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Cary, NC

Cary, NC is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 208 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 6,467 LCAs.

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208
Employers
$120,000
Median H-1B wage
6,467
H-1B filings

Cary, NC: 208 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 6,467 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 Cary, NC (NC), PlainEmployers rolls up 208 employers at a $120,000 disclosed median with 8 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 208 employers
  • $120,000 median H-1B
  • 6,467 H-1B LCAs
  • 8 WARN employers

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

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

$120,000 Top 54% higher than 46% 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%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Cary, 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

Cary, NC (208 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, Cary, NC ranks #48 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

Charlotte, NC 743 Raleigh, NC 259 Durham, NC 216 Morrisville, NC 163 Apex, NC 124 Greensboro, NC 87
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesInformation & MediaFinance & InsuranceManufacturingHealthcare & Social Assistance

What the data says about Cary, NC

Corpus placement: Cary, NC ranks #48 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 126 of 208 tracked employers (~61%); next sectors in the mix are Information & Media and Finance & Insurance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Hcl America INC, Optum Services, Inc., and Amgen Inc. (3,025 filings combined, ~47% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Cary, NC: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 8 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Hcl America INC, Optum Services, Inc., and Amgen Inc., together 3,025 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Cary, NC reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 61% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

Hcl America INC plus Optum Services, Inc. account for about 47% of Cary, 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 Cary, NC, 8 carry WARN Act history (26 notices, about 4,590 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Cary, 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 Cary, NC

8 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 26 WARN notices , naming about 4,590 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 Cary, NC

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Hcl America INCProfessional & Technical Services2,254$123,594
2Optum Services, Inc.Professional & Technical Services473$129,042
3Amgen Inc.Professional & Technical Services298$140,623
4Msr Technology Group LLCProfessional & Technical Services266$112,962
5Cadence Design Systems, Inc.Manufacturing212$155,168
6DB Global Technology, Inc.Finance & Insurance200$135,495
7DB USA Core CorporationFinance & Insurance133$130,000
8LPL Financial LLCFinance & Insurance128$156,850
9The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaHealthcare & Social Assistance95$70,917
10Arista Networks, Inc.Professional & Technical Services94$148,496
11MetLife Group, Inc.Finance & Insurance94$129,663
12CrowdStrike, Inc.Professional & Technical Services88$220,262
13FedEx Dataworks, Inc.Professional & Technical Services67$138,500
14Teladoc Health, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance64$145,642
15Rpa Technologies LLC51$77,979
16Ibase Operations Corp.Professional & Technical Services49$118,268
17Wolters Kluwer DXG U.S. Inc.Information & Media49$141,215
18HRB Professional Resources, LLCProfessional & Technical Services46$135,765
19Dvg Tech Solutions LLC.Professional & Technical Services46$108,420
20Kanap Systems LLCProfessional & Technical Services45$92,000
21Inteliroute Technologies LLCProfessional & Technical Services44$109,845
22Lorhan CORPORATION INC.Professional & Technical Services44$98,301
23Mastek INCProfessional & Technical Services44$138,500
24SAS Institute Inc.Professional & Technical Services39$140,795
25Intone Networks, Inc.Professional & Technical Services38$120,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Cary, NC

Disclaimer: The Cary, 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 Cary, 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.