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Senior Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Senior Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
87
Median offered wage
$127,310
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$127,310certified 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 Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1020FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202218
FY202318
FY202418
FY202520
FY2026*13
Certified (decided applications)
100.0%
Employers filing
29
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. Nielsen Consumer LLC12
  2. S&C Electric Company11
  3. TransUnion LLC9
  4. Ibase Operations Corp.8
  5. Information Resources, Inc.6
  6. Thornton Tomasetti, Inc.6
  7. Spotify USA, Inc.5
  8. Mckinsey & Company, Inc.4
  9. Worldquant, LLC3
  10. TransUnion Interactive, Inc. A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of TransUnion LLC2
  11. Tempus Labs, Inc.2
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 $127,310; middle half $94,016 to $145,890 · median prevailing wage $106,558 (marker) · 87 applications.

$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
$80k$110k$140k$170k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II35
  2. Level III37
  3. Level IV13
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 "Senior Engineer" appears on 4,123 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 716 employers for worksites in 572 cities; the median offered wage is $135,606, so the median in Chicago is 6.1% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
4,123
Employers nationwide
716
Cities with filings
572
National median offered wage
$135,606
Share of national filings in Chicago
2.1%
Cities with the most applications for Senior Engineer
  1. Phoenix, AZ541
  2. Austin, TX311
  3. San Jose, CA233
  4. New York City, NY231
  5. Minneapolis, MN149
  6. Boston, MA135
  7. San Francisco, CA94
  8. Chicago, IL87
  9. Sunrise, FL73
  10. San Diego, CA68
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; "Senior Engineer" ranks #54 by applications, with 0.2% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Senior Engineer in Chicago
54
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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