H-1B wage filings in Durham, NC
Jobs with a worksite in Durham, North Carolina. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
3,068 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Durham, NC as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 485 employers. The median offered wage was $122,583, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Senior Software Engineer/Developer (166).
- Filings
- 3,068
- Positions covered
- 4,061
- Employers
- 485
- Median offered
- $122,583
- Median prevailing wage
- $116,709
- Filings since FY2020
- 20,554
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Durham, NC rose 32%, from $93,974 in fiscal 2020 to $124,476 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 3,258 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.
Durham, NC by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2,465 | $124,476 | +5.6% | $116,709 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 3,017 | $117,832 | +6.6% | $116,709 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 3,090 | $110,500 | +0.5% | $110,365 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 2,983 | $110,000 | +8.8% | $101,109 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 3,258 | $101,109 | +6.4% | $88,629 | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 2,912 | $95,000 | +1.1% | $90,147 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 2,829 | $93,974 | n/a | $90,147 | +0.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Durham
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 485. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Durham
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer/Developer | 166 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Software Engineer/Developer | 153 | $131,120 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Full Stack Engineer | 143 | $135,253 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Full Stack Engineer | 117 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 116 | $128,000 | +2.7% | |
| Software Engineer | 100 | $140,500 | +4.8% | |
| Director, Full Stack Engineering | 58 | $161,741 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Data Engineer | 58 | $131,120 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 52 | $67,419 | +12.5% | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 49 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Research Associate Senior | 47 | $77,854 | at the minimum | |
| Director, Software Engineering | 45 | $161,741 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor | 40 | $202,400 | +136.1% | |
| Director, Architecture | 32 | $161,741 | at the minimum | |
| Data Engineer | 29 | $116,709 | +2.6% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 28 | $131,000 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Systems Analyst | 25 | $125,119 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Cloud Engineer | 24 | $148,382 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Developer | 23 | $139,214 | at the minimum | |
| Full Stack Engineer | 22 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Cloud Engineer | 22 | $116,709 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Systems Analyst | 20 | $100,360 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Systems Engineer | 18 | $125,119 | at the minimum | |
| Systems Analyst | 18 | $117,408 | +9.8% | |
| Director, Cloud Engineering | 17 | $161,741 | at the minimum | |
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.