H-1B wage filings in Des Plaines, IL
Jobs with a worksite in Des Plaines, Illinois. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
100 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Des Plaines, IL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 57 employers. The median offered wage was $108,077, 1.6% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Developer (6).
- Filings
- 100
- Positions covered
- 225
- Employers
- 57
- Median offered
- $108,077
- Median prevailing wage
- $107,640
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,094
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Des Plaines, IL rose 32%, from $82,000 in fiscal 2020 to $108,077 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 1.6% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 206 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.
Des Plaines, IL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 75 | $108,077 | +3.1% | $106,870 | +1.6% |
| 2025 | 169 | $104,874 | +2.1% | $93,974 | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 176 | $102,690 | +8.1% | $94,765 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 147 | $95,000 | +4.4% | $94,016 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 206 | $91,000 | +0.6% | $90,397 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 169 | $90,500 | +10.4% | $87,838 | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 152 | $82,000 | n/a | $81,931 | +0.1% |
Employers filing for jobs in Des Plaines
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 57. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Des Plaines
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 6 | $108,077 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $109,000 | +0.9% | |
| Advanced R&D Engineer/Scientist | 4 | $131,406 | +6.0% | |
| Senior Associate | 4 | $88,088 | at the minimum | |
| Manager | 3 | $107,640 | at the minimum | |
| Web Application Developer | 3 | $100,000 | +17.0% | |
| Advanced R&D Scientist/Engineer | 2 | $142,800 | +10.0% | |
| Business Operations Specialist | 2 | $68,640 | +19.2% | |
| Data Engineer | 2 | $83,386 | +4.6% | |
| Ecommerce Technical Business Analyst | 2 | $130,000 | +19.5% | |
| Full Stack Developer | 2 | $110,439 | +2.2% | |
| Occupational Therapist | 2 | $71,968 | at the minimum | |
| Physical Therapist | 2 | $97,317 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager I | 2 | $105,680 | +13.0% | |
| R&D Engr/Scientist II | 2 | $127,000 | +5.7% | |
| Specialist Senior | 2 | $166,000 | +54.7% | |
| Systems Engineer II - SOA | 2 | $119,174 | at the minimum | |
| Technical Architect | 2 | $107,255 | at the minimum | |
| Accounting Supervisor | 1 | $110,000 | +2.5% | |
| Analyst Business Systems IT | 1 | $132,000 | +10.4% | |
| Associate Engineer III | 1 | $93,000 | +18.5% | |
| Business Analyst | 1 | $98,946 | at the minimum | |
| Business Intelligence Fellow | 1 | $89,690 | at the minimum | |
| Certifying Scientist I | 1 | $79,643 | +22.0% | |
| Clinical Operations Program & Performance Improvement Mgr | 1 | $83,158 | at the minimum | |
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.