H-1B wage filings in Dekalb, IL
Jobs with a worksite in Dekalb, Illinois. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
58 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Dekalb, IL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 21 employers. The median offered wage was $83,351, 9.8% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (13).
- Filings
- 58
- Positions covered
- 170
- Employers
- 21
- Median offered
- $83,351
- Median prevailing wage
- $70,000
- Filings since FY2020
- 292
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Dekalb, IL rose 21%, from $70,040 in fiscal 2020 to $85,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 51 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.
Dekalb, IL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 47 | $85,000 | +6.6% | $71,968 | +6.9% |
| 2025 | 51 | $79,706 | −4.8% | $70,000 | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 41 | $83,750 | +6.9% | $70,000 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 43 | $78,312 | −3.9% | $70,000 | +4.6% |
| 2022 | 42 | $81,453 | −0.9% | $72,103 | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 35 | $82,175 | +17.3% | $70,242 | +6.2% |
| 2020 | 33 | $70,040 | n/a | $60,000 | +11.6% |
Employers filing for jobs in Dekalb
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Illinois University | 30 | $80,000 | +15.4% | |
| Dekalb Community Unit School District 428 | 4 | $64,080 | +14.2% | |
| Grandison Management, Inc. | 3 | $71,968 | at the minimum | |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare | 2 | $74,183 | +0.1% | |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 1 | $110,000 | +44.0% | |
| LHP Data Analytic Solutions, LLC | 1 | $106,558 | at the minimum | |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 1 | $184,690 | +48.6% | |
| American Marketing & Publishing L.L.C. | 1 | n/a | ||
| Americold Logistics LLC | 1 | $104,000 | at the minimum | |
| Argyll Info Tech Inc | 1 | $86,000 | +0.6% | |
| Sadup Softech LLC | 1 | $81,702 | at the minimum | |
| Toast, Inc. | 1 | $160,000 | +4.4% | |
| Teladoc Health Inc. | 1 | $119,558 | at the minimum | |
| HCL America Inc | 1 | $88,088 | at the minimum | |
| M. A. Mortenson Company | 1 | $104,400 | +8.0% | |
| Cognitive Minds Inc | 1 | $108,077 | at the minimum | |
| Transform Sears Home Services LLC | 1 | $130,000 | +51.3% | |
Showing the 17 employers with the most filings of 21. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Dekalb
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 13 | $82,926 | +18.5% | |
| Instructor | 4 | $69,031 | +44.9% | |
| Annual Substitute Teacher | 2 | $72,800 | +45.0% | |
| Global Operations Analytics Engineer | 2 | $184,690 | +48.6% | |
| IT Technical Associate | 2 | $91,889 | +23.9% | |
| Medical Laboratory Scientist | 2 | $74,183 | +0.1% | |
| Network Engineer | 2 | $91,000 | +5.2% | |
| Occupational Therapist | 2 | $71,968 | at the minimum | |
| AI Engineer (Ops Research) | 1 | $130,000 | +51.3% | |
| Assistant Project Manager | 1 | $104,400 | +8.0% | |
| Associate Professor | 1 | $91,478 | +11.6% | |
| Business Data Analyst | 1 | $65,000 | +0.1% | |
| Business Process Engineer | 1 | $104,000 | at the minimum | |
| Data Analyst Team Lead | 1 | n/a | ||
| Data & Analytics Lead | 1 | $66,950 | +3.1% | |
| Data Scientist III | 1 | $119,558 | at the minimum | |
| Director of Business Intelligence and Analytics | 1 | $90,000 | +15.3% | |
| ERP Systems Analyst | 1 | $68,000 | +6.9% | |
| High School ESL Teacher | 1 | $54,900 | at the minimum | |
| High School Science Teacher | 1 | $64,080 | +14.2% | |
| IT Support Associate | 1 | $67,936 | +35.3% | |
| IT Technical Associate - Project Manager | 1 | $91,901 | +62.4% | |
| IT Technical Associate - Web Developer | 1 | $78,000 | +15.4% | |
| Nephrologist | 1 | $275,000 | +87.1% | |
| Network Engineer, Deployment & Support | 1 | $190,988 | +17.0% | |
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.