Chicago Public Schools

58 certified · Median $76,711 a year · Chicago, IL

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 yearCertifiedCertified, then withdrawnWithdrawnDenied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 202627800
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 202531710

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
$70,029
Median
$76,711
75th percentile
$93,103

A year, from 58 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Teacher (Bilingual)Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · median $69,7317
  • Teacher (Math)Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · median $80,0997
  • Teacher (Special Education)Special Education Teachers, Elementary School · median $73,3526
  • Teacher (World Language - Mandarin)Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · median $82,8263
  • School Social WorkerChild, Family, and School Social Workers · median $72,1612
  • Teacher (Bilingual Spanish)Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · median $80,8632
  • Teacher (Elementary)Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · median $70,1302
  • Teacher (Physical Education)Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · median $76,0172
  • Teacher (Science)Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education · median $79,5202
  • Teacher (World Language - Spanish)Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · median $75,7332

Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.

Places

  • Chicago, IL58

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 74