Copyright Facts for the State of Maryland

Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 6,167 direct jobs and 2,797 production-related jobs.
- The software industry supported 82,952 direct jobs and 151,594 in total.
- Local television supported 29,720 thousand jobs.
- Local radio supported 17,810 thousand jobs.
- The app economy supported 134,080 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
- $537.01 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $101.29 million earned by new media and internet creators.
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $99,619.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $13.397 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $23.62 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $8.82 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 94,658
  - Visual Arts: 7,751
  - Performing Arts: 11,888
  - Sound Recordings: 16,570
  - Literary Works: 58,449

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 48 video gaming companies
- 6,209 music publishers and 24,530 songwriters
- 104 local commercial radio stations.
- 10 local commercial television stations.
- 58 newspaper publications
- 3,190 graphic designers
- 940 photographers

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of Maryland:
  - Dave Chappelle, comedian
  - Carl Bernstein, journalist
- The top 5 Maryland daily newspapers by circulation are the Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Weekenders, The Kensington Beacon, Baltimore City Paper, and Prince George’s Sentinel.

Major Companies Headquartered or Started Here
- Urban One, media company, is headquartered in Silver Spring
- Bethesda Softworks, video game publisher of The Elder Scrolls and The Fallout franchise, is headquartered in Rockville.