South Carolina

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• Jobs
  • 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.
• Muzak is headquartered in Fort Mill, SC.

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