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Kannapolis, NC

Kannapolis, NC is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 8 tracked employers at a $126,584 median H-1B wage across 676 LCAs.

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8
Employers
$126,584
Median H-1B wage
676
H-1B filings

Kannapolis, NC: 8 tracked employers at a $126,584 median H-1B wage across 676 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 Kannapolis, NC (NC), PlainEmployers rolls up 8 employers at a $126,584 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 8 employers
  • $126,584 median H-1B
  • 676 H-1B LCAs

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

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

$126,584 Top 48% higher than 52% 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. Kannapolis, 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

Kannapolis, NC (8 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, Kannapolis, NC ranks #1170 of 6906 by employer count (about the 81st percentile).

Charlotte, NC 743 Raleigh, NC 259 Durham, NC 216 Cary, NC 208 Morrisville, NC 163 Apex, NC 124
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceEducational ServicesManufacturing

What the data says about Kannapolis, NC

Corpus placement: Kannapolis, NC ranks #1170 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 81st percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 3 of 8 tracked employers (~38%); next sectors in the mix are Educational Services and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: FIS Management Services, LLC, North Carolina State University, and Genome International CORPORATION (660 filings combined, ~98% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Kannapolis, NC: DOL H-1B disclosure filings.

Headline sponsors: FIS Management Services, LLC, North Carolina State University, and Genome International CORPORATION, together 660 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Kannapolis, NC reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 38% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

FIS Management Services, LLC plus North Carolina State University account for about 98% of Kannapolis, NC's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are currently mapped to employers with a worksite in Kannapolis, NC in this corpus, a cleaner local stability read than metros where large sponsors have filed reductions.

Within NC, Kannapolis, NC is smaller than peers such as Charlotte, NC (743 employers); Raleigh, NC (259 employers); Durham, NC (216 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Top employers in Kannapolis, NC

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1FIS Management Services, LLCProfessional & Technical Services488$141,395
2North Carolina State UniversityEducational Services158$75,000
3Genome International CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services14$113,714
4Teradyne Infotech INCProfessional & Technical Services10$114,000
5Royal Appliance Manufacturing Company3$147,590
6Sentek Dynamics Inc.Manufacturing1$85,000
7Dentist In Concord LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance1$220,000
8W Racing Team America Inc.1$135,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Kannapolis, NC

Disclaimer: The Kannapolis, 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 Kannapolis, NC from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, 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.