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City of Chicago

Employer · Illinois, United States

Employer address
Illinois, United States
Applications on record
30
FY2025 applications
6
FY2026 to 30 June
5
Programmes
LCA
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$100,638
Most common occupation
Operations Research Analysts
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

City of Chicago appears in 30 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 6.

Applications by fiscal year — City of Chicago

47FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
47FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20084
FY20090
FY20100
FY20111
FY20120
FY20130
FY20140
FY20150
FY20160
FY20173
FY20180
FY20190
FY20201
FY20211
FY20221
FY20231
FY20247
FY20256
FY2026*5
Fiscal yearLCA
FY2026*5
FY20256
FY20247
FY20231
FY20221
FY20211
FY20201
FY20190
FY20180
FY20173
FY20160
FY20150
FY20140
FY20130
FY20120
FY20111
FY20100
FY20090
FY20084
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

City of Chicago: applications by worksite state

30+30+30+30+30+
30+30+30+30+30+
Data table
StateApplications
IL30
Worksite states
  1. Illinois30
Worksite cities
  1. Chicago, IL30
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Operations Research Analysts8
  2. Social Science Research Assistants3
  3. Data Scientists2
  4. Information Security Analysts2
  5. Civil Engineers2
  6. Computer Occupations, All Other2
  7. Computer Programmers1
  8. Political Scientists1
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Principal Operations Analyst5
  2. Staff Asst To the Alderman - Zoning and Urban Development3
  3. Principal Systems Programmer3
  4. Data Scientist2
  5. Senior Security Engineer2
  6. Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst2
  7. Service Owner1
  8. IT Security Specialist1

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $100,638; middle half $82,785 to $119,268 · median prevailing wage $73,466 (marker) · 18 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I3
  2. Level II11
  3. Level III4
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

11FY2017FY2020FY2021FY2022
11FY2017FY2020FY2021FY2022
Data table
FY20171
FY20201
FY20211
FY20221
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20221000
FY20211000
FY20200010
FY20171000
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Barnes & Thornburg LLP21
  2. Barnes & Thornburg1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Illinois

City of Chicago has 30 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #1,573 of 7,029 sponsoring employers in Illinois and #31,898 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.00% of the applications filed by employers based in Illinois.

Rank in Illinois
1,573 of 7,029
Rank in the United States
31,898 of 168,030
Share of Illinois's applications
0.00%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 921) in Illinois
10
Largest sponsoring employers in Illinois
  1. Accenture LLP80,805
  2. Capgemini America Inc60,859
  3. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.45,147
  4. University of Illinois7,712
  5. Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc7,300
  6. Yash Technologies, Inc.5,426
  7. Northwestern University5,294
  8. The University of Chicago5,250
  9. Caterpillar Inc.5,182
  10. Capgemini U.S. LLC5,047
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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