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Data Engineer in Lake Forest, IL

Job title · Lake Forest, Illinois

Job title as filed
Data Engineer
City
Lake Forest, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
38
Median offered wage
$138,219
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$138,219certified 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 Lake Forest.

Applications by fiscal year

510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
510FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20227
FY20239
FY20247
FY202510
FY2026*5
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
5
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. Grainger Management LLC18
  2. Grainger Corporate Services LLC16
  3. W.W. Grainger, Inc.2
  4. Abbott Laboratories1
  5. CitiusTech Inc.1
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 $138,219; middle half $125,000 to $149,784 · median prevailing wage $126,600 (marker) · 36 applications.

$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
$100k$115k$130k$145k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II7
  2. Level III13
  3. Level IV18
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 Lake Forest is 33.2% above 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 Lake Forest
0.2%
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 Lake Forest job market

Lake Forest has 853 H-1B and E-3 labor condition applications since FY2022 across 360 job titles and 106 employers; "Data Engineer" ranks #2 by applications, with 4.5% of them.

Applications in Lake Forest, all job titles
853
Job titles filed
360
Rank of Data Engineer in Lake Forest
2
Median offered wage in Lake Forest, all job titles
$123,635
National median wage, Software Developers (all job titles)
$127,754
Other job titles in Lake Forest
  1. Software Engineer122
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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