5 Takeaways from the 2019 Otis Report: Fresno County

1

The creative industries constitute 15.4% of California's total employment and support over 2.6 million jobs in the state.

2

Jobs in the arts and creative industries generate $604.9 billion annually in California.

3

Since 2010, over 200,000 creative industry jobs have been added--which is a 26% increase.

4

In 2017, only around 1% of creative industry workers were based in the Central Valley, or around 26,000 jobs.

5

Average wages across five creative sectors varied from $49,000 to $120,000 for nonself-employed workers.

Source: 2019 Otis Report on the Creative Economy by Beacon Economics LLC: p. 8-9, 13-16, 18-19, 22-25, 30-33, 38-42, 70-71, 88-89, 102-103, 120-121, 140-141, 148-149, 211-213, 226-229, 248-249.