H-1B wage filings in Chapel Hill, NC
Jobs with a worksite in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
199 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Chapel Hill, NC as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 39 employers. The median offered wage was $104,136, 18.1% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (28).
- Filings
- 199
- Positions covered
- 185
- Employers
- 39
- Median offered
- $104,136
- Median prevailing wage
- $78,060
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,123
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +45%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Chapel Hill, NC rose 45%, from $76,000 in fiscal 2020 to $110,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 16.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 210 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Chapel Hill, NC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 149 | $110,000 | +15.8% | $79,019 | +16.6% |
| 2025 | 210 | $95,000 | +10.5% | $72,883 | +13.6% |
| 2024 | 179 | $85,977 | +1.7% | $68,932 | +18.1% |
| 2023 | 126 | $84,500 | −4.7% | $64,277 | +13.4% |
| 2022 | 195 | $88,629 | +15.2% | $70,262 | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 124 | $76,907 | +1.2% | $63,149 | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 140 | $76,000 | n/a | $71,406 | +9.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Chapel Hill
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 39. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Chapel Hill
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 28 | $106,750 | +65.2% | |
| Research Associate | 21 | $68,192 | +4.9% | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 20 | $68,964 | +8.4% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 12 | $221,000 | +18.1% | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 9 | $100,000 | +43.5% | |
| Assistant Professor/Nominated Assistant Professor | 8 | $109,250 | +38.2% | |
| Clinical Instructor | 6 | $142,272 | +1.9% | |
| Full Stack Developer | 6 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Research Software Developer | 5 | $123,600 | +30.1% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 4 | $128,355 | +0.3% | |
| Research Instructor | 3 | $82,010 | +11.8% | |
| Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Engineer | 2 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor, Finance | 2 | $263,997 | +160.6% | |
| Clinical Associate Professor | 2 | $283,811 | +119.8% | |
| Executive Director for Real Estate Development | 2 | $218,300 | +124.2% | |
| Research Scientist | 2 | $82,317 | +19.0% | |
| Salesforce Business Analyst | 2 | $74,200 | +32.4% | |
| Senior Business Intelligence Engineer | 2 | $107,481 | +12.6% | |
| Software Engineering Team Leader-URS | 2 | $150,478 | at the minimum | |
| Application Software Engineer | 1 | $139,214 | at the minimum | |
| Architectural Designer | 1 | $90,000 | +12.3% | |
| Assistant Professor of Finance | 1 | $282,284 | +83.7% | |
| Assistant Professor of German Jewish Studies | 1 | $84,621 | +23.2% | |
| Assistant Professor - Operations | 1 | $208,572 | +271.3% | |
| Assistant Professor - Public Relations | 1 | $93,016 | +49.2% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.