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
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesEducational ServicesFinance & InsuranceWholesale TradeRetail TradeInformation & Media

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

employers

What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Raleigh, NC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Raleigh, NC

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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.