A major fortune 500 health insurer, Centene, has closed escrow on a major new corporate campus in North Notomas and plans to increase its current work force from 3000 to over 5000 employees, making it one of the largest private employeers in the region. A Sacramento city leaders signed aA multimillion-dollar incentive packageA with Centene nearly a year ago, agreeing to give the company $9,000 for every headquarters job created that is new to the Sacramento area. To qualify for the incentive, the median salary for those positions must be at least $61,515 and the average salary must be above $64,078 a year.
Most positions at the new headquarters would be in health care, accounting and information technology.
