Kansas

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• 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.

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