Editing Raleigh, North Carolina (section)

==Economy==
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Raleigh's industrial base includes financial services, electrical, medical, electronic and telecommunications equipment, clothing and apparel, food processing, paper products, and pharmaceuticals. Raleigh is part of North Carolina's Research Triangle, one of the country's largest and most successful research parks, and a major center in the United States for [[high tech|high-tech]] and [[biotechnology|biotech]] research, as well as advanced textile development.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rtp.org/main/ |title=The Research Triangle Park |date=March 5, 2011 |access-date=October 30, 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110305041722/http://www.rtp.org/main/ |archive-date=March 5, 2011}}</ref> The city is a major retail shipping point for eastern North Carolina and a wholesale distributing point for the grocery industry.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rjainc.com/contact/office_locations/raleigh/ |title=Raleigh &#124; RJA |publisher=Rjainc.com |access-date=June 1, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625005416/http://www.rjainc.com/contact/office_locations/raleigh/ |archive-date=June 25, 2014}}</ref>

The healthcare and pharmaceutical industry has experienced major growth in recent years with many companies based in Raleigh including [[PRA Health Sciences]], Chiesi USA (subsidiary of [[Chiesi Farmaceutici]]), formerly [[Mallinckrodt]] prior to tax inversion to Ireland, [[MAKO Surgical Corp.]], Metabolon, Inc., [[TearScience]], and [[American Board of Anesthesiology]].

Raleigh was number one on the 2015 [[Forbes]] list of the best place for businesses and careers.<ref>{{cite web |title=Raleigh, NC – Forbes |url=https://www.forbes.com/places/nc/raleigh/ |website=Forbes.com |access-date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> Companies based in Raleigh include [[Advance Auto Parts]], [[Bandwidth (company)|Bandwidth]], [[Building Materials Holding Corporation]], [[Capitol Broadcasting Company]], [[First Citizens BancShares]], [[Golden Corral]], [[Japan Tobacco International]], [[Martin Marietta Materials]], [[PRA Health Sciences]], [[Red Hat]], [[Vontier]], [[Waste Industries]], and [[Lulu (company)|Lulu]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.goldencorral.com/contact/ |title=Corporate headquarters – Golden Corral Corporation |publisher=[[Golden Corral]] |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/o/contact-us |title=Contact us – Advance Auto Parts |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.redhat.com/en/about |title=Company Information |publisher=[[Red Hat]] |access-date=November 4, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.martinmarietta.com/locations/east |title=Division Office Information |publisher=[[Martin Marietta]] |access-date=November 5, 2021}}</ref>

[[Social Blade]], a website that tracks social media statistics and analytics, and [[Temple Run]] developer [[Imangi Studios]] are based in Raleigh.

The [[North Carolina Air National Guard]], a unit of the [[Air National Guard]], is also headquartered in Raleigh.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.145aw.ang.af.mil/|title=North Carolina Air National Guard 145th Airlift Wing Homepage|website=[[North Carolina Air National Guard]]|access-date=November 20, 2022}}</ref>

In April 2014 Steven P. Rosenthal of Northland Investment Corp. referred to Raleigh as "a real concentration of brain power. You have a lot of smart people living in the same place. That will drive the economy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gowanuslounge.com/steven-p-rosenthal-northland/ |title=Steven P. Rosenthal – Opportunities and Balance |publisher=Gowanus Lounge |access-date=June 1, 2014}}</ref>

===Top employers===
According to Raleigh's 2022 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{cite web |title=City of Raleigh ACFR |url=https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR17/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-fy23.pdf |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=Raleighnc.gov}}</ref> the top employers in the city are:

{|class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! Employer
! No. of employees
|-
|1
|[[North Carolina|State of North Carolina]]
|24,083
|-
|2
|[[Wake County Public School System]]
|17,000
|-
|3
|[[WakeMed]] Health and Hospitals
|9,773
|-
|4
|[[North Carolina State University]]
|9,019
|-
|5
|[[UNC Rex Healthcare]]
|6,900
|-
|6
|[[Wake County, North Carolina|Wake County]]
|4,389
|-
|7
|City of Raleigh
|4,304
|-
|8
|Conduent Business Services
|3,487
|-
|9
|[[Progress Energy Inc|Duke Energy Progress]]
|2,800
|-
|10
|[[First Citizens Bank]]
|2,400
|}


According to Raleigh's 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Annual Comprehensive Financial Report |url=https://cityofraleigh0drupal.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net/drupal-prod/COR17/comprehensive-annual-financial-report-fy23.pdf}}</ref> the principal employers in the city are: 
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Employer
! No. of employees
|-
|[[North Carolina|State of North Carolina]]
|24,083
|-
|[[Wake County Public School System]]
|17,000
|-
|[[WakeMed]] Health and Hospitals
|10,307
|-
|Food Lion
|9,037
|-
|[[UNC Rex Healthcare|North Carolina State University]]
|9,019
|-
|Target 
|8,400
|-
|UNC Rex Healthcare System
|7,700
|-
|Wake County Government
|4,389
|-
|City of Raleigh 
|3,974
|}