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Data Engineer in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
103
Median offered wage
$108,105
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$108,105certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Data Engineer" and a worksite in Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1122FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202216
FY202321
FY202422
FY202522
FY2026*22
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
52
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. IBM Corporation12
  2. NC Health Affiliates, LLC11
  3. Compunnel Software Group, Inc6
  4. Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC6
  5. Interpro, Inc.5
  6. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC4
  7. Tekinvaderz LLC3
  8. Duke University and Medical Center2
  9. Isolvetechnology Inc2
  10. Pundit, Inc.2
  11. Randstad Technologies, LLC2
  12. Digipulse Technologies, Inc.2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $108,105; middle half $98,304 to $119,500 · median prevailing wage $102,794 (marker) · 98 applications.

$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
$80k$95k$110k$125k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I12
  2. Level II63
  3. Level III25
  4. Level IV3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Data Engineer" appears on 18,712 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,627 employers for worksites in 1,311 cities; the median offered wage is $103,730, so the median in Durham is 4.2% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
18,712
Employers nationwide
4,627
Cities with filings
1,311
National median offered wage
$103,730
Share of national filings in Durham
0.6%
Cities with the most applications for Data Engineer
  1. Irving, TX820
  2. Plano, TX693
  3. New York City, NY641
  4. Menlo Park, CA535
  5. Austin, TX500
  6. Charlotte, NC392
  7. Dallas, TX391
  8. Houston, TX341
  9. Chicago, IL339
  10. Seattle, WA304
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Durham job market

Durham has 15,101 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 3,066 job titles and 1,447 employers; "Data Engineer" ranks #16 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Data Engineer in Durham
16
Median offered wage in Durham, all job titles
$113,285
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Durham
  1. Software Developer1,140
  2. Senior Software Engineer/developer844
  3. Principal Software Engineer/developer756
  4. Software Engineer676
  5. Senior Full Stack Engineer301
  6. Postdoctoral Associate291
  7. Principal Full Stack Engineer288
  8. Director, Software Engineering186
  9. Assistant Professor167
  10. Principal Data Engineer145
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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