Raleigh-Cary Ranked No. 3 in Five-Year Job Growth

The number of jobs in the Raleigh-Cary area grew 10.3 percent during the five-year period that ended in December – the third best performance among the 67 U.S. metros with a population of at least 750,000. Wake, Johnston, and Franklin counties added 47,600 jobs between December 2004 and December of 2009, bringing the area’s total number of jobs to 508,300.  Raleigh-Cary ended up on the positive side of the jobs ledge despite losing nearly 20,000 jobs over the past two years. For more information on this accolade please click here.