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Data Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
339
Median offered wage
$100,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$100,000certified 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 "Data Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4386FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202271
FY202344
FY202478
FY202586
FY2026*60
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
181
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. Expedia, Inc.22
  2. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare13
  3. CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.13
  4. Google LLC9
  5. RJ Systems Inc8
  6. Paypal, Inc.6
  7. Facebook, Inc.6
  8. Hyatt Corporation5
  9. Sage IT, Inc.5
  10. IBM Corporation4
  11. Collectivehealth, Inc.4
  12. NGTalentTech Group LLC4
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 $100,000; middle half $87,000 to $126,810 · median prevailing wage $93,974 (marker) · 329 applications.

$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
$60k$85k$110k$135k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I92
  2. Level II154
  3. Level III50
  4. Level IV38
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 "Data Engineer" appears on 18,712 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 4,627 employers for worksites in 1,311 cities; the median offered wage is $103,730, so the median in Chicago is 3.6% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
18,712
Employers nationwide
4,627
Cities with filings
1,311
National median offered wage
$103,730
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.8%
Cities with the most applications for Data Engineer
  1. Irving, TX820
  2. Plano, TX693
  3. New York City, NY641
  4. Menlo Park, CA535
  5. Austin, TX500
  6. Charlotte, NC392
  7. Dallas, TX391
  8. Houston, TX341
  9. Chicago, IL339
  10. Seattle, WA304
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; "Data Engineer" ranks #11 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Data Engineer in Chicago
11
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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