The Art Institute of Chicago H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.
The Art Institute of Chicago filed 19 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $64,750, 22.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Searle Curator (3 filings, median $110,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 19
- Positions covered
- 19
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 14
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
The Art Institute of Chicago made 19 filings across 7 fiscal years since 2020, too few in most years to track the wage year by year. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2022, with 5 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.
The Art Institute of Chicago by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 4 | $51,283 | −28.0% | $51,283 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 3 | $71,240 | n/a | $71,240 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 5 | $110,000 | +48.0% | $59,176 | +69.3% |
| 2021 | 4 | $74,332 | n/a | $58,802 | +39.6% |
| 2020 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searle Curator | 3 | $110,000 | +49.2% | |
| Samuel and M. Patricia Grober Curator | 2 | $125,000 | +74.6% | |
| Assistant Conservator | 1 | $49,858 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Curator | 1 | $52,707 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Director, Territory Manager | 1 | $46,386 | at the minimum | |
| Associate Conservation Scientist | 1 | $71,240 | at the minimum | |
| AW Mellon Assistant Conservation Scientist | 1 | $55,825 | +22.2% | |
| Dittmer Curator of Contemporary Art | 1 | $107,625 | +79.1% | |
| Executive Director of Provenance Research | 1 | $71,739 | at the minimum | |
| Exhibition Designer | 1 | $40,000 | +43.9% | |
| Giorgi Family Foundation Fellow | 1 | $50,000 | +30.0% | |
| Pritzker Chair of Asian Art and Curator of Chinese Art | 1 | $266,147 | +251.6% | |
| Searle Associate Curator | 1 | $84,050 | +58.1% | |
| Senior Research Associate | 1 | $52,707 | at the minimum | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 19 | $64,750 |
By visa type: 15 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 17 certified, 2 certified and later withdrawn.
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 The Art Institute of Chicago 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.