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The Options Clearing Corporation

Employer · Illinois, United States

Employer address
Illinois, United States
Applications on record
777
FY2025 applications
116
FY2026 to 30 June
131
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median offered wage
$142,300
Most common occupation
Software Developers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
Yes
Certified99.8%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

The Options Clearing Corporation appears in 777 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2009 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 116.

Applications by fiscal year — The Options Clearing Corporation

66131FY2009FY2011FY2013FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
66131FY2009FY2012FY2015FY2018FY2021FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20092
FY20104
FY20111
FY20124
FY20134
FY20141
FY20152
FY20166
FY201725
FY201835
FY201958
FY202068
FY202146
FY202275
FY202385
FY2024114
FY2025116
FY2026*131
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*11120
FY20259422
FY20249717
FY20237312
FY20226015
FY2021379
FY20205711
FY20194810
FY20182411
FY2017241
FY201651
FY201511
FY201410
FY201340
FY201240
FY201101
FY201031
FY200920
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).

The Options Clearing Corporation: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
TX386
IL377
NJ4
NC3
OR2
TN2
AR1
VA1
GA1
Worksite states
  1. Texas386
  2. Illinois377
  3. New Jersey4
  4. North Carolina3
  5. Oregon2
  6. Tennessee2
  7. Arkansas1
  8. Virginia1
  9. Georgia1
Worksite cities
  1. Chicago, IL376
  2. Dallas, TX361
  3. Coppell, TX14
  4. Keller, TX5
  5. Jersey City, NJ4
  6. Hillsboro, OR2
  7. Irving, TX2
  8. Gastonia, NC2
  9. Atlanta, GA1
  10. Rolling Meadows, IL1
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. Software Developers458
  2. Financial Specialists, All Other67
  3. Computer and Information Systems Managers34
  4. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers33
  5. Computer Systems Analysts23
  6. Financial Risk Specialists22
  7. Computer Occupations, All Other19
  8. Data Scientists17
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Associate Principal, Software Engineering61
  2. Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Devops22
  3. Associate Principal, Cloud Engineering19
  4. Associate Principal, Data Analytics Engineering16
  5. Senior Application Developer15
  6. Associate Principal, Software Engineering: Java14
  7. Associate Principal, Quantitative Risk Management13
  8. Lead Application Developer11

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

Median $142,300; middle half $123,851 to $157,539 · median prevailing wage $134,971 (marker) · 296 applications.

$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
$100k$125k$150k$175k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I5
  2. Level II48
  3. Level III72
  4. Level IV172
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. India74
  2. China9
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)

2652FY2009FY2010FY2012FY2013FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
2652FY2009FY2013FY2016FY2019FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20092
FY20103
FY20122
FY20135
FY20141
FY20151
FY20163
FY201712
FY201818
FY201941
FY202046
FY202136
FY202252
FY202333
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY202300331
FY202240480
FY202191270
FY202070390
FY2019131280
FY201800182
FY201700120
FY20160031
FY20150010
FY20141000
FY20132030
FY20120020
FY20101020
FY20091010
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. Sidley Austin LLP707
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

The Options Clearing Corporation has 777 work visa applications on record (FY2009–FY2026), ranking #94 of 7,029 sponsoring employers in Illinois and #1,769 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.13% of the applications filed by employers based in Illinois.

Rank in Illinois
94 of 7,029
Rank in the United States
1,769 of 168,030
Share of Illinois's applications
0.13%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 523) in Illinois
351
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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