Glaxo Bide Building

Size:

• 7,000 total acres
  
• 8 miles long, 2 miles wide

Companies:

• 157 organizations are located in the Park
  
• 119 research and development-related organizations
  
• Approximately 82% of the employees in the Park work for multinational corporations

Research in a wide variety of fields, including:

 

Biotechnology/Biopharmaceutical	Computer Hardware and Software
Chemicals	Environmental Sciences
Information Technology	Instrumentation
Materials Science	Microelectronics
Pharmaceuticals	Public Health
Telecommunications	Statistics

Employees:

• An estimated 39,000 employees work in RTP
  (Over 44,000 including contract employees)
  
• 97.3 % of employees work for R&D related organizations
  
• Almost 42% of Park employers have less than 10 employees
  
• The average salary of an RTP employee is $56,000

Investment:

• Development surpasses 19 million square feet
  
• Capital investment exceeds $2 billion
  
• Total payroll is estimated at $2.7 billion

*Information courtesy of the Research Triangle Foundation                          http://www.rtp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page&filename=facts_and_figures_fact_sheet.html