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Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
54
Median offered wage
$90,397
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$90,397certified 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 "Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
816FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202216
FY202312
FY20247
FY20257
FY2026*12
Certified (decided applications)
98.1%
Employers filing
20
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. CTC Trading Group, LLC14
  2. Ibase Consulting of Fairfield County, LLC8
  3. TransUnion LLC6
  4. Environmental Systems Design, Inc.4
  5. Ibase Operations Corp.4
  6. Turner Construction Company2
  7. Peri Formwork Systems, Inc.2
  8. Slalom, LLC1
  9. Ryder System, Inc.1
  10. Stantec Consulting Services Inc.1
  11. Nielsen Consumer 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 $90,397; middle half $65,520 to $150,000 · median prevailing wage $78,208 (marker) · 53 applications.

$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I30
  2. Level II13
  3. Level III6
  4. Level IV3
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 "Engineer" appears on 2,788 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 593 employers for worksites in 528 cities; the median offered wage is $108,060, so the median in Chicago is 16.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
2,788
Employers nationwide
593
Cities with filings
528
National median offered wage
$108,060
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.9%
Cities with the most applications for Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ297
  2. New York City, NY145
  3. San Jose, CA143
  4. Austin, TX112
  5. Glen Allen, VA61
  6. San Francisco, CA59
  7. Omaha, NE58
  8. San Diego, CA57
  9. Chicago, IL54
  10. Sunrise, FL37
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; "Engineer" ranks #98 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Engineer in Chicago
98
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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