The motion picture and television industry supported 6,638 direct jobs and 1,160 production related jobs.
The software industry supported 45,014 direct jobs and 66,506 jobs in total.
Local television supported 27,400 jobs
Local radio supported 18,230 jobs
The app economy supported 84,530 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
$233.51 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
$76.97 million earned by new media and internet creators
Local television supported 27,400 jobs
Local radio supported 18,230 jobs
In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $76,799.
State Economic Impact
Local software industry directly contributed $7.483 billion to U.S. GDP.
Local television contributed $12.80 billion to U.S. GDP.
Local radio contributed $8.49 billion to the U.S. GDP.
U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
Total Registrations: 35,977
Visual Arts Total: 5,503
Performing Arts Total: 4,117
Sound Recording Total: 3,877
Literary Works: 22,480
Creative Community By the Numbers
34 video gaming companies
266 local commercial radio stations.
35 local commercial T.V. stations.
3,071 music publishers and 10,975 songwriters
175 newspaper publications
5,450 graphic designers
1,060 photographers
1,360 producers and directors.
1,830 editors
Creative Spotlight
Notable creators who hail from the state of Wisconsin:
Mark Rufallo, actor
Chris Farley, comedian
Liberace, musician
Orson Wells, writer/producer
Georgia O’Keefe, artist
Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
The top 5 Wisconsin daily newspapers by circulation are Star Tribune, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Wisconsin State Journal, The Post-Crescent, and the Duluth News Tribune.
Part of the films Bridesmaids and Transformers: Dark of the Moon were filmed in Milwaukee.
The Onion, a comedic news organization, was founded in Wisconsin.