The Northern Trust Company H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The Northern Trust Company filed 77 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026, covering 163 positions. The median wage it offered was $144,144, 5.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Developer (39 filings, median $150,100).
- Filings
- 77
- Positions covered
- 163
- Certified
- 98.7%
- Job titles
- 21
- Worksite cities
- 22
- Filings since FY2020
- 989
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +13%
Offered wage since 2020
The Northern Trust Company's median H-1B wage offer rose 13%, from $125,000 in fiscal 2020 to $140,799 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.7% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2021, with 298 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 Northern Trust Company by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 37 | $140,799 | −1.1% | $132,746 | +5.7% |
| 2025 | 184 | $142,418 | −1.5% | $132,434 | +9.1% |
| 2024 | 206 | $144,560 | +7.8% | $127,754 | +9.6% |
| 2023 | 102 | $134,118 | +3.2% | $119,268 | +8.7% |
| 2022 | 75 | $130,000 | +32.2% | $116,792 | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 298 | $98,363 | −21.3% | $98,218 | at the minimum |
| 2020 | 87 | $125,000 | n/a | $113,630 | +14.4% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developer | 39 | $150,100 | +4.9% | +11% since 2022 | |
| Financial Manager | 5 | $190,045 | +8.5% | ||
| Information Security Engineer | 5 | $133,444 | +0.8% | ||
| Data Scientist | 4 | $122,250 | +14.6% | ||
| Financial Quantitative Analyst | 3 | $103,600 | +1.4% | ||
| Computer and Information Systems Manager | 2 | $235,663 | +23.5% | ||
| Computer Network Architects | 2 | $144,144 | +8.3% | ||
| Financial and Investment Analyst | 2 | $124,750 | +6.6% | ||
| Information Technology Project Manager | 2 | $167,500 | +26.5% | −2% since 2023 | |
| Sr Associate, SW Eng | 2 | $110,725 | +2.5% | ||
| Computer Systems Engineer/Architect | 1 | n/a | |||
| Database Architect | 1 | $136,885 | at the minimum | ||
| Financial Quantitative Analysts | 1 | $102,600 | +1.4% | ||
| Information Security Analyst | 1 | $180,000 | +25.6% | −2% since 2024 | |
| Lead Software Engineer | 1 | $130,020 | +20.3% | ||
| Lead SW Engineer | 1 | $135,319 | +3.5% | ||
| Manager, Applications | 1 | $189,394 | +9.3% | ||
| Market Risk Analyst | 1 | $111,413 | +3.1% | ||
| Principal, SW Packaged Impl | 1 | $202,153 | +31.9% | ||
| Sr Consult, Derivatives | 1 | $103,600 | +2.4% | ||
| Specialist, Risk Analytics | 1 | $140,000 | +1.0% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 40 | $136,102 |
| Naperville, IL | 7 | $140,000 |
| Aurora, IL | 6 | $150,100 |
| Buffalo Grove, IL | 3 | $150,100 |
| Tempe, AZ | 3 | $144,144 |
| Prosper, TX | 2 | $177,500 |
| Cary, NC | 1 | $220,000 |
| Corona, CA | 1 | $172,200 |
| Downingtown, PA | 1 | $134,500 |
| Elgin, IL | 1 | $160,000 |
| Gilbert, AZ | 1 | $144,144 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 1 | $275,000 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 22 worksite cities.
By visa type: 75 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 76 certified, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
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 Northern Trust Company 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.