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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 7,156 direct jobs and 3,168 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 31,778 direct jobs and 78,489 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 15,230 jobs.
- Local radio supported 11,120 jobs.
- The app economy supported 56,370 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $290.50 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $111.29 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $91,631.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $5.624 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $7.31 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $5.32 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 31,433
- Visual Arts Total: 5,774
- Performing Arts Total: 4,701
- Sound Recording Total: 5,154
- Literary Works: 15,804
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 72 video gaming companies
- 206 local commercial radio stations.
- 27 local commercial television stations
- 3,605 music publishers and 10,932 songwriters
- 86 newspaper publications
- 3,660 graphic designers
- 650 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Oregon:
- Ty Burrell, actor
- Eric Christian Olsen, actor
- Matt Groening, cartoonist, writer, producer, animator
- The top 5 Oregon daily newspapers by circulation are The Oregonian, The Register-Guard, Statesman Journal, The Bulletin, and The News-Review.
- Nike has its headquarters in Washington County, Oregon.
- The Goonies was filed in Astoria, Oregon.
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