200+ Manufacturing & Construction Jobs in Raleigh, NC

Observed local government pay is solid but not runaway: Raleigh-Cary construction and extraction occupations had a 2025 median of $51,210, with a 25th-75th range of $45,650 to $63,810, while installation, maintenance, and repair occupations had a 2025 median of $57,840, with a 25th-75th range of $46,050 to $72,260. Current posting-based signals run higher because they mix in supervisors, estimators, and harder-to-fill specialties: local posted salary ranges center on about $62k to $96k, hourly-paid postings center on about $22 to $29 / hour, and North Carolina's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family was ~$59,698 in September 2026 (n=424).

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Advertised pay

Across the 122 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $45,760 at the 25th percentile, $52,222 at the median and $62,400 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

Raleigh-Cary is a balanced market for this category over the next 3-6 months: local construction is expanding, but manufacturing is softer and statewide occupation demand has cooled. Raleigh-Cary mining, logging, and construction employment was 58.4 thousand in August 2026, up 7.5506% year over year, while metro manufacturing employment was 35.2 thousand, down 1.4006%. The metro unemployment rate was 3.1% in August 2026, below the national 4.2% rate, and the category still showed more than 1,100 postings across more than 550 companies over the last 90 days. That makes this a decent market for skilled trades, maintenance, field service, and supervisor candidates, but a more selective one for generic factory-floor or helper applicants.

Best positioned: Candidates with a valid driver's license plus visible strength in safety compliance, troubleshooting, blueprint reading, and preventive maintenance have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not treat strong construction headlines as proof that the whole category is hot; metro manufacturing is down locally and statewide postings for this occupation family are down 4.4% year over year.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 202 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC: 10 open roles
2. Duke PA: 6 open roles
3. Eaton Corporation: 6 open roles
4. Nipro Corp.: 5 open roles
5. Durhamnc: 4 open roles
6. Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc.: 4 open roles
7. Brookfield Properties: 3 open roles
8. EMCOR Group, Inc.: 3 open roles
9. FUJIFILM Corporation: 3 open roles
10. Novo Nordisk: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Raleigh: 86
• Durham: 48
• Morrisville: 9
• Cary: 8
• Clayton: 8
• Middlesex: 6
• Wendell: 6
• Holly Springs: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 199 (99%), hybrid 1 (0%), remote 1 (0%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated first in construction-led work. In the posting sample, construction accounts for about 55% of category demand and real estate about 20%, with civil engineering, government administration, and consumer services each around 5%. That lines up with hard labor data: Raleigh-Cary mining, logging, and construction employment was 58.4 thousand in August 2026, up 7.5506% year over year. Large local project flow also matters. Complete 540 Phase 2 was still under construction in late September 2026, and Wake County schools approved a $4.7 million security-upgrade contract while separate emergency structural repairs reached $6.4 million. The second concentration is facilities, maintenance, and field service work connected to property, institutions, utilities, and installed systems. The employer mix is fragmented rather than controlled by one giant buyer, and the most active named employers include Jacobs Engineering Group, Durhamnc, Duke PA, MasTec, Inc., J.E. Dunn Construction Company, Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc., Hubbell Lighting Inc, and EC Source Services, LLC. Manufacturing is the weaker pocket right now: metro manufacturing employment was 35.2 thousand in August 2026, down 1.4006% year over year, even though North Carolina officials reported more optimistic manufacturer sentiment earlier in 2026.

• Infrastructure and commercial construction (high): Best for candidates with site experience, crew coordination, installs, concrete, electrical, mechanical, or civil exposure tied to roads, institutional projects, and commercial build-outs.
• Facilities maintenance and field service (high): Best for troubleshooters who can keep buildings, equipment, or installed systems running across real estate, public-sector, healthcare, and utility-adjacent settings.
• Manufacturing production and plant support (moderate): Still viable, but more selective than construction; strongest for candidates who can blend production discipline with maintenance, quality, setup, or equipment ownership.

Where to focus: If you can choose only one lane, target construction-adjacent maintenance and infrastructure work, where Raleigh's local growth is strongest and employers are spread across a long tail instead of one gatekeeper.

