H-1B salaries in Charlotte, NC

Based on 16,112 certified H-1B filings in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$114,355
Middle 50%$98.4k–$139.1k
vs. national median−7%comparison median $122,699
Filings16,112FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $51,800 and $248,016.
PercentileSalary
10th$84,032
25th$98,384
50th (median)$114,355
75th$139,139
90th$160,160

Salary by year

Median salary

$80k $105k $130k FY2020: median $95,000 (9,742 filings) FY2021: median $100,734 (7,207 filings) FY2022: median $105,000 (8,523 filings) FY2023: median $108,451 (8,333 filings) FY2024: median $110,230 (8,220 filings) FY2025: median $114,057 (9,388 filings) FY2026: median $114,400 (6,724 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 9,742 filings FY20 FY2021: 7,207 filings FY21 FY2022: 8,523 filings FY22 FY2023: 8,333 filings FY23 FY2024: 8,220 filings FY24 FY2025: 9,388 filings FY25 FY2026: 6,724 filings FY26 9,742
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$95,000$85,488$114,0009,742
FY2021$100,734$85,488$120,2247,207
FY2022$105,000$86,000$130,0008,523
FY2023$108,451$95,680$129,6008,333
FY2024$110,230$93,588$133,9008,220
FY2025$114,057$98,030$138,1749,388
FY2026$114,400$99,835$140,0006,724

Cost of living

Charlotte's median H-1B salary of $114,355 is worth about $117,500 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,640Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,785Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC HUD Metro FMR Area).
Price level (U.S. = 100)97.3Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$117,500Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesNC: yes · SC: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$130,0007,173
Systems Engineer / Architect$103,2102,274
QA Engineer$101,350856
Data Scientist$116,158816
Programmer Analyst$90,000808
Systems Analyst$118,102430
Database Administrator$111,488365
IT Manager$188,612334
Data Engineer$135,000282
Quantitative Analyst$111,100181
Network Administrator$90,000169
Operations Research Analyst$121,826151
Management Consultant$114,213149
Industrial Engineer$99,920132
Information Security Analyst$132,049129

By job title

Java Developer$112.4k · 244 Full Stack Developer$113k · 156 DevOps Engineer$113k · 153 Solutions Architect$140k · 111 .NET Developer$112.5k · 77 Systems Engineer$95k · 77 Cloud Engineer$113k · 68 Product Manager$129.6k · 68 Salesforce Developer$113k · 44 Python Developer$112.4k · 43 SAP Consultant$113k · 38 Site Reliability Engineer$113k · 34 Scrum Master$95k · 33 Backend Developer$112.4k · 23 Frontend Developer$96k · 14

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Charlotte, NC. Figure: median salary · filings.