Washington

Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 8,950 direct jobs and 3,079 production related jobs
- The software industry supported 130,698 direct jobs and 331,046 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 27,820 jobs
- Local radio supported 20,560 jobs
- The app economy supported 205,480 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
- $384.79 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $144.55 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $100,466.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $35.267 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $14.21 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $10.35 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 60,358
  - Visual Arts Total: 17,471
  - Performing Arts Total: 11,442
  - Sound Recording Total: 8,574
  - Literary Works: 22,871

Creative Community By The Numbers
- 242 video gaming companies
- 218 local commercial radio stations
- 27 local commercial television stations
- 5,969 music publishers and 19,019 songwriters
- 114 newspaper publications
- 5,230 graphic designers
- 1,050 photographers
- 1,440 multimedia artists and animators
- 2,160 producers and directors

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Washington:
  - Bill Gates, software developer
  - Bob Barker, television host
  - Kurt Cobain, musician
  - Rainn Wilson, actor
  - Rosanna Pansino, YouTuber
  - Lynda Barry, cartoonist/author

The top 5 Washington daily newspapers by circulation are the Seattle Times, Spokane Spokesman-Review, The News Tribune, The Olympian, and The Herald.
Nintendo of America is based in Redmond, Washington.
Microsoft is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
Edward E. Carlson drew the idea for Seattle’s space needle on a napkin.
Seattle was the first city to play a Beatles song on the radio.