Eagle, The Topeka Capital-Journal, The Hutchinson News, The Salina Journal, and Lawrence Journal-World.
AMC Theatres, movie-theatre chain, is headquartered in Leawood.