RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. — The numbers continue to climb for North Carolina’s life science sector, bringing new companies, high-paying jobs and opportunity statewide.
We now have over 650 life science companies statewide that directly employ 63,000 people and account for 260,000 jobs overall, counting suppliers and support businesses. Life science companies provide $2.2 billion in state and local tax revenues.
(WRAL TechWire reported on the initial findings contained in the report on Feb. 28)
Roll it all up, and North Carolina’s life science sector creates $86 billion in total economic impact.
