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Associate in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Associate
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
441
Median offered wage
$131,000
Most common occupation
Management Analysts
Median wage$131,000certified 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 "Associate" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

63126FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
63126FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022126
FY202385
FY202491
FY202569
FY2026*70
Certified (decided applications)
99.5%
Employers filing
96
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. A.T. Kearney, Inc.66
  2. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC53
  3. The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.38
  4. KPMG LLP21
  5. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP17
  6. Cornerstone Research, Inc.17
  7. Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.16
  8. Kirkland & Ellis LLP14
  9. Analysis Group, Inc.9
  10. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.9
  11. William Blair & Company, LLC8
  12. Huron Consulting Services LLC7
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 $131,000; middle half $96,000 to $175,000 · median prevailing wage $83,907 (marker) · 435 applications.

$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I136
  2. Level II212
  3. Level III48
  4. Level IV44
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 "Associate" appears on 14,479 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,192 employers for worksites in 326 cities; the median offered wage is $145,000, so the median in Chicago is 9.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
14,479
Employers nationwide
1,192
Cities with filings
326
National median offered wage
$145,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
3.0%
Cities with the most applications for Associate
  1. New York City, NY7,483
  2. San Francisco, CA727
  3. Dallas, TX580
  4. Chicago, IL441
  5. Salt Lake City, UT393
  6. Alpharetta, GA373
  7. Washington, DC363
  8. Boston, MA357
  9. Atlanta, GA338
  10. Los Angeles, CA319
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; "Associate" ranks #6 by applications, with 0.9% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Associate in Chicago
6
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Management Analysts (all job titles)
$118,212
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  6. Consultant409
  7. Assistant Professor375
  8. Senior Associate363
  9. Analyst343
  10. Data Engineer339
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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