Roles worth searching next

• Warehouse or distribution team lead: Local staffing commentary said demand was rising at Triangle distribution centers and manufacturing sites, so this is a practical bridge for candidates whose experience is more operational than trade-specific.
• Facilities coordinator or property operations coordinator: Real estate accounts for about 20% of local postings in this category, making property-side coordination a believable move for candidates with maintenance vocabulary and vendor experience.
• Quality inspector or QA technician: Quality control is one of the most-requested hard skills locally, so candidates from production or maintenance can pivot if they can document process discipline and defect reduction.
• Service coordinator or property maintenance scheduler: This fits people who understand trades work but are stronger at routing, customer communication, and work-order flow than at daily field execution.

What postings ask for

• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): Safety compliance is one of the most-requested hard skills locally, and construction employers nationally still report persistent difficulty filling craft roles, so visible safety discipline helps you clear first screening. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• Troubleshooting (differentiator | immediate): Troubleshooting is one of the most-requested hard skills in local postings and is especially useful in maintenance and field service roles where employers pay for independent problem-solving. Who: Mid-career tradespeople, maintenance candidates, and switchers with mechanical aptitude.
• Blueprint reading (differentiator | immediate): Blueprint reading shows up frequently in local postings and is one of the clearest signs that you can move beyond generic labor into install, fabrication, and supervision-adjacent work. Who: Construction helpers moving up, carpenters, plumbers, HVAC candidates, and estimators-in-training.
• Preventive maintenance (table_stakes | immediate): Preventive maintenance appears repeatedly in local postings and is a strong bridge skill across manufacturing, facilities, and field service work. Who: Production workers trying to move into maintenance, plus field service and building operations candidates.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): A valid driver's license is the most frequently named credential in the local posting sample, which fits a market that is overwhelmingly on-site and often site-to-site. Who: Field service applicants, installers, maintenance techs, helpers, and anyone applying outside a single fixed facility.
• Current North Carolina building-code awareness (premium | near-term): North Carolina's 2024 building code took effect in July 2026 and added tighter energy-efficiency, HVAC, electrical-protection, and EV-ready requirements, so code fluency is becoming a selling point instead of a back-office detail. Who: Electricians, HVAC candidates, remodel and new-build workers, supervisors, and inspectors-in-training.

Questions about this market

What do Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles pay in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Observed local government pay is solid but not runaway: Raleigh-Cary construction and extraction occupations had a 2025 median of $51,210, with a 25th-75th range of $45,650 to $63,810, while installation, maintenance, and repair occupations had a 2025 median of $57,840, with a 25th-75th range of $46,050 to $72,260. Current posting-based signals run higher because they mix in supervisors, estimators, and harder-to-fill specialties: local posted salary ranges center on about $62k to $96k, hourly-paid postings center on about $22 to $29 / hour, and North Carolina's mean offered salary on new openings for this occupation family was ~$59,698 in September 2026 (n=424). This is a market where a decent trade or maintenance path can produce stable middle-income pay, but the biggest jumps usually come from specialization, licensing, or owning a crew, route, or system end to end.

Where is demand for Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated first in construction-led work. In the posting sample, construction accounts for about 55% of category demand and real estate about 20%, with civil engineering, government administration, and consumer services each around 5%. That lines up with hard labor data: Raleigh-Cary mining, logging, and construction employment was 58.4 thousand in August 2026, up 7.5506% year over year. Large local project flow also matters. Complete 540 Phase 2 was still under construction in late September 2026, and Wake County schools approved a $4.7 million security-upgrade contract while separate emergency structural repairs reached $6.4 million. The second concentration is facilities, maintenance, and field service work connected to property, institutions, utilities, and installed systems. The employer mix is fragmented rather than controlled by one giant buyer, and the most active named employers include Jacobs Engineering Group, Durhamnc, Duke PA, MasTec, Inc., J.E. Dunn Construction Company, Southern Industrial Constructors, Inc., Hubbell Lighting Inc, and EC Source Services, LLC. Manufacturing is the weaker pocket right now: metro manufacturing employment was 35.2 thousand in August 2026, down 1.4006% year over year, even though North Carolina officials reported more optimistic manufacturer sentiment earlier in 2026.

Which employers are hiring the most Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services talent in Raleigh-Cary, NC?

Recent postings show the most activity from Jacobs Engineering Group (21 postings), Durhamnc (21 postings), Duke PA (20 postings), MasTec, Inc. (15 postings), J.E. Dunn Construction Company (15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Manufacturing, Construction & Field Services roles in Raleigh-Cary, NC be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 90% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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