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Project Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Project Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
105
Median offered wage
$83,200
Most common occupation
Civil Engineers
Median wage$83,200certified 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 "Project Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1530FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1530FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202219
FY202317
FY202424
FY202530
FY2026*15
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
46
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. Sumit Construction Co Inc10
  2. Reflection Window Company, LLC9
  3. S&C Electric Company7
  4. The Bowa Group, Inc.7
  5. Pan-Oceanic Engineering Co., Inc5
  6. L&T Technology Services LLC4
  7. Burling Builders, Inc.3
  8. Princeton Technical Services3
  9. Resource Innovations Inc.3
  10. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.3
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 $83,200; middle half $72,954 to $95,205 · median prevailing wage $74,256 (marker) · 99 applications.

$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
$60k$75k$90k$105k$120k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I51
  2. Level II43
  3. Level III11
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 "Project Engineer" appears on 5,340 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 2,121 employers for worksites in 1,174 cities; the median offered wage is $86,100, so the median in Chicago is 3.4% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
5,340
Employers nationwide
2,121
Cities with filings
1,174
National median offered wage
$86,100
Share of national filings in Chicago
2.0%
Cities with the most applications for Project Engineer
  1. Houston, TX198
  2. New York City, NY136
  3. Auburn Hills, MI116
  4. Chicago, IL105
  5. Dallas, TX92
  6. San Francisco, CA86
  7. Phoenix, AZ83
  8. Troy, MI76
  9. Tampa, FL69
  10. Los Angeles, CA66
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; "Project Engineer" ranks #45 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Project Engineer in Chicago
45
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Civil Engineers (all job titles)
$88,046
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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