Elementary School Teacher salary in Durham, NC

Based on 49 certified H-1B filings in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Chapel Hill, Roxboro.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$59,650
Middle 50%$53.9k–$65.2k
vs. national median−3%comparison median $61,479
Filings49FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $46,000 and $71,191.
PercentileSalary
10th$49,614
25th$53,880
50th (median)$59,650
75th$65,177
90th$70,155

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2020: median $45,600 (17 filings) FY2021: median $49,873 (16 filings) FY2022: median $51,000 (25 filings) FY2023: median $53,507 (30 filings) FY2024: median $56,070 (47 filings) FY2025: median $59,650 (21 filings) FY2026: median $60,175 (28 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 17 filings FY20 FY2021: 16 filings FY21 FY2022: 25 filings FY22 FY2023: 30 filings FY23 FY2024: 47 filings FY24 FY2025: 21 filings FY25 FY2026: 28 filings FY26 47
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$45,600$42,100$47,00017
FY2021$49,873$45,317$51,47316
FY2022$51,000$45,080$54,48025
FY2023$53,507$51,640$54,09530
FY2024$56,070$51,520$59,82547
FY2025$59,650$56,505$64,99921
FY2026$60,175$49,767$66,55728

Cost of living

Durham's median Elementary School Teacher salary of $59,650 is worth about $61,100 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Durham = 97.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in the Durham, NC area earned a median of $51,400 in May 2025 (2,430 employed). The H-1B median here is $59,650, 16% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Reaching All Minds Academy$59,27017
Healthy Start Education$66,66611
Durham Community Charter Schooltoo few8
Durham Public Schoolstoo few5
Excelsior Classical Academy: A Challenge Foundation Academytoo few4

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $62,630 24
Mid-level · Level II $51,169 10
Senior · Level III too few 8
Expert · Level IV too few 4

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$45,060$62,63024
Mid-level · Level II$49,767$51,16910

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.