54,498 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 9,572 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Chicago, IL — of 54,498 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $119,150 median of 6,844 | 6,844 |
| FY2025 | $113,000 median of 9,572 | 9,572 |
| FY2024 | $109,242 median of 9,036 | 9,036 |
| FY2023 | $106,124 median of 9,015 | 9,015 |
| FY2022 | $101,900 median of 10,635 | 10,635 |
| FY2021 | $95,555 median of 9,330 | 9,330 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Chicago, IL fall inside the federal statistical area CHICAGO-NAPERVILLE-ELGIN, IL-IN-WI. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Chicago itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | $132,356 median of 3,343 | 3,343 |
| The University of Chicago | $75,000 median of 1,241 | 1,241 |
| Capgemini America Inc | $107,515 median of 1,166 | 1,166 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | $136,531 median of 1,063 | 1,063 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | $76,045 median of 1,038 | 1,038 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | $92,061 median of 917 | 917 |
| Infosys Limited | $82,846 median of 701 | 701 |
| Accenture LLP | $110,484 median of 676 | 676 |
| Northwestern University | $67,500 median of 675 | 675 |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | $140,000 median of 669 | 669 |
| Pricewaterhousecoopers Advisory Services LLC | $171,000 median of 645 | 645 |
| Google LLC | $140,000 median of 517 | 517 |
| The Northern Trust Company | $120,000 median of 470 | 470 |
| University of Illinois at Chicago | $73,327 median of 450 | 450 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | $82,000 median of 381 | 381 |
| TransUnion LLC | $102,690 median of 369 | 369 |
| Deloitte Tax LLP | $72,000 median of 353 | 353 |
| Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. | $118,843 median of 324 | 324 |
| Amazon | $151,850 median of 316 | 316 |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States | $164,900 median of 314 | 314 |
| Rush University Medical Center | $82,000 median of 308 | 308 |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | $104,725 median of 282 | 282 |
| Health Care Service Corporation | $111,831 median of 282 | 282 |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare | $80,061 median of 272 | 272 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 6,793 employers in total filed for a worksite in Chicago; the 24 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Chicago, IL, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Zensar Technologies, Inc. (889) · Motorola Solutions, Inc. (842) · Abbott Laboratories (509) · Rsm US LLP (490) · The Options Clearing Corporation (464) · A.T. Kearney, Inc. (427) · Grubhub Holdings, Inc. (386) · Balyasny Asset Management, L.P. (375) · BDO USA, LLP (369) · CCC Intelligent Solutions, Inc (363) · Jones Lang LaSalle Americas, Inc. (335) · Grant Thornton LLP (333) · McDonald's Corporation (314) · Jump Operations, LLC (305) · University of Illinois Chicago (298) · Thoughtworks, Inc. (297) · Crowe, LLP (292) · Perkins & Will, Inc. (291) · Morningstar, Inc. (284) · BDO USA, P.C. (272) · Akuna Capital, LLC (257) · CTC Trading Group, LLC (210) · HERE North America, LLC (210) · Huron Consulting Services, LLC (210) · Sidley Austin (US) LLP (209) · Ibase Operations Corp. (198) · Tempus Labs, Inc. (195) · Quinnox, Inc. (189) · Continental Casualty Company (183) · Avant, LLC (176) · TheMathCompany, Inc. (175) · Hyatt Corporation (173) · Optiver Services US LLC (171) · DRW Holdings, LLC (168) · Abbott Diabetes Care Inc. (164) · Motorola Mobility LLC (161) · University of Chicago Medical Center (157) · Nielsen Consumer LLC (155) · Loyola University Chicago (149) · Chicago Public Schools (148) · Aon Consulting, Inc. (145) · HSBC Bank USA, N.A (143) · Citadel Americas LLC (141) · Milliman, Inc. (137) · Groupon, Inc. (131) · Servotech Inc. (124) · DePaul University (123) · Enova Financial Holdings, LLC (123) · IMC Americas, Inc. (119) · Relativity ODA LLC (118) · Saggezza, Inc. (117) · Citadel Securities Americas LLC (116) · Ahead, Inc. (114) · Polar Operations LLC (104) · Radix Trading, LLC (98) · Apex Fintech Services LLC (96) · BMO Harris Bank N.A. (92) · iManage LLC (92) · Information Resources, Inc. (91) · Baker Tilly US, LLP (90) · Stantec Architecture Inc. (89) · Solomon Cordwell Buenz (88) · Merastar Insurance Company (86) · Cboe Global Markets Inc (84) · Amount, Inc. (82) · Solstice Consulting LLC (82) · NextGen Global Resources, LLC (80) · HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. (79) · Mondelez Global LLC (76) · United Airlines, Inc. (75) · ActiveCampaign, LLC (74) · Guggenheim Securities, LLC (74) · Oak Street Health MSO, LLC (73) · Redmane Technology LLC (72) · Adtalem Global Education Inc. (71) · Peapod Digital Labs LLC (69) · Syndigo LLC (69) · exp U.S. Services Inc. (68) · Molson Coors Beverage Company USA LLC (68) · Norc (68) · Maven Wave Partners LLC (66) · Aon Service Corporation (64) · James Hardie Building Products, Inc. (64) · Bounteous, Inc. (62) · Coyote Logistics, LLC (60) · Kellogg Business Services Company LLC (59) · Chowbus, Inc. (58) · Morningstar Investment Management, LLC (58) · Sunrise Futures, LLC (58) · Conagra Brands, Inc. (57) · Abbott Cardiovascular Systems Inc. (51) · S&C Electric Company (49) · Studio Gang Architects (49) · BMO Capital Markets Corp. (48) · CCC Information Services Inc. (45) · Guaranteed Rate, Inc. (42) · BlueCross BlueShield Association (41) · Northeastern Illinois University (41) · Supernova Lending, LLC (41) · Abbott Diabetes Care Sales Corporation (38)
Showing the 100 largest by filing count — there are more. This list is truncated, not complete.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Chicago
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.