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Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 13-1161 · CBSA 16980

Occupation
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (SOC 13-1161)
Metropolitan area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Applications FY2020–FY2026
1,552
Median offered wage
$80,000
Certified (last three years)
98.0%
Median wage$80,000certified LCAs FY2023–26
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

LCA and PERM applications for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists with a worksite in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN: applications by fiscal year

148296FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
148296FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020202
FY2021214
FY2022232
FY2023174
FY2024208
FY2025296
FY2026*226
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*18640
FY202525145
FY202418919
FY202315420
FY202220527
FY202118727
FY202018022
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Employers

Largest sponsors of this occupation in this area.

Applications by employer
  1. Sears Holdings Management Corporation81
  2. Discover Products Inc.79
  3. Deloitte Consulting LLP62
  4. Information Resources, Inc.59
  5. Google LLC51
  6. VNC Communications, Inc. D/b/a Performics47
  7. Groupon, Inc.46
  8. Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA), Inc.43
  9. Abbvie US LLC42
  10. Abbvie Inc.41
  11. Leo Burnett Company, Inc.34
  12. Microsoft Corporation33
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2023–FY2026.

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

Median $80,000; middle half $61,693 to $110,000 · median prevailing wage $65,042 (marker) · 757 applications.

$40k$70k$100k$130k$160k
$40k$70k$100k$130k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I208
  2. Level II256
  3. Level III153
  4. Level IV158
Job titles
  1. Market Research Analyst111
  2. Marketing Specialist63
  3. Marketing Analyst31
  4. Digital Marketing Specialist30
  5. Business Development Analyst19
  6. Market Analyst17
  7. Senior Analyst13
  8. Digital Marketing Strategist12
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists appears on 41,984 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 15,762 employers in 397 metropolitan areas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN accounts for 3.70% of them, and its median offered wage is 5.9% below the national median of $85,000.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
41,984
Metropolitan areas with filings
397
Employers nationwide
15,762
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$85,000
Share in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
3.70%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ11,219
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,766
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,586
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,618
  5. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,376
  6. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH1,553
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN1,552
  8. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL1,532
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV1,239
  10. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX1,154
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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