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Software Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Software Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
1,459
Median offered wage
$110,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$110,000certified 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 "Software Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

171342FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
171342FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2022342
FY2023300
FY2024255
FY2025277
FY2026*285
Certified (decided applications)
99.8%
Employers filing
485
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. Google LLC73
  2. Mphasis Corporation62
  3. Caterpillar Inc.47
  4. U.S. Bank National Association36
  5. Polar Operations LLC30
  6. Skilltune Technologies Inc24
  7. Adyen N.V.23
  8. Adifice LLC22
  9. Paypal, Inc.22
  10. DocuSign Inc.20
  11. Team Belvedere, LLC20
  12. CCC Intelligent Solutions Inc.19
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 $110,000; middle half $94,016 to $137,135 · median prevailing wage $102,690 (marker) · 1,438 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I246
  2. Level II847
  3. Level III211
  4. Level IV126
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 "Software Engineer" appears on 158,483 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 11,784 employers for worksites in 2,549 cities; the median offered wage is $132,267, so the median in Chicago is 16.8% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
158,483
Employers nationwide
11,784
Cities with filings
2,549
National median offered wage
$132,267
Share of national filings in Chicago
0.9%
Cities with the most applications for Software Engineer
  1. Mountain View, CA11,923
  2. Redmond, WA9,634
  3. Sunnyvale, CA9,088
  4. New York City, NY7,682
  5. Menlo Park, CA6,399
  6. San Francisco, CA5,831
  7. Seattle, WA5,057
  8. Bellevue, WA4,743
  9. Irving, TX3,499
  10. San Jose, CA2,964
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; "Software Engineer" ranks #1 by applications, with 3.0% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Software Engineer in Chicago
1
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 Developer1,234
  2. Senior Software Engineer627
  3. Manager624
  4. Postdoctoral Scholar584
  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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