Georgia

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  • Jobs
    • The motion picture and television industry supported 28,656 direct jobs and 12,518 production-related jobs.
    • The software industry supported 97,123 direct jobs and 161,524 jobs in total.
    • Local television supported 44,650 jobs.
    • Local radio supported 29,500 jobs.
    • The app economy supported 146,410 jobs in the computing workforce.
  • Wages
    • $1.94 billion in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
    • $161.91 million earned by new media and internet creators
    • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $90,800.
  • State Economic Impact
    • Local software industry contributed $15.577 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local television contributed $21.06 billion to U.S. GDP.
    • Local radio contributed $13.85 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
    • Total Registrations: 105,107
      • Visual Arts: 23,117
      • Performing Arts: 21,888
      • Sound Recordings: 20,390
      • Literary Works: 39,712
  • Creative Community By The Numbers
    • 83 video gaming companies
    • 17,860 music publishers and 71,136 songwriters
    • 2,700 motion picture and television industry businesses
    • 1,822 production-related companies
    • 366 local commercial radio stations.
    • 35 local commercial television stations.
    • 143 newspaper publications
    • 6,310 graphic artists
    • 1,480 photographers
  • Creative Spotlight
    • Notable creators who hail from the state of Georgia:
      • Martin Luther King, Jr., activist, preacher, author
      • Luke Bryan, country singer
      • Julia Roberts, actor
      • Andre 3000, rapper
      • Future, rapper
      • Donald Glover, rapper, comedian, producer, writer, actor, director
      • Migos, rap group
      • Ludacris, rapper
      • Lil Jon, rapper
      • Flannery O’Connor, writer
  • Major Companies Headquartered or Started Here
    • The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta.
    • Turner Broadcasting System, media company, is headquartered in Atlanta.
  • The top 5 Georgia daily newspapers by circulation are the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Gwinnett Daily Post, Albany Herald, Augusta Chronicle, and Savannah Morning News.
  • Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Captain America: Civil War, Ant-Man, and Spider-Man: Homecoming were filmed in Georgia.
  • The TV series The Walking Dead and Stranger Things are filmed in Georgia.
  • Georgia enacted its state copyright law on February 3, 1786.