Oregon

  • 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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