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Cap-exempt employers in North Carolina

35 employers in North Carolina appear cap-exempt in the register, 3 of them verified by hand and 0 with a connected careers feed. Ground 1 (higher education) dominates with 32; ground 2 (affiliated nonprofit) follows with 3. The largest by FY2026 H-1B approvals are NC State University (272), Duke University (126), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (91).

All 35 employers

By FY2026 H-1B approvals

NC State UniversityRaleigh, NCGround 1no feed Duke UniversityDurham, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, NCGround 1no feed Duke University-Univ-Med Ctr-AffilDurham, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, NCGround 1no feed Wake Forest University Health SciencesWinston Salem, NCGround 2Verifiedno feed Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NCGround 1no feed Wake Forest University Baptist Medical CenterWinston Salem, NCGround 2Verifiedno feed University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, NCGround 1no feed East Carolina UniversityGreenville, NCGround 1no feed Wake Forest UniversityWinston Salem, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, NCGround 1no feed North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State UniversityGreensboro, NCGround 1no feed Elon UniversityElon, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, NCGround 1no feed Davidson CollegeDavidson, NCGround 1no feed Western Carolina UniversityCullowhee, NCGround 1no feed High Point UniversityHigh Point, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina at AshevilleAsheville, NCGround 1no feed Coastal Carolina Community CollegeJacksonville, NCGround 1no feed Fayetteville State UniversityFayetteville, NCGround 1no feed North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State UniversityGreensboro, NCGround 1no feed Brevard CollegeBrevard, NCGround 1no feed Carteret County General Hospital Corporation a K a Carteret HeathcareMorehead City, NCGround 2Verifiedno feed Catawba CollegeSalisbury, NCGround 1no feed Chowan UniversityMurfreesboro, NCGround 1no feed Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, NCGround 1no feed Gaston CollegeDallas, NCGround 1no feed Methodist University INCFayetteville, NCGround 1no feed Montreat CollegeMontreat, NCGround 1no feed North Carolina Central UniversityDurham, NCGround 1no feed South Piedmont Community CollegePolkton, NCGround 1no feed University of North Carolina School of the ArtsWinston Salem, NCGround 1no feed Warren Wilson CollegeSwannanoa, NCGround 1no feed Winston-Salem State UniversityWinston Salem, NCGround 1no feed

Openings in North Carolina

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All openings in North Carolina in the jobs search. A posting counts for North Carolina when its location text names the state, or, failing that, when its employer is based there.

What employers in North Carolina hire on H-1B

DOL FY2025 certified LCAs

Occupation (SOC)	LCAs	Median wage	Employers
Biochemists and Biophysicists	124	$68,500	2
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	61	$165,624	6
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	54	$67,217	4
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	39	$94,782	12
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	30	$93,696	6
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	17	$69,700	5
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	16	$107,433	8
Biological Technicians	15	$54,995	1

Totals add up each employer’s five most-certified occupations in DOL FY2025 Labor Condition Applications, so they understate the state’s full hiring. Median wage is the median of those employers’ median offered wages; it is an approximation, not a state-wide median.