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Lead Developer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Lead Developer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
30
Median offered wage
$125,445
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$125,445certified 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 "Lead Developer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
713FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202213
FY20236
FY20246
FY20253
FY2026*2
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
9
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. TransUnion LLC14
  2. Ice Clear Credit LLC4
  3. IBM Corporation3
  4. Ice Data Services, Inc.3
  5. Rightpoint Consulting LLC2
  6. Productive Edge, LLC1
  7. Nuveen Services, LLC1
  8. Photon Infotech, Inc.1
  9. StoneX Group 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 $125,445; middle half $102,690 to $133,508 · median prevailing wage $123,614 (marker) · 29 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II5
  2. Level III9
  3. Level IV12
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 "Lead Developer" appears on 659 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 226 employers for worksites in 220 cities; the median offered wage is $133,775, so the median in Chicago is 6.2% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
659
Employers nationwide
226
Cities with filings
220
National median offered wage
$133,775
Share of national filings in Chicago
4.6%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Developer
  1. Atlanta, GA42
  2. New York City, NY39
  3. Rockville, MD32
  4. Chicago, IL30
  5. Irving, TX27
  6. Alpharetta, GA13
  7. Plano, TX10
  8. Washington, DC10
  9. Northbrook, IL10
  10. Jersey City, NJ10
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; "Lead Developer" ranks #177 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Lead Developer in Chicago
177
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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