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Postdoctoral Scholar in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Postdoctoral Scholar
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
584
Median offered wage
$62,232
Most common occupation
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists
Median wage$62,232certified 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 "Postdoctoral Scholar" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

72144FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
72144FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202293
FY2023124
FY2024131
FY2025144
FY2026*92
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
2
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. The University of Chicago398
  2. Northwestern University186
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 $62,232; middle half $58,000 to $67,662 · median prevailing wage $55,349 (marker) · 571 applications.

$40k$50k$60k$70k$80k
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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I574
  2. Level II3
  3. Level III3
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 "Postdoctoral Scholar" appears on 3,588 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 61 employers for worksites in 99 cities; the median offered wage is $65,000, so the median in Chicago is 4.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
3,588
Employers nationwide
61
Cities with filings
99
National median offered wage
$65,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
16.3%
Cities with the most applications for Postdoctoral Scholar
  1. San Francisco, CA642
  2. Chicago, IL584
  3. Los Angeles, CA256
  4. Davis, CA227
  5. Seattle, WA227
  6. Evanston, IL212
  7. University Park, PA144
  8. Portland, OR115
  9. Irvine, CA105
  10. Corvallis, OR99
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; "Postdoctoral Scholar" ranks #5 by applications, with 1.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Postdoctoral Scholar in Chicago
5
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists (all job titles)
$70,762
Other job titles in Chicago
  1. Software Engineer1,459
  2. Software Developer1,234
  3. Senior Software Engineer627
  4. Manager624
  5. Associate441
  6. Consultant409
  7. Assistant Professor375
  8. Senior Associate363
  9. Analyst343
  10. Data Engineer339
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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