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One out of every 40 private sector employees in North Carolina works in life sciences. That’s according to a recent report from the economic analyst firm TEConomy, commissioned by the North Carolina Biotech Center.

 

Other report highlights:

• North Carolina surpassed 100,000 life science jobs in 2023.
• This ranked the state seventh nationwide, with only Massachusetts adding biotech jobs faster from 2019 to 2023. We’re gaining on New Jersey, which ranks sixth, as well as Florida, New York, Texas and California.
• Research, testing and medical laboratories are the biggest of North Carolina’s five life sciences subgroups, accounting for about 40% of sector jobs.
• Big biotech wins in the past few years include expansion projects from Eli Lilly in Research Triangle Park, Fujifilm in Holly Springs, Novo Nordisk in Johnston County and Catalent in Greenville.
   

“Those are all good things as taking kind of a litmus test of where our life science community is in North Carolina,” said Bill Bullock, senior vice president of economic and statewide development at NC Biotech. “It’s big compared to the others, and it’s growing compared to the others.”