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.