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Staff Software Engineer in Chicago, IL

Job title · Chicago, Illinois

Job title as filed
Staff Software Engineer
City
Chicago, Illinois
Applications FY2022–FY2026
67
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Software Developers
Median wage$150,000certified 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 "Staff Software Engineer" and a worksite in Chicago.

Applications by fiscal year

1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1019FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20227
FY202313
FY202413
FY202515
FY2026*19
Certified (decided applications)
97.0%
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. Deere & Company10
  2. GE Healthcare Iits USA Corp.8
  3. Chicago Mercantile Exchange5
  4. Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.4
  5. Akuna Capital LLC4
  6. iManage LLC3
  7. PEAK6 Capital Management LLC3
  8. Railcar Management, LLC3
  9. BP America Inc.2
  10. Paypal, Inc.2
  11. Fivetran, 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 $150,000; middle half $140,000 to $155,000 · median prevailing wage $134,118 (marker) · 65 applications.

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Prevailing wage level
  1. Level II2
  2. Level III23
  3. Level IV40
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 "Staff Software Engineer" appears on 8,042 labor condition applications since FY2022, filed by 1,030 employers for worksites in 547 cities; the median offered wage is $181,272, so the median in Chicago is 17.3% below it.

Applications nationwide, FY2022–FY2026
8,042
Employers nationwide
1,030
Cities with filings
547
National median offered wage
$181,272
Share of national filings in Chicago
0.8%
Cities with the most applications for Staff Software Engineer
  1. Sunnyvale, CA1,115
  2. San Francisco, CA723
  3. San Diego, CA426
  4. Mountain View, CA419
  5. Santa Clara, CA354
  6. Bentonville, AR348
  7. San Jose, CA317
  8. Seattle, WA259
  9. Austin, TX251
  10. New York City, NY220
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; "Staff Software Engineer" ranks #76 by applications, with 0.1% of them.

Applications in Chicago, all job titles
49,084
Job titles filed
14,589
Rank of Staff Software Engineer in Chicago
76
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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