University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill H-1B wage filings
Chapel Hill, NC. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill filed 149 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $100,000, 23.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (28 filings, median $106,750).
- Filings
- 149
- Positions covered
- 139
- Certified
- 93.3%
- Job titles
- 40
- Worksite cities
- 5
- Filings since FY2020
- 796
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +66%
Offered wage since 2020
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's median H-1B wage offer rose 66%, from $65,000 in fiscal 2020 to $107,750 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 29.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 152 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.
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 106 | $107,750 | +21.0% | $73,840 | +29.8% |
| 2025 | 152 | $89,079 | +11.1% | $68,224 | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 137 | $80,205 | +9.1% | $62,608 | +19.7% |
| 2023 | 96 | $73,507 | −8.8% | $60,029 | +18.2% |
| 2022 | 133 | $80,602 | +13.5% | $59,919 | +19.4% |
| 2021 | 83 | $71,000 | +9.2% | $61,651 | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 89 | $65,000 | n/a | $56,973 | +13.2% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 28 | $106,750 | +65.2% | +9% since 2020 | |
| Research Associate | 21 | $68,192 | +4.9% | +25% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 20 | $68,964 | +8.4% | +32% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 14 | $220,000 | +18.1% | +2% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 9 | $100,000 | +43.5% | +24% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor/Nominated Assistant Professor | 8 | $109,250 | +38.2% | ||
| Clinical Instructor | 6 | $142,272 | +1.9% | ||
| Research Software Developer | 5 | $123,600 | +30.1% | ||
| Research Instructor | 3 | $82,010 | +11.8% | ||
| 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% | ||
| 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% | ||
| Assistant Professor - Strategy & Entrepreneurship | 1 | $198,172 | +98.1% | ||
| Asst Professor/Asst Professor of Hinduism & Asian Religions | 1 | $86,000 | +21.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor /Nominated Asst. Prof. | 1 | $137,000 | +75.5% | ||
| Associate Director | 1 | $98,613 | at the minimum | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $199,200 | +9.0% | ||
| Associate Professor/Nominated Associate Professor | 1 | $147,000 | +160.1% | ||
| Bioinformatics Scientist | 1 | $110,000 | +25.1% | ||
| Clinical Assistant Professor/Orthopaedic Surgeon | 1 | $445,000 | +126.5% | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor/Cardiothoracic Surgeon | 1 | $647,282 | +174.7% | ||
| Clinical Assoc Professor/Prosthodontics Predoc Prog Director | 1 | $194,200 | at the minimum | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor/Vascular Surgeon | 1 | $421,069 | +130.4% | ||
| Clinical Professor | 1 | $300,000 | +276.9% | ||
| Director/Director of Regulatory & Compliance | 1 | $151,154 | at the minimum | ||
| Healthcare Research Data Scientist | 1 | $110,000 | +22.7% | ||
| Laboratory Professional | 1 | $65,000 | +3.4% | ||
| Professor/Nominated Professor | 1 | $237,222 | +173.9% | ||
| Research Associate Professor | 1 | $149,968 | +41.1% | ||
| Research Associate/Clinical Trials Analyst | 1 | $76,564 | +3.3% | ||
| Research Professional | 1 | $63,648 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Project Manager | 1 | $88,374 | +3.6% | ||
| Research Scientist/Data Engineer | 1 | $92,700 | +38.3% | ||
| Senior Data Analyst | 1 | $104,136 | +44.0% | ||
| Solutions Architect | 1 | $130,000 | +76.7% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chapel Hill, NC | 145 | $97,000 |
| Greensboro, NC | 1 | $207,000 |
| Lumberton, NC | 1 | $300,000 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | $110,000 |
| Sanford, NC | 1 | $185,000 |
By visa type: 145 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 100 certified, 39 certified and later withdrawn, 10 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 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.