Unsplash Earlier this week, quite possibly the biggest business news of the year in North Carolina was announced. Apple will build its first East Coast campus in the Research Triangle Park. The move is expected to bring at least 3,000 new jobs, paying an average salary of about $187,000. For more perspective on what the announcement means for the state, we turn now to Tony Mecia of the Charlotte Ledger Business Newsletter for our segment BizWorthy. Marshall Terry: Tony, you spoke to the head of the NC Technology Association about the news. What did he say? Tony Mecia: Yeah, Marshall, I talked to Brooks Raiford of the Technology Association. He was pretty excited about it. $187,000 a year average salary makes me think maybe you and I got into the wrong line of work or something, Marshall. But, you know, it's pretty exciting news, I think, for North Carolina. But he also made the point that this is building on a lot of other successes that the state has had. Google just announced they're bringing 1,000 jobs to Durham. There's a lot of tech activity both in Raleigh and here in Charlotte, people working in technology for banks, insurance companies. We've got some software companies, all kinds of things going on in tech. And he said it really sort of confirmed that North Carolina is a hotbed of tech talent.