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Lead Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Lead Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
32
Median offered wage
$114,067
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$114,067certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
59FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20229
FY20238
FY20246
FY20256
FY2026*3
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
16
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 LLC13
  2. Wipro Limited3
  3. New Edge Technology Private Limited2
  4. Fitch Ratings, Inc.2
  5. New Edge Technology, LLC1
  6. Fractal Analytics, Inc.1
  7. StoneX Group Inc.1
  8. TransUnion Interactive, Inc. A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of TransUnion LLC1
  9. Rubinos and Mesia Engineers, Inc.1
  10. TransUnion Interactive, Inc. A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of TransUnion LLC1
  11. Hoodoo Digital, LLC1
  12. Tech Abstractor 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 $114,067; middle half $95,482 to $128,076 · median prevailing wage $109,221 (marker) · 31 applications.

$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
$80k$100k$120k$140k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II14
  2. Level III6
  3. Level IV11
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 Engineer" appears on 1,670 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 301 employers for worksites in 395 cities; the median offered wage is $116,000, so the median in Chicago is 1.7% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
1,670
Employers nationwide
301
Cities with filings
395
National median offered wage
$116,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.9%
Cities with the most applications for Lead Engineer
  1. Minneapolis, MN212
  2. Austin, TX60
  3. Sunnyvale, CA46
  4. Richfield, MN43
  5. Brooklyn Park, MN39
  6. San Francisco, CA33
  7. Chicago, IL32
  8. New York City, NY30
  9. San Jose, CA29
  10. Irving, TX28
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 Engineer" ranks #168 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Lead Engineer in Chicago
168
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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