WILSON, NORTH CAROLINA – On Tuesday, October 1, the Wilson County Board of Commissioners voted to approve an economic development incentive to bring Johnson & Johnson to Wilson Corporate Park. An incentive of $49,979,820 will be paid to Johnson & Johnson over a period of 13 years (one-half paid by the County and one-half paid by the City). This is the second time a large economic development announcement has been made in a week and the fifth such announcement in less than eight months. The four new companies coming to the Campus at 587 Industrial Park and Wilson Corporate Park—Schott Pharma, IDEXX Laboratories, Reckitt Benckiser Health and Johnson & Johnson—will bring a combined 1,400 jobs to the Wilson County job market. This is in addition to the expansion of Neopac, which was also announced last week. They plan to expand their current facility in order to launch a new product line of cosmetic tubes.

Johnson & Johnson will invest $1,013,796,807 in a new, 175-acre biologics campus and will employ at least 420 new full-time employees by December 31, 2031, paying an average annual wage of $108,823 including benefits. Hiring will begin in 2025. 

The decision came after Commissioners held a public hearing and special meeting earlier in the day with a packed house at the Wilson Economic Development Council office. Jennifer Lantz, Wilson Economic Development Council Director, presented the company’s plans for their new facility to the Wilson County Board of Commissioners and Wilson City Council. Her office is responsible for the recruitment and retention of industrial business to Wilson County’s job market which helps generate new tax base. Lantz added that this is “the first biologics plant east of Interstate 95, which is the future of medicine...the company will be a community partner and will join others in helping us develop a world-class biologics training facility.”

Board Chairman, Rob Boyette, noted “We are pleased to welcome Johnson & Johnson (Project Harbor) to our industrial family in Wilson County. Congratulations to our economic partners that helped create this opportunity. The future looks bright doing business here.” 

“In Wilson County we are serious about our economic future and this announcement, along with the prior ones, show just that. We welcome Johnson & Johnson and look forward to working with them. We are the best place to be now and in the years to come,” stated County Manager, Ron Hunt. “I have a tremendous respect for the bold decisions of our Wilson County Commissioners, Wilson City Council and Wilson Economic Development.” 

About Johnson & Johnson

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com/.

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