Wisconsin

  • Jobs
    • 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.

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