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.
