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Software Developers in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 20500

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
Applications FY2020–FY2026
13,308
Median offered wage
$121,222
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median wage$121,222certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Software Developers with a worksite in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC: applications by fiscal year

1,1322,264FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,1322,264FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20201,882
FY20212,084
FY20222,264
FY20231,897
FY20241,777
FY20251,738
FY2026*1,666
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,449217
FY20251,507231
FY20241,619158
FY20231,753144
FY20222,152112
FY20211,954130
FY20201,81864
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Fidelity Technology Group, LLC4,652
  2. Netapp, Inc.970
  3. Compunnel Software Group, Inc848
  4. FMR LLC777
  5. IBM Corporation754
  6. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC439
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.309
  8. Google LLC292
  9. Nutanix, Inc.268
  10. Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC204
  11. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company190
  12. HCL Global Systems Inc182
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $121,222; middle half $110,365 to $141,003 · median prevailing wage $117,832 (marker) · 6,243 applications.

$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
$100k$120k$140k$160k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I330
  2. Level II2,897
  3. Level III1,313
  4. Level IV899
Job titles
  1. Software Developer1,829
  2. Senior Software Engineer/developer1,231
  3. Principal Software Engineer/developer1,071
  4. Software Engineer998
  5. Senior Full Stack Engineer301
  6. Principal Full Stack Engineer286
  7. Senior Software Developer212
  8. Director, Software Engineering212
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Software Developers appears on 1,569,009 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 47,363 employers in 727 metropolitan areas; Durham-Chapel Hill, NC accounts for 0.85% of them, and its median offered wage is 7.0% below the national median of $130,295.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,569,009
Metropolitan areas with filings
727
Employers nationwide
47,363
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$130,295
Share in Durham-Chapel Hill, NC
0.85%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Software Developers
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA170,820
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX157,007
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ142,719
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA141,062
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA104,870
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62,456
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54,962
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV53,916
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX48,372
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH42,120
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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