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.
Maryland enacted its state copyright law on April 21, 1783.
