Kentucky

Jobs
- The motion pictures and television industry supported 4,219 direct jobs and 985 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 22,854 direct jobs and supported 26,570 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 18,970 jobs.
- Local radio supported 11,870 jobs.
- The app economy supported 33,571 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
- $157.25 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $41.25 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $77,000.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $2.573 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $8.68 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $5.4 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 17,555
  - Visual Arts: 2,710
  - Performing Arts: 3,199
  - Sound Recordings: 4,162
  - Literary Works: 7,484

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 18 video gaming companies
- 2,448 music publishers and 11,631 songwriters
- 295 local commercial radio stations
- 20 local commercial television stations
- 95 newspaper publications
- 1,850 graphic designers
- 410 photographers

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from Kentucky:
  - Jennifer Lawrence, actor
  - Johnny Depp, actor
  - Muhammad Ali, boxer
  - George Clooney, actor
  - Dianne Sawyer, television journalist

The top 5 Kentucky daily newspapers by circulation are The Courier-Journal, Lexington Herald-Leader, Bowling Green Daily News, Ownsboro Messenger-Inquirer, and The Paducah Sun.
Raintree Country, Goldfinger, Rain Man, The Insider, Seabiscuit, and Elizabethtown were filmed in Kentucky.