University of Illinois Chicago H-1B wage filings
Chicago, IL. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Illinois Chicago filed 168 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $90,100, 34.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (18 filings, median $133,104).
- Filings
- 168
- Positions covered
- 160
- Certified
- 95.2%
- Job titles
- 72
- Worksite cities
- 4
- Filings since FY2020
- 1,031
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +27%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Illinois Chicago's median H-1B wage offer rose 27%, from $72,613 in fiscal 2020 to $92,062 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 34.8% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 176 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.
University of Illinois Chicago by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 119 | $92,062 | +7.9% | $66,792 | +34.8% |
| 2025 | 174 | $85,299 | +15.0% | $66,000 | +31.5% |
| 2024 | 136 | $74,171 | −2.0% | $60,000 | +22.2% |
| 2023 | 176 | $75,688 | −8.8% | $63,178 | +27.2% |
| 2022 | 163 | $83,000 | +21.7% | $62,733 | +29.6% |
| 2021 | 132 | $68,200 | −6.1% | $58,026 | +24.2% |
| 2020 | 131 | $72,613 | n/a | $55,620 | +30.5% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 18 | $133,104 | +86.2% | +41% since 2020 | |
| Research Specialist | 14 | $68,000 | +1.7% | +36% since 2020 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 10 | $75,488 | +26.3% | +31% since 2020 | |
| Visiting Research Specialist | 10 | $63,813 | +0.6% | +43% since 2020 | |
| Visiting Research Assistant Professor | 9 | $73,000 | +14.1% | +27% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | 8 | $63,960 | +0.3% | +23% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Physician Surgeon | 5 | $263,578 | +158.8% | +32% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Physician Surgeon | 5 | $235,000 | +119.5% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Visiting Instructor | 5 | $69,000 | +2.1% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery / Physician Surgeon | 4 | $500,000 | +291.3% | ||
| Senior Research Specialist | 4 | $75,342 | +10.9% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology/Physician Surgeon | 3 | $233,663 | +63.8% | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor | 3 | $160,000 | +72.0% | ||
| Information Technology Manager (Project Portfolio) | 3 | n/a | |||
| IT Technical Associate-Database Design & Data Administration | 3 | $90,032 | +34.8% | ||
| Visiting Research Scientist | 3 | $70,334 | +10.0% | ||
| Clinical Practice Data Analyst Specialist | 2 | $76,287 | +17.5% | ||
| Instructor | 2 | $59,638 | +4.5% | ||
| IT Technical Associate (IT Service Management Administrator) | 2 | $99,383 | +97.0% | ||
| IT Technical Associate (Sr. Application Developer) | 2 | $92,664 | +83.7% | ||
| IT Technical Assoc. (Senior Developer-Business Intelligence) | 2 | $121,000 | +85.1% | ||
| Assistant Coach for Mens Basketball | 1 | $85,000 | +19.2% | ||
| Assistant Director of Research Development | 1 | $106,000 | +52.4% | ||
| Assistant Prof Clinical Family Med/Physician Surgeon | 1 | $250,709 | +277.9% | ||
| Asst Prof of Clinical Med/Phy Surg & Assoc Program Director | 1 | $278,313 | +117.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor (CT)/Physician Surgeon | 1 | $400,000 | +256.1% | ||
| Asst Professor of Clinical Neurosurgery/Physician Surgeon | 1 | $200,000 | +56.5% | ||
| Assistant Professor of Pathology/Physician Surgeon | 1 | $210,000 | +125.8% | ||
| Assistant Professor (RT) | 1 | $120,000 | +71.3% | ||
| Assistant Professor/Research Assistant Professor | 1 | $108,000 | +51.0% | ||
| Associate CIO for Research Technology & Innovation | 1 | $229,903 | +91.5% | ||
| Associate Director, Brand Marketing & Digital Services | 1 | $95,954 | +51.1% | ||
| Associate Director, Clinical Strategy, Analysis & Practice | 1 | $106,050 | +82.4% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $133,278 | +69.5% | ||
| Biomedical Informatics Research Specialist | 1 | $105,000 | +62.8% | ||
| Business Administrative Associate (Sponsored Awards Spec.) | 1 | $69,618 | at the minimum | ||
| Business Admin. Assoc. (Regional Manager, Home Care Program) | 1 | $75,000 | +29.3% | ||
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 1 | $123,188 | +32.4% | ||
| Clinical Data Practice Analyst Specialist | 1 | $87,635 | +35.0% | ||
| Clinical Practice Data Analyst Coordinator | 1 | $121,992 | +56.3% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 72 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 151 | $90,032 |
| Peoria, IL | 13 | $235,000 |
| Rockford, IL | 3 | $75,904 |
| Champaign, IL | 1 | $75,000 |
By visa type: 167 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 149 certified, 11 certified and later withdrawn, 8 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 University of Illinois 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.
- 3 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.