Wight & Company H-1B wage filings

Darien, IL. Last filed in fiscal 2026. Figures cover every filing since fiscal 2020; none in the latest 12 months reach five.

Wight & Company filed 23 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2026. The median wage it offered was $75,088, 3.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Mechanical Engineer (4 filings, median $84,095).

Filings since FY2020
23
Positions covered
23
Certified
100.0%
Job titles
13
Worksite cities
2
Last filed
FY2026

Offered wage since 2020

Wight & Company's median H-1B wage offer rose 14%, from $65,000 in fiscal 2020 to $74,381 in fiscal 2023. In fiscal 2023 it was 3.4% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 6 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$60k$80k$100k$65k$76k$74k$88k52020320211202262023420242202522026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Wight & Company by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)2n/an/an/an/a
20252n/an/an/an/a
20244$87,506+17.6%$79,976+7.5%
20236$74,381n/a$70,803+3.4%
20221n/an/an/an/a
20213$76,149+17.2%$76,149at the minimum
20205$65,000n/a$64,189+3.8%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Mechanical Engineer4$84,095+5.4%
Architectural Professional 13$64,064+5.0%
Engineering Professional I3$75,088+6.1%
Architectural Associate2$64,751+10.6%
Architectural Professional II2$75,120at the minimum
Energy Modeling Engineer2$87,983+8.9%
Civil Engineer I1$65,000+1.3%
Data Scientist1$94,000at the minimum
Designer1$84,032+9.2%
Electrical Engineer1$82,500+3.8%
Energy Engineer1$69,160+20.2%
Engineering Designer1$76,149at the minimum
Structural Designer1$64,189at the minimum

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Darien, IL21$75,088
Chicago, IL2$72,717

By visa type: 23 H-1B. By outcome: 23 certified.

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry48%
Level II, qualified52%
Level III, experienced0%
Level IV, fully competent0%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.