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Thursday, May 16, 2013
News North Carolina's creative class on the rise
Posted By Ana McKenzie on Thu, May 16, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Liberal arts majors rejoice! (And liberal arts haters be damned!) Apparently creative occupations are on the rise in North Carolina.
The state's annual Creative Vitality Index shows an increase of more than 8 percent in creative occupations jobs, which include architects, librarians, artists, designers, performers, photographers and PR specialists.
- flickr
- Say girl, let that freak flag fly.
The study was issued by the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources.
"The fact that North Carolina's creative workforce remained strong despite the recession tells us that jobs in creative industries and for creative workers are vital to the overall economy of our towns and cities," department Secretary Susan Kluttz said in a statement. "This good news also reinforces the important partnership between creativity and the business sector."
Some other key findings:
- Creative Industries are directly and indirectly responsible for almost 320,000 full time, part time, and sole proprietor jobs. This figure represents 6 percent of North Carolina's overall workforce. These creative industry jobs generate over $12 billion in wages, salaries and benefits - $2 billion more than the impact four years ago.- The number of jobs in creative occupations increased by more than 8 percent over the past five years to 137,225 total creative jobs. This figure represents nearly 3 percent of the state's workforce. Between 2010 and 2011 our state gained 6,833 creative full-time, part-time and sole-proprietor positions in creative occupations.
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