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Software Engineer in Durham, NC

Job title · Durham, North Carolina

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Durham, North Carolina
Applications FY2022–FY2026
676
Median offered wage
$116,709
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$116,709certified 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 "Software Engineer" and a worksite in Durham.

Applications by fiscal year

86172FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
86172FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022153
FY2023172
FY2024109
FY2025163
FY2026*79
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
189
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. Google LLC213
  2. Netapp, Inc.54
  3. Skilltune Technologies Inc15
  4. IBM Corporation15
  5. NVIDIA Corporation13
  6. Natsoft Corporation12
  7. Anjs Technologies LLC8
  8. ENFOS, Inc.8
  9. Splunk Inc.8
  10. Nenine Technologies Inc.7
  11. Technumen, Inc7
  12. Insightfinder, Inc.6
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 $116,709; middle half $101,421 to $136,000 · median prevailing wage $109,262 (marker) · 662 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I73
  2. Level II438
  3. Level III74
  4. Level IV54
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 "Software Engineer" appears on 158,483 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11,784 employers for worksites in 2,549 cities; the median offered wage is $132,267, so the median in Durham is 11.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
158,483
Employers nationwide
11,784
Cities with filings
2,549
National median offered wage
$132,267
Share of national filings in Durham
0.4%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA11,923
  2. Redmond, WA9,634
  3. Sunnyvale, CA9,088
  4. New York City, NY7,682
  5. Menlo Park, CA6,399
  6. San Francisco, CA5,831
  7. Seattle, WA5,057
  8. Bellevue, WA4,743
  9. Irving, TX3,499
  10. San Jose, CA2,964
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; "Software Engineer" ranks #4 by applications, with 4.5% of them.

Applications in Durham, all job titles
15,101
Job titles filed
3,066
Rank of Software Engineer in Durham
4
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. 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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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