H-1B wage filings in Rockford, IL
Jobs with a worksite in Rockford, Illinois. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
109 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Rockford, IL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 39 employers. The median offered wage was $110,000, 6.3% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Occupational Therapist (9).
- Filings
- 109
- Positions covered
- 656
- Employers
- 39
- Median offered
- $110,000
- Median prevailing wage
- $89,274
- Filings since FY2020
- 786
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +37%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Rockford, IL rose 37%, from $70,131 in fiscal 2020 to $96,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.2% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2020, with 149 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.
Rockford, IL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 91 | $96,000 | −21.5% | $89,274 | +6.2% |
| 2025 | 108 | $122,224 | +18.4% | $91,312 | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 103 | $103,272 | −0.9% | $88,046 | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 93 | $104,166 | +21.4% | $89,627 | +5.5% |
| 2022 | 120 | $85,831 | +17.6% | $79,061 | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 122 | $73,000 | +4.1% | $70,262 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 149 | $70,131 | n/a | $64,979 | at the minimum |
Employers filing for jobs in Rockford
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 39. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Rockford
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Occupational Therapist | 9 | $69,909 | at the minimum | |
| Hospitalist Physician | 8 | $315,000 | +31.7% | |
| Dentist | 5 | $207,000 | +4.4% | |
| Family Medicine Physician | 5 | $290,000 | +38.8% | |
| Physical Therapist | 5 | $83,512 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineer | 5 | $89,274 | +0.8% | |
| Software Developer | 4 | $89,274 | at the minimum | |
| Aircraft Mechanic | 3 | $70,720 | +0.1% | |
| Hospitalist | 3 | $300,000 | +25.4% | |
| Medical Oncology Physician | 3 | $600,000 | +150.8% | |
| Software Engineer & Tester | 3 | $80,850 | at the minimum | |
| Anatomical and Clinical Pathologist | 2 | $451,930 | +220.9% | |
| Architectural Designer | 2 | $62,505 | +1.5% | |
| Internal Medicine Physician | 2 | $180,898 | at the minimum | |
| Mechanical Engineer II | 2 | $117,224 | +46.4% | |
| Neonatologist | 2 | $375,000 | +56.8% | |
| Nephrologist | 2 | $275,000 | +15.0% | |
| Principal Engineer, Software Engineering | 2 | $126,942 | at the minimum | |
| Principal Engineer, Systems Engineering | 2 | $126,942 | at the minimum | |
| Project Manager | 2 | $96,000 | +0.9% | |
| Senior Principal Engineer, Software Engineering | 2 | $126,942 | at the minimum | |
| Accounting Analyst | 1 | $85,000 | +75.8% | |
| Anesthesiologist | 1 | $650,000 | +207.9% | |
| Assistant Prof Clinical Family Med/Physician Surgeon | 1 | $250,709 | +277.9% | |
| Associate Supervised Veterinarian | 1 | $112,320 | +59.1% | |
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.