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Lake Forest, Illinois

City · Illinois, United States

Applications on record
4,814
FY2025
265
FY2026 to 30 June
143
Share of U.S. total
0.04%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$125,000
Median wage$125,000certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Applications by fiscal year — Lake Forest, Illinois

315629FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
315629FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200862
FY200981
FY2010134
FY2011134
FY2012230
FY2013245
FY2014351
FY2015629
FY2016387
FY2017303
FY2018381
FY2019338
FY2020285
FY2021207
FY2022264
FY2023175
FY2024200
FY2025265
FY2026*143
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*111230
FY2025020956
FY2024216731
FY2023116014
FY2022020559
FY2021118422
FY2020227211
FY2019031226
FY2018035823
FY2017028617
FY2016035730
FY2015259136
FY2014033120
FY2013023015
FY201202219
FY2011012113
FY2010011123
FY200906813
FY20080575
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Applications by employer
  1. Grainger Management LLC710
  2. W.W. Grainger, Inc.430
  3. Tata Consultancy Services Limited324
  4. Infosys Limited311
  5. Hospira, Inc.229
  6. Hexaware Technologies, Inc.187
  7. Etek IT Services, Inc.130
  8. Wipro Limited130
  9. Abbott Laboratories126
  10. Grainger Corporate Services LLC118
  11. Lake Forest College64
  12. NTT Data, Inc.61
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers1,296
  2. Computer Systems Analysts796
  3. Computer Programmers401
  4. Computer Occupations, All Other392
  5. Data Scientists104
  6. Network and Computer Systems Administrators100
  7. Operations Research Analysts100
  8. Statisticians90
  9. Management Analysts87
  10. Computer and Information Systems Managers86
Visa routes
  1. H-1B4,207
  2. PERM labour certification453
  3. E-3 (Australia)28
  4. H-2B non-agricultural workers9
  5. H-1B1 (Singapore)6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $125,000; middle half $100,000 to $149,671 · median prevailing wage $108,077 (marker) · 477 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Among cities in Illinois

Lake Forest, Illinois ranks #21 of 336 cities in Illinois by work visa applications on record, with 0.87% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.

Rank in Illinois
21 of 336
Share of Illinois's city applications
0.87%
Share of U.S. total
0.04%
Cities in Illinois with the most applications
  1. Chicago, IL204,506
  2. Schaumburg, IL30,650
  3. Bloomington, IL21,820
  4. Naperville, IL17,847
  5. Riverwoods, IL14,219
  6. Hoffman Estates, IL11,361
  7. Deerfield, IL10,490
  8. Northbrook, IL10,158
  9. Arlington Heights, IL9,800
  10. Peoria, IL7,753
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Job titles with their own pages

Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.

  • Data Engineer
  • Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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