Utah - Copyright Alliance

Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 6,726 direct jobs and 2,100 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 42,008 direct jobs and 98,282 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 10,520 jobs.
- Local radio supported 7,940 jobs.
- The app economy supported 50,530 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
- $244.23 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $63.63 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $83,698.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $5.854 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $4.77 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $3.62 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 28,355
  - Visual Arts Total: 4,541
  - Performing Arts Total: 7,272
  - Sound Recording Total: 3,011
  - Literary Works: 13,531

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 43 video gaming companies
- 97 local commercial radio stations
- 13 local commercial television stations
- 1,081 broadcast TV stations
- 1,172 music publishers and 4,435 songwriters
- 25 newspaper publications
- 3,270 graphic designers
- 470 photographers

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Utah:
  - Rosanne Barr, actor
  - John Warnock, co-founder of Adobe
  - Derek and Julianne Hough, professional dancers

The top 5 Utah newspapers by circulation Deseret News, Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City Weekly, West Valley Journal, and the Sandy Journal.
Kane County, Utah is often referred to as “Little Hollywood”, since its serves as a backdrop to many old Western movies.
The annual Sundance Film Festival takes place in Park City, Utah. It is the largest independent film festival in the U.S.