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
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
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
107 employers
- Manufacturing 21
Manufacturing
21 employers
- Finance & Insurance 15
Finance & Insurance
15 employers
- Educational Services 11
Educational Services
11 employers
- Information & Media 9
Information & Media
9 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 7
Healthcare & Social Assistance
7 employers
- Administrative & Waste Ser… 2
Administrative & Waste Services
2 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Durham, NC, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Durham, NC
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median 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.