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Operations Research Analysts in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 15-2031 · CBSA 16980

Occupation
Operations Research Analysts (SOC 15-2031)
Metropolitan area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Applications FY2020–FY2026
3,765
Median offered wage
$116,501
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Median wage$116,501certified 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 Operations Research Analysts with a worksite in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Operations Research Analysts in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN: applications by fiscal year

412823FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
412823FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2020823
FY2021484
FY2022655
FY2023536
FY2024515
FY2025439
FY2026*313
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*29122
FY202541524
FY202449916
FY202352313
FY20226478
FY202147410
FY202081310
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. Discover Products Inc.777
  2. Deloitte Consulting LLP496
  3. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP475
  4. ZS Associates, Inc.326
  5. Citadel LLC255
  6. Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC226
  7. Citadel Securities Americas LLC217
  8. Sears Holdings Management Corporation153
  9. DFS Corporate Services LLC145
  10. United Airlines, Inc.127
  11. Enova Financial Holdings LLC118
  12. Deloitte & Touche LLP95
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 $116,501; middle half $90,000 to $170,000 · median prevailing wage $87,464 (marker) · 1,689 applications.

$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
$60k$105k$150k$195k$240k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I242
  2. Level II721
  3. Level III402
  4. Level IV356
Job titles
  1. Quantitative Researcher187
  2. Senior Consultant99
  3. Senior Associate93
  4. Consultant81
  5. Data Scientist60
  6. Quantitative Research Analyst57
  7. Analyst53
  8. Operations Research Analyst50
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Operations Research Analysts appears on 64,814 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 8,869 employers in 386 metropolitan areas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN accounts for 5.81% of them, and its median offered wage is 1.0% below the national median of $117,664.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
64,814
Metropolitan areas with filings
386
Employers nationwide
8,869
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$117,664
Share in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
5.81%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Operations Research Analysts
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ10,755
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA6,046
  3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA5,690
  4. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA5,285
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX4,066
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN3,765
  7. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH3,017
  8. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA2,554
  9. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA2,285
  10. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV2,153
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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