H-1B wage filings in Evanston, IL
Jobs with a worksite in Evanston, Illinois. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
288 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Evanston, IL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 58 employers. The median offered wage was $87,650, 21.0% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Scholar (51).
- Filings
- 288
- Positions covered
- 435
- Employers
- 58
- Median offered
- $87,650
- Median prevailing wage
- $65,572
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,695
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +10%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Evanston, IL rose 10%, from $77,863 in fiscal 2020 to $85,467 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 17.9% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 319 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.
Evanston, IL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 233 | $85,467 | −6.6% | $64,938 | +17.9% |
| 2025 | 319 | $91,500 | −1.9% | $71,251 | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 265 | $93,250 | +8.4% | $65,624 | +23.7% |
| 2023 | 229 | $86,050 | −4.8% | $63,752 | +20.3% |
| 2022 | 282 | $90,397 | +8.9% | $75,982 | +17.6% |
| 2021 | 184 | $83,000 | +6.6% | $74,152 | +10.2% |
| 2020 | 183 | $77,863 | n/a | $73,237 | +10.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Evanston
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 58. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Evanston
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Scholar | 51 | $65,520 | +13.8% | |
| Research Associate | 31 | $70,054 | +4.2% | |
| Assistant Professor | 21 | $135,650 | +163.0% | |
| Assistant Professor of Instruction | 13 | $72,000 | +35.5% | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 12 | $90,000 | +14.6% | |
| Business Technology Solutions Associate Consultant | 7 | $137,500 | +66.0% | |
| Data Analyst | 5 | $81,470 | +18.0% | |
| Associate Professor | 4 | $154,873 | +66.0% | |
| Business Technology Solutions Consultant | 4 | $161,500 | +50.0% | |
| Data Scientist | 4 | $103,813 | +60.7% | |
| Occupational Therapist | 4 | $82,784 | +4.9% | |
| Research Specialist | 4 | $67,004 | +75.6% | |
| Associate Principal | 3 | $269,000 | +101.6% | |
| Medical Technologist | 3 | $70,595 | +55.6% | |
| R&D Engineering, Sr. Engineer | 3 | $106,131 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 3 | $123,500 | +8.3% | |
| Accountants and Auditors | 2 | $126,843 | +50.3% | |
| Advisory Consultant | 2 | $161,750 | +53.9% | |
| Amazon Scholar | 2 | $253,680 | +115.7% | |
| Architectural Designer II | 2 | $72,500 | +12.0% | |
| Associate Professor of Instruction | 2 | $74,500 | +89.7% | |
| Clinical Documentation Specialist | 2 | $74,277 | at the minimum | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist II | 2 | $62,338 | +7.5% | |
| Data Engineer | 2 | $99,529 | +0.7% | |
| Decision Analytics Associate Consultant | 2 | $140,500 | +63.6% | |
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.