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Application Developer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Application Developer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
79
Median offered wage
$92,061
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$92,061certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition applications with the job title "Application Developer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1427FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202227
FY202317
FY202417
FY202513
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
23
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. IBM Corporation44
  2. SRK Systems Inc8
  3. Redmane Technology LLC4
  4. RJT Compuquest, Inc.2
  5. IT Echelon Corporation2
  6. HCL Global Systems Inc2
  7. Avco Consulting Inc1
  8. Asoft Consulting LLC1
  9. Alrek Business Solutions Inc1
  10. Idexcel, Inc.1
  11. Continental Casualty Company1
  12. Populus Group LLC1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

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

Median $92,061; middle half $90,000 to $101,962 · median prevailing wage $92,061 (marker) · 79 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I8
  2. Level II39
  3. Level III32
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Application Developer" appears on 6,713 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,097 employers for worksites in 706 cities; the median offered wage is $98,862, so the median in Chicago is 6.9% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
6,713
Employers nationwide
1,097
Cities with filings
706
National median offered wage
$98,862
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.2%
Cities with the most applications for Application Developer
  1. Atlanta, GA305
  2. Dallas, TX245
  3. Parsippany, NJ189
  4. Plano, TX171
  5. Alpharetta, GA168
  6. Irving, TX155
  7. Newark, NJ146
  8. San Antonio, TX126
  9. West Sacramento, CA122
  10. Durham, NC114
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

The Chicago job market

Chicago has 49,084 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 14,589 job titles and 6,191 employers; "Application Developer" ranks #63 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Application Developer in Chicago
63
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Associate441
  7. Consultant409
  8. Assistant Professor375
  9. Senior Associate363
  10. Analyst343
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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