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Machine Learning Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Machine Learning Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
42
Median offered wage
$129,200
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$129,200certified 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 "Machine Learning Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
917FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20226
FY20236
FY20246
FY20257
FY2026*17
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
27
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. Paypal, Inc.7
  2. Groupon, Inc.3
  3. StoneX Group Inc.3
  4. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare2
  5. ServiceNow, Inc.2
  6. Fetch Rewards, Inc.2
  7. Multi Media LLC2
  8. Stats LLC2
  9. Harbor Employees LLC1
  10. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC1
  11. Buzz Solutions Inc1
  12. XSELL Technologies, Inc1
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 $129,200; middle half $108,077 to $145,000 · median prevailing wage $96,928 (marker) · 41 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I7
  2. Level II24
  3. Level III5
  4. Level IV6
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 "Machine Learning Engineer" appears on 4,074 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 966 employers for worksites in 365 cities; the median offered wage is $164,403, so the median in Chicago is 21.4% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,074
Employers nationwide
966
Cities with filings
365
National median offered wage
$164,403
Share of national filings in Chicago
1.0%
Cities with the most applications for Machine Learning Engineer
  1. San Jose, CA615
  2. Cupertino, CA406
  3. Seattle, WA307
  4. San Francisco, CA306
  5. New York City, NY300
  6. Sunnyvale, CA223
  7. Bellevue, WA150
  8. San Diego, CA120
  9. Mountain View, CA97
  10. Menlo Park, CA94
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; "Machine Learning Engineer" ranks #120 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Machine Learning Engineer in Chicago
120
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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