H-1B Salaries in Durham, NC

2,846 certified full-time H-1B filings for worksites in Durham, North Carolina, decided Jul 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026.

$124,663Median salary

$115,00025th percentile

$146,22875th percentile

2,846Filings

Top H-1B employers in Durham, NC

Employer	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Fidelity Technology Group	1,173	$126,774	$116,709 – $154,669
Duke University	192	$77,854	$69,104 – $110,000
Compunnel Software Group	98	$131,000	$120,000 – $139,288
IBM	53	$162,000	$139,214 – $183,485
Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings	45	$126,256	$110,469 – $139,214
Google	42	$150,000	$147,250 – $154,000
NetApp	32	$161,741	$131,606 – $161,741
Analog Devices	31	$140,000	$129,060 – $154,984
Nvidia	29	$184,000	$159,578 – $184,000
Capgemini America	24	$123,800	$117,112 – $139,286
National Charitable Services	24	$125,119	$116,709 – $132,764
Duke University Health System	23	$76,788	$70,085 – $80,568
Fidelity Workplace Investing	23	$121,286	$116,709 – $130,121
Kforce	22	$132,652	$116,709 – $139,214
Cognizant Technology Solutions US	20	$108,410	$108,410 – $119,704
Digipulse Technologies	18	$134,000	$128,125 – $149,250
Healthy Start Education	18	$69,124	$66,556 – $70,412
Mastech Digital Technologies	18	$131,643	$116,709 – $139,214
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company	17	$139,214	$119,704 – $161,741
Randstad Digital	17	$130,000	$117,000 – $135,000

Job title	Filings	Median	Middle 50%
Senior Software Engineer/Developer	165	$116,709	$116,709 – $116,709
Principal Software Engineer/Developer	152	$131,120	$125,119 – $148,382
Principal Full Stack Engineer	140	$135,253	$131,120 – $157,248
Senior Full Stack Engineer	115	$116,709	$116,709 – $116,709
Software Developer	114	$126,500	$116,770 – $139,250
Software Engineer	108	$140,000	$116,710 – $154,000
Principal Data Engineer	58	$131,120	$125,119 – $141,986
Director Full Stack Engineering	56	$161,741	$157,187 – $161,741
Senior Data Engineer	46	$116,709	$116,709 – $130,518
Director Software Engineering	43	$161,741	$157,187 – $161,741
Postdoctoral Associate	42	$68,218	$66,068 – $70,832
Assistant Professor	38	$202,400	$125,000 – $247,700
Research Associate Senior	36	$77,854	$77,854 – $78,125
Director Architecture	32	$161,741	$161,741 – $161,741
Senior Software Engineer	27	$139,214	$116,709 – $146,750
Full Stack Engineer	25	$116,709	$94,182 – $120,000
Senior Software Developer	23	$139,214	$116,709 – $161,741
Principal Cloud Engineer	23	$148,382	$131,950 – $159,494
Data Engineer	23	$117,520	$111,605 – $132,550
Principal Systems Analyst	23	$125,119	$120,373 – $125,119

At least 5 filings in Durham, NC.

Employer	Filings	Median
Ernst & Young U.S.	10	$184,036
Nvidia	29	$184,000
Fortrea Inc. f/k/a LabCorp Drug Development	6	$165,000
Pmg Global	5	$162,240
IBM	53	$162,000
NetApp	32	$161,741
Arm	7	$159,578
Emc	6	$154,002
Ca	6	$152,744
Google	42	$150,000
Cisco Systems	7	$149,100
Nutanix	14	$146,877
Fmr	6	$144,778
Pearson Education	13	$142,800
The Elevance Health Companies	6	$142,676

Level I11% · 243

Level II46% · 1,021

Level III17% · 378

Level IV25% · 559

Prevailing-wage level the employer selected (I = entry, IV = fully competent).