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Senior Software Engineer/developer in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer/developer
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
844
Median offered wage
$110,365
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$110,365certified 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 "Senior Software Engineer/developer" and a worksite in Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

129258FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
129258FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022258
FY2023144
FY2024158
FY2025143
FY2026*141
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
8

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC808
  2. National Charitable Services LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments9
  3. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC8
  4. Fidelity Workplace Investing LLC8
  5. FMR LLC4
  6. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.4
  7. Fidelity Service Company, Inc.2
  8. PMG Global Corporation1

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $110,365; middle half $98,550 to $116,709 · median prevailing wage $110,365 (marker) · 843 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II829
  2. Level III2
  3. Level IV1

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Senior Software Engineer/developer" appears on 1,862 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 19 employers for worksites in 36 cities; the median offered wage is $105,997, so the median in Durham is 4.1% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,862
Employers nationwide
19
Cities with filings
36
National median offered wage
$105,997
Share of national filings in Durham
45.3%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Engineer/developer
  1. Durham, NC844
  2. Westlake, TX661
  3. Merrimack, NH115
  4. Smithfield, RI52
  5. Boston, MA51
  6. Jersey City, NJ42
  7. Salt Lake City, UT32
  8. Covington, KY19
  9. Charlotte, NC6
  10. Austin, TX4

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; "Senior Software Engineer/developer" ranks #2 by applications, with 5.6% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Senior Software Engineer/developer in Durham
2
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. Principal Software Engineer/developer756
  3. Software Engineer676
  4. Senior Full Stack Engineer301
  5. Postdoctoral Associate291
  6. Principal Full Stack Engineer288
  7. Director, Software Engineering186
  8. Assistant Professor167
  9. Principal Data Engineer145
  10. Package Consultant128