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.