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Senior Associate in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Senior Associate
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
363
Median offered wage
$135,000
Most common occupation
Operations Research Analysts
Median wage$135,000certified 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 "Senior Associate" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
4181FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202279
FY202354
FY202481
FY202580
FY2026*69
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
37

Employers

Employers filing for this title in this city.

Applications by employer
  1. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC184
  2. Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP38
  3. KPMG LLP35
  4. TheMathCompany, Inc.31
  5. PwC US Tax LLP9
  6. PwC US Consulting LLP9
  7. Adams Street Partners, LLC7
  8. The Siegfried Group LLP6
  9. Willis Towers Watson US LLC4
  10. Huron Consulting Services LLC3
  11. Roth & Company LLP3
  12. Pathstone Partners LLC2

Pay

Offered annual wage on certified applications, FY2022–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $135,000; middle half $114,017 to $165,000 · median prevailing wage $85,904 (marker) · 358 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I25
  2. Level II282
  3. Level III39
  4. Level IV17

Across the United States

Nationwide, the job title "Senior Associate" appears on 4,834 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 582 employers for worksites in 239 cities; the median offered wage is $130,000, so the median in Chicago is 3.8% above it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,834
Employers nationwide
582
Cities with filings
239
National median offered wage
$130,000
Share of national filings in Chicago
7.5%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Associate
  1. New York City, NY1,297
  2. Chicago, IL363
  3. Dallas, TX267
  4. San Francisco, CA222
  5. Boston, MA210
  6. Washington, DC199
  7. Atlanta, GA188
  8. Los Angeles, CA169
  9. Houston, TX141
  10. San Jose, CA140

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; "Senior Associate" ranks #9 by applications, with 0.7% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Senior Associate in Chicago
9
Median offered wage in Chicago, all job titles
$108,077
National median wage, Operations Research Analysts (all job titles)
$115,500
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. Analyst343
  10. Data Engineer339