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Software Developers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-1252 · CBSA 16980

Occupation
Software Developers (SOC 15-1252)
Metropolitan area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Applications FY2020–FY2026
54,962
Median offered wage
$115,000
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median wage$115,000certified 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 Software Developers with a worksite in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Software Developers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN: applications by fiscal year

5,14210kFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
5,14210kFY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20209,940
FY20218,832
FY202210,284
FY20237,548
FY20246,864
FY20256,950
FY2026*4,544
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*3,701843
FY20255,8131,137
FY20245,883981
FY20236,3211,227
FY20228,9551,329
FY20217,4021,430
FY20208,5021,438
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. Capgemini America Inc5,864
  2. Deloitte Consulting LLP3,151
  3. DFS Corporate Services LLC3,042
  4. Capgemini America Inc1,052
  5. Capgemini Financial Services USA Inc987
  6. JPMORGAN Chase & Co.936
  7. Bitwise Inc.852
  8. Motorola Mobility LLC650
  9. Egen Solutions, Inc.646
  10. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP646
  11. TransUnion LLC635
  12. The Northern Trust Company630
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 $115,000; middle half $102,690 to $143,358 · median prevailing wage $106,558 (marker) · 21,282 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2,626
  2. Level II9,821
  3. Level III4,363
  4. Level IV3,806
Job titles
  1. Software Developer6,306
  2. Software Engineer4,631
  3. Senior Software Engineer1,504
  4. Applications Consultant 2731
  5. Application Engineer654
  6. Applications Consultant 3593
  7. Java Developer553
  8. Senior Software Developer549
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Software Developers appears on 1,569,009 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 47,363 employers in 727 metropolitan areas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN accounts for 3.50% of them, and its median offered wage is 11.7% below the national median of $130,295.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
1,569,009
Metropolitan areas with filings
727
Employers nationwide
47,363
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$130,295
Share in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
3.50%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Software Developers
  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA170,820
  2. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX157,007
  3. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ142,719
  4. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA141,062
  5. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA104,870
  6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA62,456
  7. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN54,962
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV53,916
  9. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX48,372
  10. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH42,120
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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