Worksite city · Durham-Chapel Hill, NC wage area
H-1B salaries in Durham, NC
9% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 44% get a single lottery entry.
3,017certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$122,583median offer
9%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
446new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $59k to $234k
Lottery entries
446 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 1,697 | $131,120 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 139 | $124,681 |
| Data Scientists | 127 | $121,286 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 101 | $108,410 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 81 | $102,750 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 81 | $77,854 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 75 | $157,187 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 48 | $154,179 |
| Computer Programmers | 44 | $103,837 |
| Statisticians | 43 | $112,965 |
| Database Administrators | 29 | $130,000 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 27 | $62,424 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 26 | $73,058 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 23 | $110,469 |
| Chemists | 22 | $95,698 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments | 1,184 | $126,851 |
| Duke University | 229 | $77,854 |
| Compunnel Software Group, INC | 98 | $131,000 |
| IBM Corporation | 81 | $139,214 |
| Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings | 45 | $126,256 |
| Google LLC | 42 | $150,000 |
| NetApp, Inc. | 32 | $161,741 |
| Analog Devices, Inc. | 31 | $140,000 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 30 | $176,000 |
| Capgemini America Inc | 27 | $125,000 |
| Fidelity Workplace Investing LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments | 24 | $121,286 |
| National Charitable Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments | 24 | $125,119 |
| Duke University Health System | 23 | $76,788 |
| Kforce INC. | 22 | $132,652 |
| Fortrea Inc. | 21 | $130,000 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 20 | $108,410 |
| Healthy Start Education, Inc. | 19 | $69,835 |
| Digipulse Technologies, INC. | 18 | $134,000 |
| Mastech Digital Technologies, Inc. | 18 | $131,643 |
| Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC | 17 | $137,696 |
| All other employers | 1,012 | – |