Virginia

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Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 12,329 direct jobs and 2,592 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 183,209 direct jobs and 457,926 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 39,470 jobs.
- Local radio supported 26,150 jobs.
- The app economy supported 224,140 jobs in the computing workforce.

Wages
- $632.98 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
- $111.56 earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $102,773.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $29.570 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $19.22 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $12.65 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 97,403
  - Visual Arts Total: 7,472
  - Performing Arts Total: 14,628
  - Sound Recording Total: 13,154
  - Literary Works: 62,149

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 37 video gaming companies
- 287 local commercial radio stations
- 27 local commercial television stations
- 6,014 music publishers and 26,868 songwriters
- 131 newspaper publications
- 20+ book and education publishers
- 4,920 graphic designers
- 1,030 photographers
- 2,030 producers and directors
- 3,590 editors
- 1,290 writers and authors

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from Virginia:
  - Chris Brown, singer
  - Wayne Newton, singer/entertainer
  - Pharrell, singer/songwriter
  - Constance Wu, actor

The top 5 Virginia daily newspapers by circulation are The Virginian-Pilot, Richmond Times-Dispatch, The Roanoke Times, Daily Press, and The Free Lance-Star.
Part of Dirty Dancing was filmed at the Mountain Lake Lodge in Pembroke, Virginia.
On January 7, 1786, Virginia enacted its first state copyright law.
Mars, Inc. is headquartered in McLean, Virginia.
Gannett Co., Inc., publisher of USA Today, headquartered McLean, Virginia.
The Library of Congress’ Culpeper Packard facility houses the world’s largest collection of films, television programs, radio broadcasts, and sound recordings.