Rhode Island

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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 Veira, talk show host
    • Pauly D, tv personality
    • Elisabeth Hasselbck, 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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