Wake County
Economic Development 919.664.7048
800 S. Salisbury St.
PO Box 2978
Raleigh, NC 27602-7099
Economic Development 919.664.7048
800 S. Salisbury St.
PO Box 2978
Raleigh, NC 27602-7099
Major Employers
Wake County Economic Development is currently in the process of updating the Major Employers and the Manufacturers Directory. Full publications will be available for purchase in August of 2010. For more information please call Casey Cronce at 919.664.7066.
| Wake County Major Employers | # Employees |
| State of North Carolina | 24,739 |
| Wake County Public School System | 16,755 |
| IBM Corporation |
10,800 |
| North Carolina State University |
7,500 |
| WakeMed Health & Hospitals | 7,100 |
| GlaxoSmithKline | 6,000 |
| Rex Healthcare | 4,400 |
| SAS Institute, Inc. |
4,149 |
| Wake County Government | 4,000 |
| Cisco Systems |
3,400 |
| Rex Hospital, Inc. |
3,250 |
| Progress Energy |
3,100 |
| City of Raleigh | 3,000 |
| PPD Inc |
3,000 |
| Verizon Wireless |
3,000 |
| RTI International |
2,600 |
| Tri-Arc Food Systems |
2,050 |
| Talecris Biotherapeutics, Inc. |
2,000 |
| US Environmental Protection Agency | 2,000 |
| Waste Industries USA Inc |
2,000 |
| Wal-Mart Stores |
1,900 |
| Food Lion |
1,600 |
| 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 |