Nevada

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 3,364 direct jobs and 2,168 production related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 10,690 direct jobs and 25,773 in total.
    • Local television supported 17,130 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 7,580 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 19,190 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $177.90 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $50.33 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $80,392.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $1.866 billion to U.S. GDP
    • Local television contributed $8.14 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $3.54 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • The nonprofit arts and culture generated $471.7 million in total economic activity, supported 10,494 full-time equivalent jobs, and delivered $36.8 million in local and state government revenue.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 28,582
      • Visual Arts Total: 4,901
      • Performing Arts Total: 9,444
      • Sound Recording Total: 6,347
      • Literary Works: 7,890
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 33 video gaming companies
    • 92 local commercial radio stations
    • 16 local commercial T.V. stations
    • 3,551 music publishers and 11,004 songwriters
    • 30 newspaper publications
    • 2,050 graphic designers
    • 590 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Nevada:
      • Charisma Carpenter, actor
      • Matthew Gray Gubler, Actor
  • The top 5 Nevada newspapers by circulation are Las Vegas Review-Journal, Las Vegas Sun, Las Vegas Weekly, El Tiempo, and Reno Gazette-Journal.
  • The “Welcome to Las Vegas” sign was created in 1959 by a woman named Betty Willis, who never copyrighted her design but gave it to the city as a gift.
  • Dat So La Lee, born in Nevada, was a famous Native America Indian known for her intricate basket weaving designs.
  • Las Vegas is famed for its musical residencies which have featured artists like Celine Dion, Elton John, Britney Spears, and Mariah Carey.
  • Parts of the movie Now You See Me, Ironman, the Hangover series, 21, Transformers, the Oceans series, and Rocky Balboa were filmed in Nevada.
  • The Nevada Touring Initiative is a traveling exhibition program that features visual artwork created by Nevada artists. In 2016 more than 27,000 people visited this traveling exhibition.

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