Raleigh Engineering Talent Maps (2026)

Pay, employers, submarkets and hiring advice for engineers in metro Raleigh, one discipline at a time.

Raleigh’s engineering market is built around Research Triangle Park, the drug and vaccine plants in Holly Springs, Clayton and Durham, Duke Energy, Complete 540 and RDU’s new runway. Each map below covers what engineers in one discipline earn, who employs them, where in the metro they work and what is competing for them. See our Raleigh engineering recruiters.

36,793People added to metro Raleigh in one year, the 10th fastest growth rate of any US metroCensus Bureau, 2025

55,000+People working at more than 385 companies in Research Triangle ParkRTP

$4.1BNovo Nordisk plant in Clayton, one of several large drug plants in the TriangleNovo Nordisk

Raleigh talent maps by discipline

Data center engineers

$130,240median electrical engineer pay in metro Raleigh

RTP colocation sites, pay by role and the Triangle’s moratoriums.

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Electrical engineers

$130,240median pay in metro Raleigh, $20,110 above North Carolina

Duke Energy, Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy and Triangle grid work.

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Mechanical engineers

$100,000median pay in metro Raleigh

Holly Springs drug plants, Novo Nordisk, Duke Energy and MEP firms.

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Civil engineers

$101,440median pay in metro Raleigh

Complete 540, RDU’s new runway and Raleigh Water.

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Structural engineers

$101,440civil median, the BLS group that includes structural engineers

Life science plants, Lenovo Center and the 540 bridges.

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Controls engineers

$176,800top of Genentech’s posted automation engineer range

DeltaV, PLC and SCADA roles at drug plants and utilities.

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Aerospace engineers

$122,930North Carolina median; BLS publishes no Raleigh figure

GE Aerospace, Morrisville defense teams and a small, cleared talent pool.

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Industrial and manufacturing engineers

$104,030median industrial engineer pay in metro Raleigh

Drug plants in Holly Springs, Clayton and Durham.

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Architects

$91,570median pay in metro Raleigh

Lenovo Center, NC Children’s and the school bonds.

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CAD designers and drafters

$81,960median pay for electrical drafters in Raleigh

Drafter pay by specialty, posted ranges and Wake Tech training.

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