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.
