H-1B wage filings in Champaign, IL
Jobs with a worksite in Champaign, Illinois. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
230 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Champaign, IL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 94 employers. The median offered wage was $98,737, 19.7% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (31).
- Filings
- 230
- Positions covered
- 345
- Employers
- 94
- Median offered
- $98,737
- Median prevailing wage
- $78,298
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,335
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +24%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Champaign, IL rose 24%, from $80,538 in fiscal 2020 to $99,961 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.3% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 220 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Champaign, IL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 196 | $99,961 | +10.8% | $80,163 | +19.3% |
| 2025 | 186 | $90,200 | −2.0% | $72,280 | +19.8% |
| 2024 | 207 | $92,000 | +3.8% | $73,486 | +16.2% |
| 2023 | 186 | $88,619 | −7.6% | $72,478 | +13.9% |
| 2022 | 220 | $95,874 | +9.7% | $75,109 | +20.9% |
| 2021 | 184 | $87,419 | +8.5% | $73,466 | +10.6% |
| 2020 | 156 | $80,538 | n/a | $70,782 | +5.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Champaign
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 94. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Champaign
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 31 | $126,000 | +92.5% | |
| Software Engineer | 9 | $96,000 | +20.1% | |
| Software Developer | 7 | $95,000 | at the minimum | |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | 7 | $100,000 | +60.0% | |
| Dentist | 4 | $163,743 | +13.4% | |
| Mechanical Engineer | 4 | $103,000 | +3.0% | |
| Senior Analyst, Credit Model Development | 4 | $106,500 | +26.3% | |
| Law Clerk | 3 | $57,283 | +11.5% | |
| Performance / Simulation / Application Engineer | 3 | $90,147 | at the minimum | |
| Rheumatologist | 3 | $350,000 | +130.5% | |
| Senior Scientific Specialist | 3 | $66,963 | +14.7% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $155,000 | +42.6% | |
| Blockchain Engineer | 2 | $110,000 | +27.4% | |
| Business Development Analyst | 2 | $66,643 | at the minimum | |
| Civil Engineer | 2 | $109,891 | +16.9% | |
| Construction Project Manager | 2 | $98,910 | +2.4% | |
| Data Scientist | 2 | $82,259 | +0.8% | |
| Engineer I | 2 | $154,500 | +46.4% | |
| Field Solutions Engineer | 2 | $190,000 | +63.6% | |
| Financial Manager | 2 | $134,867 | +12.0% | |
| Marketing Analyst | 2 | $60,320 | +35.8% | |
| Occupational Therapist | 2 | $63,627 | at the minimum | |
| Physician (Adult Medicine) | 2 | $333,500 | +284.0% | |
| Postdoctoral Associate | 2 | $75,000 | +10.6% | |
| Principal Researcher | 2 | $327,000 | +308.3% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.