20 certified · Median $127,566 a year · Des Plaines, 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 year
Certified
Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn
Denied
FY2026October 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026
6
0
1
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
14
0
0
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
$93,119
Median
$127,566
75th percentile
$137,750
A year, from 20 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Associate Engineer IIIMaterials Engineers · median $90,2522
Principal Analyst I-SOperations Research Analysts · median $141,1702
Senior Energy Systems Analyst IIManagement Analysts · median $129,4272
Data EngineerElectrical Engineers · median $92,4951
Engineer - Energy Delivery and UtilizationMechanical Engineers · median $126,1311
Pilot Plant Operations Process EngineerChemical Engineers · median $90,4801
Principal EngineerMechanical Engineers · median $106,6161
Principal Engineer - Distributed Energy ResourcesElectrical Engineers · median $170,0001
Principal Engineer “ Building Energy EfficiencyMechanical Engineers · median $145,1941
Principal Engineer IMechanical Engineers · median $140,0001
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.