Metro area · NC

Durham, NC

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 246 employers in the Durham, NC metro.

246
Employers
$122,970
Median H-1B wage
2,784
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

Durham, NC, NC aggregates 246 tracked employers at a $122,970 median H-1B wage and 2,784 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Finance & Insurance.

246
employers
$122,970
median H-1B wage
2,784
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceManufacturingEducational ServicesWholesale TradeInformation & Media

What the data says about this metro

Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.

Durham, NC, NC aggregates 246 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $122,970, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Finance & Insurance, Manufacturing. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments, Fidelity Technology Group, LLC, and Duke University, together 875 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.

Employer mix in Durham, NC

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

employers

What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Durham, NC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Durham, NC

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments Finance & Insurance 454 $129,138
2 Fidelity Technology Group, LLC Finance & Insurance 314 -
3 Duke University Educational Services 107 -
4 IQVIA Inc. Professional & Technical Services 83 $142,057
5 NetApp, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 76 $169,465
6 Arm, Inc. Manufacturing 72 $165,936
7 Nutanix, Inc. Information & Media 72 $189,295
8 Axtria INC Professional & Technical Services 62 $134,674
9 SRS Consulting, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 60 $113,917
10 Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings Healthcare & Social Assistance 60 $117,183
11 Zensar Technologies, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 59 $128,758
12 DIGIPULSE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Professional & Technical Services 59 $135,712
13 SWANKTEK INC Professional & Technical Services 59 $112,233
14 Dropbox, Inc. Information & Media 50 $184,875
15 NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services 38 $145,670
16 GlaxoSmithKline LLC Manufacturing 36 $140,205
17 Biogen Inc. Healthcare & Social Assistance 30 $160,276
18 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Manufacturing 29 $145,221
19 Sathram Corporation Professional & Technical Services 28 $104,733
20 Qualcomm Incorporated Manufacturing 27 $135,678
21 CA, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 24 $142,594
22 WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC Professional & Technical Services 24 $125,204
23 Digital Intelligence Systems, LLC Professional & Technical Services 24 $141,887
24 Appridat Solutions LLC Professional & Technical Services 22 $103,369
25 VED Software Services, Inc. Professional & Technical Services 21 $95,582

What this means if you work in Durham, NC

Use Durham, NC's $122,970 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.

  • A same-role H-1B offer well below $122,970 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 246 tracked employers.
  • Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
  • Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs

Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.