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Northwestern University

Employer · Illinois, United States

Employer address
Illinois, United States
Applications on record
5,294
FY2025 applications
336
FY2026 to 30 June
290
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$70,000
Most common occupation
Biochemists and Biophysicists
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

Northwestern University appears in 5,294 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 336.

Applications by fiscal year — Northwestern University

174347FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
174347FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008281
FY2009285
FY2010332
FY2011249
FY2012282
FY2013228
FY2014274
FY2015246
FY2016231
FY2017269
FY2018251
FY2019264
FY2020224
FY2021244
FY2022344
FY2023317
FY2024347
FY2025336
FY2026*290
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*27911
FY20253288
FY20243416
FY20233161
FY20223395
FY202123410
FY202020618
FY20192559
FY201823912
FY201725910
FY201621912
FY20152388
FY201426212
FY20132217
FY201226616
FY201123316
FY201028547
FY20092796
FY200826714
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).

Northwestern University: applications by worksite state

1+1+1+2+4+
1+1+1+2+4+
Data table
StateApplications
IL5,274
FL5
CA4
MA3
GA2
AL1
NY1
WI1
TX1
WA1
ID1
Worksite states
  1. Illinois5,274
  2. Florida5
  3. California4
  4. Massachusetts3
  5. Georgia2
  6. Alabama1
  7. New York1
  8. Wisconsin1
  9. Texas1
  10. Washington1
Worksite cities
  1. Evanston, IL2,720
  2. Chicago, IL2,531
  3. Urbana, IL3
  4. Miami, FL2
  5. Quincy, MA2
  6. Coral Gables, FL2
  7. Schaumburg, IL2
  8. Atlanta, GA2
  9. Davis, CA2
  10. San Diego, CA2
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. Biochemists and Biophysicists1,038
  2. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists833
  3. Materials Scientists294
  4. Chemists278
  5. Biological Scientists, All Other250
  6. Statisticians165
  7. Business Teachers, Postsecondary129
  8. Biological Technicians122
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Fellow1,605
  2. Research Associate744
  3. Research Assistant Professor459
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar421
  5. Assistant Professor420
  6. Research Technologist 2104
  7. Clinical Research Associate99
  8. Lecturer92

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

Median $70,000; middle half $63,360 to $88,853 · median prevailing wage $58,510 (marker) · 886 applications.

$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
$60k$80k$100k$120k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I740
  2. Level II86
  3. Level III108
  4. Level IV12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India29
  2. Canada22
  3. China20
  4. Germany13
  5. Italy12
  6. Israel10
  7. South Korea9
  8. Russia7
  9. Spain6
  10. France5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData 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)

123246FY2009FY2010FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
123246FY2009FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY2009246
FY20101
FY2014154
FY2015138
FY2016168
FY2017187
FY2018133
FY2019183
FY2020179
FY2021168
FY2022232
FY202384
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023450390
FY202211711155
FY2021890790
FY20206811112
FY2019960871
FY2018710620
FY20178501021
FY2016820861
FY2015760620
FY2014660881
FY20100010
FY200911901271
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. Kempster, Corcoran, Quiceno & Lenz-Calvo, Ltd36
  2. Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd.15
  3. Scott Global Migration Law Group13
  4. Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP9
  5. Kempster, Corcoran, Quiceno LenzCalvo, Ltd9
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

Northwestern University has 5,294 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #7 of 7,029 sponsoring employers in Illinois and #167 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.87% of the applications filed by employers based in Illinois.

Rank in Illinois
7 of 7,029
Rank in the United States
167 of 168,030
Share of Illinois's applications
0.87%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in Illinois
234
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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