Wyoming

  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 251 direct jobs and 72 production related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 1,027 direct jobs and 2,362 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 2,560 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 1,860 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 2,800 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $8.67 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry.
    • $7.83 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $68,246.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $199 million U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $1.30 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $0.93 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 2,452
      • Visual Arts Total: 412
      • Performing Arts Total: 359
      • Sound Recording Total: 243
      • Literary Works: 1,429
  • Creative Community By the Numbers
    • 2 video gaming companies
    • 131 local commercial radio stations
    • 12 local commercial television stations
    • 214 music publishers and 749 songwriters
    • 47 newspaper publications
    • 300 graphic designers
    • 50 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Wyoming:
      • Jackson Pollock, painter
      • Scott Avett, singer
  • The top 5 Wyoming daily newspapers by circulation are the Casper Star-Tribune, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle, Jackson Hole Daily, Rocket-Miner, and the Riverton Ranger.
  • Django Unchained was partly filmed in Wyoming.

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