DDB Chicago Inc. 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.
DDB Chicago Inc. filed 14 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $110,000, 27.4% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Strategy Director (4 filings, median $110,000).
- Filings since FY2020
- 14
- Positions covered
- 14
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 9
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Last filed
- FY2026
Offered wage since 2020
DDB Chicago Inc. made 14 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 2023, with 3 filings.
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
DDB Chicago Inc. by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2025 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2024 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2023 | 3 | $120,000 | n/a | $85,842 | +39.8% |
| 2022 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | 2 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strategy Director | 4 | $110,000 | +19.4% | |
| Strategist | 2 | $65,000 | +17.6% | |
| Chief Executive Officer | 1 | $450,000 | +42.2% | |
| DDB Chicago Inc. | 1 | $110,000 | +28.1% | |
| Global Brand Lead | 1 | $188,000 | +48.8% | |
| Group Strategy Director | 1 | $160,000 | +61.1% | |
| Senior Strategist | 1 | $82,000 | +3.3% | |
| Vice President, Strategy Director | 1 | $168,605 | at the minimum | |
| Workfront Systems Analyst | 1 | $90,000 | 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 | 14 | $110,000 |
By visa type: 10 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 9 certified, 5 certified and later withdrawn.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 DDB Chicago Inc. 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.