Meta Forest City Campus

Forest City sits in Rutherford County, North Carolina, anchored economically by textile and furniture manufacturing legacy and by Meta's massive Facebook data center campus — one of Meta's earliest and largest hyperscaler facilities, operating since 2010. The broader economy spans manufacturing, agriculture (poultry production), and the surrounding small-town western North Carolina commercial base.

BLS does not publish MSA-level wage data for Forest City, but the regional Western North Carolina pattern shows trades wages moderate by national standards but elevated by Meta's sustained construction and operations demand. Electrician and HVAC work has steady premium availability, with Meta hiring directly and through major construction contractors.

For a trades worker, Forest City is a small but stable hyperscaler market with Meta as the anchor employer. Best fit for trades willing to relocate to a small rural North Carolina town for steady facility operations work. Cost of living is among the lowest in the data center industry; total compensation packages have grown substantially as Meta has expanded.