Ohio

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 11,660 direct jobs and 2,974 production related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 78,836 direct jobs and 188,892 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 53,280 thousand jobs.
    • Local radio supported 32,980 thousand jobs.
    • The app economy supported 155,450 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $459.63 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
    • $143.72 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $85,015.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $13.146 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $25.43 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $15.64 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 76,014
      • Visual Arts Total: 8,809
      • Performing Arts Total: 9,596
      • Sound Recording Total: 11,979
      • Literary Works: 45,630
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 55 video gaming companies
    • 297 local commercial radio stations
    • 40 local commercial television stations
    • 7,197 music publishers and 30,952 songwriters
    • 228 newspaper publications
    • 7,120 graphic designers
    • 2,000 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Ohio:
      • John Legend, musician
      • Halle Berry, actor
      • Steven Spielberg, director/producer
      • Toni Morrison, writer
      • Phillip Johnson, architect
      • Jerry Siegel, writer, and Joe Shuster, artist, creators of Superman
      • Bill Watterson, cartoonist/creator of Calvin and Hobbes
      • Jim Borgman, cartoonist
  • The top 5 Ohio daily newspapers by circulation are The Plain Dealer, The Columbus Dispatch, The Cincinnati Enquirer, Dayton Daily News, and The Blade.
  • American Greetings is headquartered in Cleveland.
  • Macy’s is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is located in Cleveland.
  • The House from A Christmas Story is located in Cleveland.
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier was filmed here.

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