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Senior Software Engineer in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Senior Software Engineer
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
94
Median offered wage
$125,450
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$125,450certified 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" and a worksite in Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

1223FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1223FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202317
FY202423
FY202516
FY2026*20
Certified (decided applications)
97.8%
Employers filing
53
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. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC8
  2. Laboratory Corporation6
  3. Zoetis, Inc.4
  4. Direct Supply, Inc.4
  5. Anjus LLC4
  6. Sam Analytic Solutions LLC3
  7. Renee Systems, Inc.3
  8. Optum Services, Inc.3
  9. ENFOS, Inc.3
  10. IBM Corporation3
  11. WGU Corporation2
  12. Beacon Hill Staffing Group LLC2
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 $125,450; middle half $116,709 to $141,238 · median prevailing wage $117,832 (marker) · 88 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I1
  2. Level II38
  3. Level III28
  4. Level IV19
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 "Senior Software Engineer" appears on 39,714 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 5,607 employers for worksites in 1,704 cities; the median offered wage is $140,920, so the median in Durham is 11.0% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
39,714
Employers nationwide
5,607
Cities with filings
1,704
National median offered wage
$140,920
Share of national filings in Durham
0.2%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Software Engineer
  1. San Francisco, CA2,179
  2. New York City, NY1,919
  3. Sunnyvale, CA1,559
  4. Bentonville, AR1,175
  5. Charlotte, NC1,103
  6. San Jose, CA972
  7. Mountain View, CA942
  8. Seattle, WA910
  9. Irving, TX879
  10. Austin, TX858
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; "Senior Software Engineer" ranks #20 by applications, with 0.6% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Senior Software Engineer in Durham
20
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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