South Dakota

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• Jobs
  • The motion picture and television industry supported 1,134 direct jobs and 180 production related jobs.
  • The software industry supported 2,530 direct jobs and 3,342 in total.
  • Local television supported 3,620 jobs.
  • Local radio supported 2,680 jobs.
  • The app economy supported 8,430 jobs in the computing workforce.

• Wages
  • $29.83 million in wages generated from the motion picture and television industry
  • $9.28 million earned by new media and internet creators
  • In the local app economy, the average computing salary is $74,335.

• State Economic Impact
  • Local software industry contributed $366 million to U.S. GDP.
  • Local television contributed $1.64 billion to U.S. GDP.
  • Local radio contributed $1.23 billion to U.S. GDP.

• U.S. Copyright Registrations [2011-2017]
  • Total Registrations: 2,968
    • Visual Arts Total: 1,360
    • Performing Arts Total: 225
    • Sound Recording Total: 249
    • Literary Works: 1,134

• Creative Community By the Numbers
  • 1 video gaming company
  • 98 local commercial radio stations.
  • 17 local commercial television stations.
  • 178 music publishers and 751 songwriters
  • 32 newspaper publications
  • 670 graphic designers
  • 130 photographers

• Creative Spotlight
  
  • These notable creatives hail from the state:
    • January Jones, actor

• The top 5 South Dakota daily newspapers by circulation Argus Leader, Rapid City Journal, American News, The Daily Republic, and the Watertown Public Opinion.
• Home of Mount Rushmore, which took over 15 years to complete
• Home of the Crazy Horse Mountain carving, which has over 1 million visitors per year.

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