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- Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 1,259 direct jobs and 448 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 10,844 direct jobs and 21,365 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 4,400 jobs.
- Local radio supported 2,500 jobs.
- The app economy supported 15,550 jobs in the computing workforce.
- Wages
- $55.88 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $19.58 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $93,547.
- State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $1.573 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $2.10 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $1.18 billion to U.S. GDP.
- U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 8,126
- Visual Arts Total: 2,019
- Performing Arts Total: 1,011
- Sound Recording Total: 1,484
- Literary Works: 3,612
- Creative Community By the Numbers
- 5 video gaming companies
- 23 local commercial radio stations
- 4 local commercial television stations
- 745 music publishers and 2,780 songwriters
- 26 newspapers publications
- 800 graphic designers
- 220 photographers
- Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Rhode Island:
- Meredith Vieira, talk show host
- Pauly D, tv personality
- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, tv personality
- The top 5 Rhode Island daily newspapers by circulation are The Providence Journal, The Reminder, The Valley Breeze-Cumberland/Lincoln Edition, The Valley Breeze-North Smithfield/Woonsocket, and The Newport Daily News.
- Hasboro’s and Playskool’s headquarters are in Pawtucket, RI.
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