Entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary in Durham, NC

Based on 24 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Chapel Hill, Roxboro.

Also listed as: Elementary Bilingual Teacher

Median salary$62,630
Middle 50%$56.5k–$67.3k
vs. all levels here+5%comparison median $59,650
Filings24FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $46,000 and $70,622.
PercentileSalary
10th$46,000
25th$56,505
50th (median)$62,630
75th$67,333
90th$70,161

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2022: median $51,430 (15 filings) FY2023: median $52,000 (11 filings) FY2024: median $54,558 (11 filings) FY2025: median $62,968 (10 filings) FY2026: median $62,098 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 5 filings FY21 FY2022: 15 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 11 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 15
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–––5
FY2021–––5
FY2022$51,430$40,380$55,29115
FY2023$52,000$42,620$62,11811
FY2024$54,558$52,000$61,69411
FY2025$62,968$58,940$66,63110
FY2026$62,098$46,750$69,28114

Cost of living

Durham's median entry-level Elementary School Teacher salary of $62,630 is worth about $64,200 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 $62,630, 22% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Healthy Start Education$66,66611
Durham Community Charter Schooltoo few8
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.