Microsoft stands to collect more than $1.4 million from Wake County if the tech giant delivers on its plans to hire 500 new software developers at a new Morrisville facility over the next several years.
Wake County commissioners unanimously approved the incentive deal at their meeting Monday night, contingent on the company’s planned $50 million investment. The jobs at the new location for software engineering and development, which the company first announced on Dec. 17, will pay $125,000 – twice the county’s average salary.