Metro area · NC
Raleigh, NC
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 289 employers in the Raleigh, NC metro.
- 289
- Employers
- $132,403
- Median H-1B wage
- 3,051
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Raleigh, NC, NC aggregates 289 tracked employers at a $132,403 median H-1B wage and 3,051 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Educational Services.
- 289
- employers
- $132,403
- median H-1B wage
- 3,051
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
What the data says about this metro
Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.
Raleigh, NC, NC aggregates 289 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $132,403, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Educational Services, Finance & Insurance. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Salesforce, Inc., CitiusTech Inc., and McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States, together 1,228 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.
Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.
Employer mix in Raleigh, NC
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
126 employers
- Finance & Insurance 12
Finance & Insurance
12 employers
- Information & Media 12
Information & Media
12 employers
- Manufacturing 11
Manufacturing
11 employers
- Educational Services 7
Educational Services
7 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 6
Healthcare & Social Assistance
6 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 4
Administrative & Waste Services
4 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Raleigh, NC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Raleigh, NC
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salesforce, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 864 | $222,778 |
| 2 | CitiusTech Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 208 | $108,202 |
| 3 | McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States Professional & Technical Services | 156 | $243,994 |
| 4 | Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. Manufacturing | 120 | $155,490 |
| 5 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 117 | $156,406 |
| 6 | RELX, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 110 | $134,300 |
| 7 | North Carolina State University Educational Services | 102 | $79,568 |
| 8 | Red Hat, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 67 | $146,935 |
| 9 | First Citizens Bank and Trust Co. Finance & Insurance | 57 | $141,055 |
| 10 | Eaton Corporation Management of Companies | 50 | $151,118 |
| 11 | SIEMENS ENERGY, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 49 | $128,017 |
| 12 | Emonics LLC Professional & Technical Services | 48 | $88,401 |
| 13 | BURNS & MCDONNELL ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 46 | $109,877 |
| 14 | Cloudera, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 31 | $188,448 |
| 15 | KEYSTONE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS INC Professional & Technical Services | 30 | $107,559 |
| 16 | Markit North America, Inc. Information & Media | 27 | $133,587 |
| 17 | WGU Corporation Educational Services | 26 | $141,407 |
| 18 | Blackline Systems, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 25 | $162,783 |
| 19 | HITACHI ENERGY USA INC. Construction | 25 | $121,287 |
| 20 | VCU Health System Authority Healthcare & Social Assistance | 25 | $256,006 |
| 21 | QUALYS, INC. Information & Media | 20 | $135,905 |
| 22 | ADITI CONSULTING LLC Administrative & Waste Services | 20 | $127,667 |
| 23 | Promantus Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $110,129 |
| 24 | Camelot Integrated Solutions Inc Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $98,657 |
| 25 | Pioneer Tek Services Inc Professional & Technical Services | 18 | $82,936 |
What this means if you work in Raleigh, NC
Use Raleigh, NC's $132,403 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.
- A same-role H-1B offer well below $132,403 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 289 tracked employers.
- Salesforce, Inc. leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
- Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs
Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.