125 certified · Median $128,500 a year · Chicago, IL
Also filed as Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Counts are Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) employers filed with the US Department of Labor. Certified means DOL accepted the LCA, the step before a visa petition: it is not a visa or a hire. Wages are what the employer wrote on it. Data sources
By year
Fiscal year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
61
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
64
0
1
0
Every decision, by when it was made. From the US Department of Labor’s LCA disclosure files for FY2025 and FY2026, all listed in Data sources.
Wages
25th percentile
$110,000
Median
$128,500
75th percentile
$150,000
A year, from 125 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Staff Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $150,0009
Sr Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $137,5006
Senior QA AnalystSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $121,3895
Software Engineer IIISoftware Developers · median $128,0005
Quant Risk Mgmt AssociateFinancial Risk Specialists · median $135,0004
Sr Quant Risk Mgmt AssociateFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $167,5004
Pricing & Valuation AnalystFinancial Quantitative Analysts · median $110,0003
Sr QA AnalystSoftware Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers · median $120,0003
Sr. Software EngineerSoftware Developers · median $130,0003
Staff Security EngineerSoftware Developers · median $189,5923
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.