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Apex, NC

Apex, NC is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 124 tracked employers at a $117,582 median H-1B wage across 11,949 LCAs.

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124
Employers
$117,582
Median H-1B wage
11,949
H-1B filings

Apex, NC: 124 tracked employers at a $117,582 median H-1B wage across 11,949 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Apex, NC (NC), PlainEmployers rolls up 124 employers at a $117,582 disclosed median with 4 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 124 employers
  • $117,582 median H-1B
  • 11,949 H-1B LCAs
  • 4 WARN employers

Where Apex, NC's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$117,582 Top 55% higher than 45% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Apex, NC $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Apex, NC (124 employers) sits beside Charlotte, NC, Raleigh, NC, Durham, NC in NC's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Apex, NC ranks #98 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

Charlotte, NC 743 Raleigh, NC 259 Durham, NC 216 Cary, NC 208 Morrisville, NC 163 Greensboro, NC 87
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceManufacturingInformation & MediaWholesale Trade

What the data says about Apex, NC

Corpus placement: Apex, NC ranks #98 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 68 of 124 tracked employers (~55%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP, Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments, and Rocket Limited Partnership (9,940 filings combined, ~83% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Apex, NC: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 4 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP, Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments, and Rocket Limited Partnership, together 9,940 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Apex, NC reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 55% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORP plus Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments account for about 83% of Apex, NC's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Apex, NC, 4 carry WARN Act history (16 notices, about 599 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Apex, NC: Charlotte, NC (743 employers); Raleigh, NC (259 employers); Durham, NC (216 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Apex, NC

4 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 16 WARN notices , naming about 599 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Apex, NC

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Cognizant Technology Solutions US CORPProfessional & Technical Services8,624$113,797
2Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments1,083$125,119
3Rocket Limited PartnershipProfessional & Technical Services233$120,000
4Cigna- Evernorth Services IncFinance & Insurance194$151,791
5RELX, Inc.Professional & Technical Services182$147,053
6EMC CorporationWholesale Trade182$178,297
7Techpro Solutions, Inc.Professional & Technical Services90$90,000
8Ally BankFinance & Insurance75$140,795
9Old Dominion UniversityEducational Services62$85,000
10Virtual Reality Technologies LLC55$87,651
11ANSYS, Inc.Information & Media50$140,754
12IQVIA RDS Inc.Manufacturing48$158,112
13Gainwell Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services42$108,787
14Marvel Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services35$105,000
15Lincoln National CorporationFinance & Insurance34$125,603
16Triad Math and Science Academy Co.Educational Services31$70,000
17Choice Hotels International Services CorpAccommodation & Food Services28$141,562
18Taproot Solutions IncProfessional & Technical Services28$114,754
19Paylocity CorporationProfessional & Technical Services25$155,440
20Sunrun, Inc.Construction24$200,000
21VLink, Inc.Professional & Technical Services22$85,000
22United HealthCare Services, Inc.Finance & Insurance22$112,195
23Daiichi Sankyo, INC.Manufacturing22$173,791
24My3tech INCProfessional & Technical Services22$105,404
25Source Cloud Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services21$110,500
Sources, citation, and related links for Apex, NC

Disclaimer: The Apex, NC overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Apex, NC from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.