Major Employers
Wake County Economic Development is currently in the process of updating the Major Employers and the Manufacturers Directory. We are using Geo Strategy Partners for this process. If you receive a call please provide any information you can, if you have any questions please call Casey Cronce at 919.664.7066.
| Wake County Major Employers | # Employees |
| State of North Carolina | 25,458 |
| Wake County Public School System | 16,755 |
| North Carolina State University | 8,000 |
| WakeMed Health & Hospitals | 6,893 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 6,400 |
| Progress Energy Inc. | 5,000 |
| SAS Institute Inc | 4,149 |
| Rex Healthcare | 4,000 |
| Wake County Government | 3,744 |
| Cisco Systems | 3,600 |
| City of Raleigh | 3,000 |
| Verizon | 3,000 |
| RTI International | 2,800 |
| Nortel Networks Corp | 2,800 |
| Waste Industries USA Inc | 2,000 |
| Lenovo | 1,600 |
| Food Lion | 1,600 |
| Lowe's Companies Inc | 1,575 |
| US Environmental Protection Agency | 1,500 |
| PPD Inc | 1,480 |
| Regional Major Employers (Excluding Wake) | |
| State of North Carolina | 24,739 |
| Duke University Health System | 18,000 |
| International Business Machines | 11,000 |
| Duke University | 10,000 |
| University of North Carolina Hospitals | 4,746 |
| University of North Carolina | 3,800 |
| Cisco Systems | 3,400 |
| RTI International | 2,600 |
| Nortel Networks Corp | 2,300 |
| City of Durham | 2,200 |
| Eastern Carolina Organics LLC | 2,007 |
| US Environmental Protection Agency | 2,000 |
| Veterans Health Administration | 2,000 |
| North Carolina Department of Environment & Natural Resources | 2,000 |
| Teleflex Medical Inc | 1,939 |
| Wal-Mart Stores Inc | 1,900 |
| Career Partners International LLC | 1,600 |
| Food Lion | 1,600 |
| Target | 1,525 |
| Harris Teeter | 1,470 |