The motion picture and television industry supported 4,537 direct jobs and 1,157 production related jobs.
The software industry supported 19,953 direct jobs and 33,577 jobs in total.
Local television supported 20,620 jobs.
Local radio supported 11,910 jobs.
The app economy supported 43,450 jobs in the computing workforce.
Wages
$186.36 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
$48.34 earned by new media and internet creators
In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $79,429.
State Economic Impact
Local software industry contributed $2.886 billion to U.S. GDP.
Local television contributed $9.38 billion to U.S. GDP.
Local radio contributed $5.36 billion to U.S. GDP.
U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
Total Registrations: 23,311
Visual Arts Total: 4,169
Performing Arts Total: 4,225
Sound Recording Total: 5,702
Literary Works: 9,215
Creative Community By the Numbers
10 video gaming companies
204 local commercial radio stations
23 local commercial television stations
3,110 music publishers and 16,240 songwriters
104 newspaper publications
1,880 graphic designers
630 photographers
Creative Spotlight
Notable creators who hail from the state of South Carolina:
Viola Davis, actor
Aziz Ansari, comedian
Andi MacDowell, actor
Darius Rucker, singer
The top 5 South Carolina daily newspapers by circulation are Asheville Citizen-Time, Greenville News, The Post and Courier, The State, and the Herald-Journal.
On March 26, 1784, South Carolina enacted its first state copyright law.
