Our Key Industries

North Carolina’s Energy, Engineering & Manufacturing Coast is booming, with new, job-boosting investments from companies such as GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and the emerging offshore wind sector.

Do you thrive in fast-paced, supportive environments? In Wilmington you can have it your way with a successful startup scene that is consistently at the top of national rankings.

Whether it’s industry-disrupting cloud-based banking services companies such as Live Oak Bank or Apiture or fast-growing enterprise technology businesses like Litify, Wilmington has the hottest careers on call.

With Novant Health investing three billion dollars in Wilmington’s healthcare system and the city’s fast-growing population, healthcare professionals seeking a challenging and fulfilling career can find it here on the Career Coast.

The NC Career Coast is seeing a rise in life sciences jobs, thanks to biotech firms located at UNCW’s CREST Research Park and the expansion of many clinical research organizations (CROs), such as the PPD clinical research business of Thermo Fisher Scientific.