Oklahoma

  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 5,360 direct jobs and 1,279 production related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 11,695 direct jobs and 24,706 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 18,470 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 11,030 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 34,600 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $211.12 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $40.51 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $76,238.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $1.757 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $8.79 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $5.21 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 21,667
      • Visual Arts Total: 1,739
      • Performing Arts Total: 3,759
      • Sound Recording Total: 3,810
      • Literary Works: 12,359
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 5 video gaming companies
    • 199 local commercial radio stations
    • 24 local commercial television stations
    • 2,263 music publishers
    • 90 newspaper publications
    • 1,670 graphic designers
    • 540 photographers
    • 10,115 songwriters
  • Creative Spotlight
  • Notable creators who hail from the state of Oklahoma:
    • Blake Shelton, singer
    • Brad Pitt, actor
    • Carrie Underwood, singer
    • Phil, TV Personality
    • Chuck Norris, actor
  • The top 5 Oklahoma daily newspapers by circulation are The Oklahoman, Tulsa World, The Lawton Constitution, The Daily Ardmoreite, and the Enid News and Eagle.
  • Twisted, Rainman, and The Outsiders were all filmed in Oklahoma.

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