North Carolina

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Jobs
- The motion picture and television industry supported 11,440 direct jobs and 2,966 production related jobs.
- The software industry supported 81,811 direct jobs and 154,838 jobs in total.
- Local television supported 43,040 jobs.
- Local radio supported 25,110 jobs.
- The app economy supported 142,990 jobs in the computing workforce.

Wages
- $595.46 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
- $130.72 million earned by new media and internet creators
- In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $90,932.

State Economic Impact
- Local software industry contributed $13.159 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local television contributed $20.42 billion to U.S. GDP.
- Local radio contributed $11.81 billion to U.S. GDP.

U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
- Total Registrations: 78,676
  - Visual Arts Total: 9,110
  - Performing Arts Total: 11,904
  - Sound Recording Total: 12,457
  - Literary Works: 45,205

Creative Community By the Numbers
- 68 video gaming companies
- 347 local commercial radio stations
- 38 local commercial television stations
- 7,508 music publishers and 34,610 songwriters
- 163 newspaper publications
- 6,310 graphic designers
- 1,720 photographers

Creative Spotlight
- Notable creators who hail from the state of North Carolina:
  - Julianne Moore, actor
  - Eric Church, singer-songwriter
  - Andy Griffith, actor/comedian
  - Zach Galifanakis, actor

The top 5 North Carolina daily newspapers by circulation are The Charlotte Observer, The News & Observer, Winston-Salem Journal, News & Record, and The Fayetteville Observer.
Iron Man 3’s production was responsible from providing 2,043 jobs and $179.8 million in spending in North Carolina from December 2011 – December 2012.
Part of Dirty Dancing was filed in Lake Lure, North Carolina.
On December 29, 1785, North Carolina enacted its first state copyright law.