East Valley sees more business hiring, relocations in the first half of 2018. Nearly 4,600 job announcements during the first half of the year, most of which are the result of companies choosing to relocate to the area.

Among them, Deloitte’s announcement of a $50 million capital investment in a 100,000-square-foot delivery center that will create up to 2,500 jobs in Gilbert and Wells Fargo’s aim to increase its Chandler workforce from 5,000 to 6,200 drove some of the largest increases. While AQST Space Systems, On Q Financial, San Francisco-based Bright Benefit Inc. and many others are hiring.