North Carolina in the Global Economy

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	Company	Primary NAICS Codes1	No. of Locations	NC Employment	Total Sales (US$ mil.)
1	Glaxosmithkline US	325412, 4242	3	5,165	NA
2	Baxter Healthcare	325412	1	2,500	1,500
3	Hospira Inc.	4242	1	2,000	1,500
4	DSM Catalytica Pharmaceuticals	325412	1	1,300	1,500
5	Talecris Biotherapeutics	325414	1	1,200	750
6	Wyeth Biotech	325414	1	1,200	750
7	Biogen Idec Inc.	325412	1	750	750
8	AAI Pharma Inc.	4242, 5417	2	700	855
9	Syngenta Crop Protection	325	1	602	NA
10	Bio Merieux Inc.	339	1	600	NA
11	FMC Lithium Div.	325998	1	475	300
12	Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (Conva Tec.)	339	1	450	300
13	Novo Nordisk Pharmaceutical	325412	1	365	300
14	Merck & Co. Inc.	4242	1	350	300
15	Charles River Clinical Svc.	325412	1	300	272
16	NC Mutual Drug Co.	4242	1	300	300
17	Tyco International US Inc. (Mallinckrodt Chemical Inc.)	325412	1	280	300
18	Greer Laboratories Inc.	325414	1	206	15
19	Akzo Nobel Inc. (Diosynth)	325412	1	200	300
20	Qualicaps Inc.	4242	1	200	8
21	Actavis	325412	1	187	300
22	Leiner Health Products	325412	1	180	35
23	Eisai Inc.	325412	1	150	300
24	Embrex Inc. (Embrex Poultry Health)	325412	2	138	15
25	Ajinomoto USA	325411	1	130	300
1. North American Industrial Classification System (NAICS) Primary NAICS Codes: 325411 (Medical and Botanical Mfg.), 325412 (Pharmaceutical Preparation Mfg.), 325414 (Biological Product Mfg.) Other NAICS Codes: 325 (Chemical Mfg.), 325998 (Miscellaneous Chemical Mfg.), 339 (Miscellaneous Mfg.), 4242 (Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers), 5417 (Scientific Research and Development Services) Source: Reference InfoUSA, 2/07

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	NAICS	Number of Plants					Annual Average Employment
		1996	2001	2006	change 96-01	change 01-06	1996	2001	2006	change 96-01	change 01-06

TOTAL		816	1,135	1,299	39%	14%	33,315	39,356	48,080	18%	22%

Medicinal and Botanical Mfg	325411	7	8	7	14%	-13%	321	350	271	9%	-23%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Mfg	325412	38	62	47	63%	-24%	14,251	15,421	13,623	8%	-12%
Other Biological Product Mfg	325414	12	14	16	17%	14%	1,854	3,132	5,186	69%	66%
Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	4242	196	232	224	18%	-3%	2,984	4,911	6,122	65%	25%
Testing Laboratories	54138	170	209	217	23%	4%	2,765	3,308	3,207	20%	-3%
Research, Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences	54171	271	441	586	63%	33%	6,992	9,219	15,543	32%	69%
Medical Laboratories	621511	122	169	202	39%	20%	4,148	3,015	4,128	-27%	37%
NAICS = North American Industry Classification System. Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina

	NAICS	Average Annual Wage per Employee			% change	% change
		1996	2001	2006	1996-2001	2001-2006

TOTAL		43,630	60,975	74,252	40%	22%

Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing	325411	43,630	52,050	75,801	19%	46%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing	325412	48,910	69,316	83,937	42%	21%
Other Biological Product Manufacturing	325414	45,178	64,037	77,488	42%	21%
Other Biological Product Manufacturing	4242	44,370	60,725	72,284	37%	19%
Other Biological Product Manufacturing	54138	33,097	45,388	49,258	37%	9%
Other Biological Product Manufacturing	54171	43,728	58,172	78,326	33%	35%
Other Biological Product Manufacturing	621511	31,118	42,247	45,118	36%	7%
NAICS = North American Industry ClassificationSystem. Source: Employment Security Commission of North Carolina www.ncesc.com Note: The average annual wage found in the annual data is computed by dividing total wage payments by the average insured employment. These figures are not true average wage scales because (1) the wages, but not employment, of all the different persons on the payroll are reflected, and (2) the assumption is made that workers worked the full quarter or year although a number of workers are not employed the whole year or quarter, and certain plants may stand idle a portion of the quarter or year. These average wages should be considered merely as indicators of wage trends rather than actual wage rates.

SECTION LAST UPDATED: July 20, 2007