H-1B Filings
197
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Educational Services NC DOL H-1B OSHA ITA
Duke University: H-1B Sponsorship Profile
Duke University in NC (Educational Services) is a sponsorship-and-safety profile: 197 H-1B LCAs plus an employer-specific OSHA injury record, with no WARN notices in this corpus.
Duke University (NC): · 197 H-1B LCAs at a $77,854 disclosed median · OSHA Grade C (DART 1.33)
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Duke University in NC carries 197 H-1B wage filings on record, a $77,854 median wage across 98 disclosed-wage positions (below the $124,488 national median), a middling C OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 197 H-1B LCAs
- $77,854 median wage
- Grade C OSHA
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 11th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 100th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 11th pct
- median wage rank
- 48%
- safer on DART than
- 14%
- cleaner WARN history than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and this employer's OSHA injury log; no WARN notices are on file here.
F
Federal workforce composite
38/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Duke University
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
197 H-1B LCAs
#219 of 51,370 sponsors · 100th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay F
$77,854 median
11th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety D
OSHA Grade C · DART 1.33
Safer than 48% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
0 WARN notices
Cleaner WARN history than 14% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- Duke University's disclosed H-1B petition count rose from 52 in FY2024 to 55 in FY2025 (+5.8%).
- Duke University's filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $84,076 in FY2024 to $93,603 in FY2025 (+11.3%).
Median H-1B Salary
$77,854
Below national median. Across 98 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade C · DART 1.33
Riskier than industry average. vs 1.14 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
Where Duke University's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$77,854 Top 89% higher than 11% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Duke University's H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+11.3% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | Duke University | DOL OFLC / OSHA |
| Industry | Educational Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | NC | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 197 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $77,854 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | C | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 1.33 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| Tracks not on file | WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
Duke University's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records on file for this employer in NC (Educational Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 11th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 48% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | $260,667 |
| Associate Professor | $243,900 |
| Associate Professor | $239,100 |
| Assistant Professor | $222,000 |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $222,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $222,000 |
| Associate Professor | $216,350 |
| Assistant Professor | $160,000 |
| Assistant Professor, Tenure Track | $159,652 |
| Assistant Professor | $130,000 |
| Pharmacokineticist II | $128,892 |
| Biostatistician, Senior | $128,763 |
| Research Scientist | $126,700 |
| Biostatistician III | $122,040 |
| Pharmacokineticist II | $120,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $117,500 |
| Business Systems Analyst | $116,696 |
| Manager of Chaplain Services & Education | $115,625 |
| Senior Lecturer | $112,400 |
| Assistant Professor of the Practice | $108,450 |
| Data Engineer | $107,940 |
| GMP, Associate Scientist/Engineer-2, Bioprocess | $104,484 |
| Bioinformatician II | $103,515 |
| IT Analyst Senior | $102,750 |
| Biostatistician III | $102,300 |
| Senior IT Analyst | $102,000 |
| Biostatistician II | $99,280 |
| Biostatistician | $97,046 |
| Assistant Professor | $95,950 |
| Sr. Analyst, IT | $95,000 |
| Biostatistician II | $94,553 |
| Research & Development Engineer II | $90,000 |
| Executive in Residence | $88,100 |
| Biostatistician II | $86,907 |
| Research Program Leader | $86,790 |
| Computer Project Manager | $86,778 |
| Lecturing Fellow | $86,448 |
| Research Scientist | $85,483 |
| Research Scientist | $84,663 |
| Research Scientist | $83,959 |
| Librarian | $82,000 |
| Research Associate | $82,000 |
| Research Associate | $82,000 |
| Postdoctoral Associate | $80,750 |
| Curator | $80,000 |
| Research Associate Senior | $79,927 |
| Lab Research Analyst II | $79,563 |
| Research Associate Sr | $77,854 |
| Research Associate, Sr | $77,854 |
| Research Associate, Senior | $77,854 |
What the Data Says About Duke University
Signature stat: H-1B volume
Duke University's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 197 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 100% of sponsors in this corpus (#219 of 51,370).
Below-median disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs low: $77,854 median trails 89% of wage rows and sits under the $124,488 national median.
No WARN filings
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for Duke University among Educational Services employers we track.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $84,076 (FY2024) to $93,603 (FY2025) (+11.3%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Safety near sector average
DART 1.3 tracks close to the 1.1 sector average (Grade C).
OSHA Safety Record
Grade C DART Rate: 1.33 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 1.14)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Duke University's DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Educational Services).
Total reported injuries on file: 867.
Where Duke University sits
This employer among Educational Services H-1B peers
Across the 200 Educational Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Duke University files more petitions than 84% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 53%, the high-volume, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (197 filings · $77,854 median here).
Each muted dot is one educational services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 40; the brand marker is Duke University. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How Duke University compares to Educational Services peers
Duke University's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Educational Services (home state NC). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Duke University
197 H-1B filings
University of Michigan
602 H-1B filings
Johns Hopkins University
412 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for Duke University, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside NC (197 filings here).
- Michigan State University (MI) · 197 filings
- Yahoo Holdings Inc. (NY) · 197 filings
- Artech, LLC (NJ) · 196 filings
- Equifax Inc. (GA) · 196 filings
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside NC (DART 1.33 here).
- 1001 E. 18th St. (OK) · DART 1.33
- A-dec, Inc. (OR) · DART 1.33
- ABBOTT (ME) · DART 1.33
- ABM (TX) · DART 1.33
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with Duke University
For Duke University, read sponsorship pay (197 H-1B LCAs, median $77,854) next to the OSHA safety grade (C).
- H-1B median is $77,854 across 98 disclosed-wage positions (of 197 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade C reflects a DART rate read against the Educational Services average of 1.14 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
Duke University's figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- University of Michigan (MI) - 602 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Johns Hopkins University (MD) - 412 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Washington University (MO) - 408 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how Duke University's OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Duke University's when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Duke University next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Duke University's #219 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Duke University's H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Duke University's disclosed median of $77,854 sits at the 11th percentile (below the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does Duke University's H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Duke University has 197 H-1B filings on record, ranking #219 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does Duke University's OSHA safety grade mean?
Duke University carries Grade C from its establishment injury record (867 injuries on file; DART 1.33). That DART rate is safer than roughly 48% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Related guides: How OSHA safety grades are calculated · Using H-1B wage filings in salary negotiation
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.