Microsoft promises 500 more jobs to North Carolina

NORTH CAROLINA — Morrisville just beat Houston for a 500-job Microsoft operation — a huge win for North Carolina.

A project briefing released by the North Carolina Department of Commerce called the project “highly competitive” between the Wake County town and Houston.

Specifically, the project is to support headcount growth for new operations in the company’s engineering departments. The capital — estimated to be an investment of $47.5 million — would improve an existing facility and create “a state-of-the-art work environment to allow for easier recruitment of a mix of new talent from the finalist community.”

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The jobs, which come with minimum average wages of $125,354 (compared to the Wake County average of $58,138), are the second recent announcement for Microsoft in North Carolina. Microsoft has also agreed to expand in Charlotte, representing a $23.9 million investment at its campus off Arrowood Road.

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