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Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Occupation in a metropolitan area · SOC 41-3031 · CBSA 16980

Occupation
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents (SOC 41-3031)
Metropolitan area
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Applications FY2020–FY2026
215
Median offered wage
$120,000
Certified (last three years)
98.1%
Median wage$120,000certified 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 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents with a worksite in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metropolitan area, since FY2020.

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN: applications by fiscal year

2447FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
2447FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY202031
FY202147
FY202228
FY202326
FY202424
FY202535
FY2026*24
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*159
FY20252213
FY2024159
FY2023215
FY20221513
FY2021425
FY2020256
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. Akuna Capital LLC105
  2. The Northern Trust Company28
  3. Optiver US LLC26
  4. DRW Holdings, LLC23
  5. Consolidated Trading LLC15
  6. Citadel LLC15
  7. Old Mission Capital, LLC14
  8. Citadel Securities Americas LLC14
  9. PEAK6 Capital Management LLC14
  10. Valkyrie Trading13
  11. Maven Securities US Limited11
  12. DV Group LLC11
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 $120,000; middle half $100,000 to $147,500 · median prevailing wage $84,136 (marker) · 71 applications.

$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
$80k$105k$130k$155k$180k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I17
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III16
  4. Level IV14
Job titles
  1. Trader44
  2. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents13
  3. Securities and Commodities Traders12
  4. Junior Derivatives Trader7
  5. Senior Trader6
  6. Quantitative Trader6
  7. Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agent4
  8. Senior Options Trader3
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Across the United States

Nationwide, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents appears on 2,566 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020 from 575 employers in 62 metropolitan areas; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN accounts for 8.38% of them, and its median offered wage is 22.2% below the national median of $154,213.

Applications nationwide, FY2020–FY2026
2,566
Metropolitan areas with filings
62
Employers nationwide
575
National median offered wage (certified LCAs, FY2023–FY2026)
$154,213
Share in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
8.38%
Metropolitan areas with the most applications for Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,595
  2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN215
  3. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL181
  4. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX120
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA63
  6. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA58
  7. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT34
  8. Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC30
  9. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH29
  10. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD24
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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