Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Also filed as Polar Operations LLC.
Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets filed 45 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $200,000, 85.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Software Engineer (25 filings, median $200,000).
- Filings
- 45
- Positions covered
- 44
- Certified
- 97.8%
- Job titles
- 10
- Worksite cities
- 2
- Filings since FY2022
- 110
- Median offer change since FY2022
- +33%
Offered wage since 2022
Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets's median H-1B wage offer rose 33%, from $150,000 in fiscal 2022 to $200,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 85.1% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 26 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.
Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 39 | $200,000 | +12.7% | $108,077 | +85.1% |
| 2025 | 26 | $177,500 | no change | $127,754 | +40.9% |
| 2024 | 22 | $177,500 | +1.4% | $102,690 | +68.4% |
| 2023 | 13 | $175,000 | +16.7% | $94,016 | +84.4% |
| 2022 | 10 | $150,000 | n/a | $90,397 | +65.9% |
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 Engineer | 25 | $200,000 | +85.1% | +11% since 2024 | |
| Hardware Engineer | 6 | $200,000 | +90.6% | ||
| Graduate Software Engineer | 4 | $200,000 | +134.0% | ||
| Compliance Data Analyst | 2 | $180,000 | +67.8% | ||
| Data Engineer | 2 | $172,500 | +29.0% | ||
| Software Developer | 2 | $185,000 | +116.5% | ||
| Financial Planning & Analysis Manager | 1 | $160,000 | +36.8% | ||
| Information Security Officer | 1 | $200,000 | +103.7% | ||
| Network Engineer | 1 | $175,000 | +23.3% | ||
| Trading Engineer Lead | 1 | $210,000 | +3.6% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 44 | $200,000 |
| New York, NY | 1 | $190,000 |
By visa type: 41 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 44 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 Polar Operations LLC d/b/a IMC Markets 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.