Nebraska

  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 2,183 direct jobs and 412 production related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 19,373 direct jobs and 21,821 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 9,100 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 6,420 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 30,560 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $106.25 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
    • $18.47 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $78,384.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $2.685 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $4.30 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $3.02 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 6,772
      • Visual Arts Total: 718
      • Performing Arts Total: 558
      • Sound Recording Total: 445
      • Literary Works: 5,051
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 6 video gaming companies
    • 130 local commercial radio stations
    • 17 local commercial television stations
    • 643 music publishers and 2,743 songwriters
    • 62 newspaper publications
    • 1,900 graphic designers
    • 300 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Nebraska:
      • Ashley Graham, model
      • James Valentine, Maroon 5 guitarist
      • Warren Buffet, entrepreneur
      • Hillary Swank, actor
      • Gabrielle Union, actor
      • Marlon Brando, actor
      • Fred Astaire, dancer, actor
      • Adele Astaire, dancer, actor
      • Clifton Hillegass, founder of the popular series, Cliffnotes
  • The top 5 Nebraska daily newspapers by circulation are Omaha World-Herald, Lincoln Journal Star, The Grand Island Independent, Norfolk Daily News, and the Star-Herald.
  • Lady Gaga’s “You & I” music video was filmed in Springfield, Nebraska.
  • Carhenge, a sculpture consisting of 39 cars arranged to look like Stonehedge, is located in Nebraska.
  • The film Downsizing was set in and partially filmed in Nebraska.

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