- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 14,756 direct jobs and 5,268 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 91,399 direct jobs and 251,239 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 58,550 jobs.
- Local radio supported 34,910 jobs.
- The app economy supported 176,270 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $793.90 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $177.67 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $88,553.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $16.169 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $28.51 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $16.88 billion to the U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 268,969
- Visual Arts Total: 18,240
- Performing Arts Total: 15,137
- Sound Recording Total: 17,333
- Literary Works: 218,259
- Total Registrations: 268,969
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 5 video gaming companies
- 364 local commercial radio stations
- 39 local commercial television stations
- 9,350 music publishers and 33,758 songwriters
- 261 newspaper publications
- 25+ book and education publishers
- 8,730 graphic designers
- 1,700 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from Pennsylvania:
- Taylor Swift, singer
- Sarah Chang, violinist
- Will Smith, actor
- Kevin Hart, actor/comedian
- Ming Na Wen, actor
- Daniel Dae Kim, actor
- Pink, singer
- Bob Saget, actor/comedian
- Andy Warhol, artist
- Steve McCurry, photographer
- Henry Mancini, composer
- Louis Kahn, architect
- Bil Keane, cartoonist
- M. Night Shyamalan, director/screenwriter
- Notable creators who hail from Pennsylvania:
- The top 5 Pennsylvania daily newspapers by circulation are The Philadelphia Inquirer/Philadelphia Daily News, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Tribute Review, The Morning Call, and The Patriot-News. [1]
- Silver Lining Playbook, Rocky, Creed, and In Her Shoes were filmed here.
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia and Amish Mafia were produced here.
- John Barry filed the first copyright entry for “The Philadelphia Spelling Book” in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania.
- On March 15, 1784, Pennsylvania enacted its first state copyright law.
[1] Data as of 1/5/16 from Agility PR Solutions (https://www.agilitypr.com/resources/top-media-outlets/top-10-pennsylvania-daily-newspapers-by-circulation/).