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Major Employers

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Wake County Major Employers # Employees
State of North Carolina 24,739
Wake County Public School System 17,572
IBM Corporation
 10,500
North Carolina State University
 7,730
WakeMed Health & Hospitals 7,607
GlaxoSmithKline 4,900
Rex Healthcare 4,800
SAS Institute, Inc.
 4,742
Wake County Government 4,272
Cisco Systems
 3,800
City of Raleigh
 3,000
Verizon Business
 3,000
Progress Energy
 2,500
Affiliated Computer Services
 2,300
RTI International
 2,200
Fidelity Investments 2,200
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 2,000

 

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
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