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Postdoctoral Associate in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Associate
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
291
Median offered wage
$62,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
Median wage$62,000certified 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 "Postdoctoral Associate" and a worksite in Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

4079FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4079FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202257
FY202345
FY202479
FY202576
FY2026*34
Certified (decided applications)
99.7%
Employers filing
6
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. Duke University and Medical Center270
  2. Duke University Health System13
  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute3
  4. DUKE UNIVERSITY, Duke Visa Services3
  5. The George Washington University1
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 $62,000; middle half $56,880 to $67,014 · median prevailing wage $54,517 (marker) · 286 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I273
  2. Level II14
  3. Level III3
  4. Level IV1
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 "Postdoctoral Associate" appears on 4,113 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 80 employers for worksites in 125 cities; the median offered wage is $64,480, so the median in Durham is 3.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,113
Employers nationwide
80
Cities with filings
125
National median offered wage
$64,480
Share of national filings in Durham
7.1%
Cities with the most applications for Postdoctoral Associate
  1. Cambridge, MA549
  2. New York City, NY480
  3. New Haven, CT344
  4. Pittsburgh, PA334
  5. Ithaca, NY294
  6. Durham, NC291
  7. La Jolla, CA192
  8. Worcester, MA136
  9. Minneapolis, MN109
  10. Boston, MA102
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; "Postdoctoral Associate" ranks #6 by applications, with 1.9% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Postdoctoral Associate in Durham
6
Median offered wage in Durham, all job titles
$113,285
National median wage, Biochemists and Biophysicists (all job titles)
$72,928
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. Principal Full Stack Engineer288
  7. Director, Software Engineering186
  8. Assistant Professor167
  9. Principal Data Engineer145
  10. Package Consultant128
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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