Duke University H-1B wage filings
Durham, NC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Duke University filed 235 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $77,854, 17.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Associate (53 filings, median $67,419).
- Filings
- 235
- Positions covered
- 233
- Certified
- 99.1%
- Job titles
- 46
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,348
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +35%
Offered wage since 2020
Duke University's median H-1B wage offer rose 35%, from $57,810 in fiscal 2020 to $77,854 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 18.2% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 267 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.
Duke University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 180 | $77,854 | +3.5% | $63,648 | +18.2% |
| 2025 | 267 | $75,254 | +11.8% | $62,608 | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 230 | $67,310 | +2.8% | $57,325 | +21.0% |
| 2023 | 203 | $65,493 | +5.2% | $56,430 | +23.9% |
| 2022 | 196 | $62,238 | +1.2% | $55,349 | +18.5% |
| 2021 | 149 | $61,500 | +6.4% | $51,334 | +19.6% |
| 2020 | 123 | $57,810 | n/a | $51,334 | +26.0% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Associate | 53 | $67,419 | +13.7% | +31% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate Senior | 47 | $77,854 | at the minimum | +41% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 38 | $205,405 | +145.9% | +53% since 2021 | |
| Research Scholar | 8 | $70,660 | +12.7% | −6% since 2022 | |
| Associate in Research | 7 | $58,656 | +8.7% | −4% since 2021 | |
| Research Scientist | 7 | $75,254 | +9.8% | +20% since 2020 | |
| Research Program Leader | 6 | $85,405 | +11.5% | ||
| Lecturing Fellow | 5 | $61,800 | at the minimum | +6% since 2024 | |
| Bioinformatician II | 4 | $101,845 | +28.8% | ||
| Biostatistician II | 4 | $95,835 | +64.8% | +23% since 2020 | |
| Instructor | 4 | $62,749 | +27.0% | ||
| Biostatistician, Senior | 3 | $128,763 | +78.0% | ||
| Laboratory Research Analyst I | 3 | $53,759 | +14.1% | ||
| Research Technician II | 3 | $41,454 | +16.6% | ||
| Sr. Analyst, IT | 3 | $95,000 | +16.6% | ||
| Assistant Professor of the Practice | 2 | $96,225 | +38.1% | ||
| Assistant Research Professor | 2 | $85,125 | +39.8% | ||
| Biostatistician III | 2 | $112,170 | +75.9% | ||
| Business Systems Analyst | 2 | $105,252 | +12.2% | ||
| Data Engineer | 2 | $107,940 | +93.7% | ||
| IT Analyst - Senior | 2 | $115,775 | +59.8% | ||
| Lab Research Analyst I | 2 | $55,033 | +16.8% | ||
| Manager of Chaplain Services & Education | 2 | $115,625 | +40.9% | ||
| Research Associate | 2 | $82,000 | +0.2% | ||
| Analyst IT | 1 | $65,666 | at the minimum | ||
| Assistant Athletic Trainer | 1 | $60,416 | +2.2% | ||
| Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) | 1 | $159,652 | +121.8% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $243,900 | +132.4% | ||
| Associate Research Laboratory Manager | 1 | $106,605 | +43.8% | ||
| Bioinformatician I | 1 | $90,263 | +54.3% | ||
| Computer Project Manager | 1 | $86,778 | at the minimum | ||
| Curator | 1 | $80,000 | +60.8% | ||
| GMP, Associate Scientist/Engineer-2, Bioprocess | 1 | $104,484 | +48.3% | ||
| Lab Research Analyst II | 1 | $79,563 | +68.9% | ||
| Lab Research Analyst, Senior | 1 | $74,263 | +8.9% | ||
| Laboratory Research Analyst II | 1 | $66,881 | +42.0% | ||
| Librarian | 1 | $82,000 | +16.4% | ||
| Medical Instructor | 1 | $92,000 | +19.4% | ||
| Pharmacokineticist II | 1 | $128,892 | +65.6% | ||
| Post-Doctoral Associate | 1 | $66,287 | +4.1% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 46 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Durham, NC | 231 | $77,854 |
| Beaufort, NC | 1 | $58,656 |
| Durha, NC | 1 | $65,900 |
| Los Angeles, CA | 1 | $70,000 |
| Raleigh, NC | 1 | $90,263 |
By visa type: 235 H-1B. By outcome: 196 certified, 37 certified and later withdrawn, 2 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
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 Duke University 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.
- 1 filing is for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.