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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.