Jobs
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- The motion picture and television industry supported 2,713 direct jobs and 2,048 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 6,092 direct jobs and 9,993 in total.
- Local television supported 8,320 jobs.
- Local radio supported 5,570 jobs.
- The app economy supported 16,750 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $187.95 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $36.79 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $83,304.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $874 million to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $3.96 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $.264 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 13,508
- Visual Arts Total: 2,419
- Performing Arts Total: 2,512
- Sound Recording Total: 2,010
- Literary Works: 6,567
- Total Registrations: 13,508
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 8 video gaming companies
- 178 local commercial radio stations
- 19 local commercial television stations
- 1,257 music publishers and 4,351 songwriters
- 36 newspaper publications
- 740 graphic designers
- 250 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of New Mexico:
- Neil Patrick Harris, actor
- Demi Lovato, singer
- Freddie Prince Jr., actor
- Demi Moore, actor
- Notable creators who hail from the state of New Mexico:
- The top 5 New Mexico daily newspapers by circulation are the Albuquerque Journal, Santa Fe New Mexican, Las Cruces Sun-News, The Gallup Independent, and The Daily Times.
- OpenEye Scientific Software Inc., software company, is headquartered in Santa Fe.
- Parts of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, No Country for Old Men, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, the Muppet Movie, The Avengers, Breaking Bad, and Better Call Saul was filmed in New Mexico.
- New Mexico is home to the famous Santa Fe Opera, an open outdoor theater.
- The Santa Fe Indian Market is the largest juried Native American art showcase in the world.