Average Salary in Raleigh, North Carolina

About Raleigh Salaries

In Raleigh, North Carolina, the average salary is $56,149. As of Q2 2017, the trend in wages is down 0.5 percent. The cost of living in Raleigh is 7.3 percent below the national average. The most popular occupations in Raleigh are Project Manager, (Unspecified Type / General), Software Engineer, and Senior Software Engineer which pay between $71,407 and $106,276 per year. Some popular Raleigh industries include Information Technology (IT) Services, Software as a Service (SaaS) Development, and Software Development. The most popular employers in Raleigh are Cisco Systems Inc, North Carolina State University (NCSU), and International Business Machines (IBM) Corp..