With this move to the Research Triangle Park area, will the tech behemoth finally be able to recruit more diverse talent? Local companies such as IBM IBM , Cisco, and Lenovo, usually rake in talent from three neighboring universities: North Carolina State University, Duke University, and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Research Triangle Park location gives Apple access to talent at HBCUs Shaw University and North Carolina Central University. The opportunity would align with Apple’s active efforts to attract Black tech talent through its Apple HBCU Scholars Program. However, That’s lower than the $63,238 average income in the Research Triangle area.

Source: Forbes May 06, 2021 12:45 UTC