425 certified · Median $81,000 a year · Chicago, IL
Also filed as University of Chicago
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Certified, then withdrawn
Withdrawn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
173
73
2
0
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025
252
58
8
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
$67,853
Median
$81,000
75th percentile
$104,000
A year, from 420 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.
Job titles
Postdoctoral ScholarChemists · median $65,650102
Assistant ProfessorHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $175,00041
Staff ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $79,01929
Assistant Instructional ProfessorForeign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary · median $80,00015
Research ProfessionalMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $77,12611
Associate Instructional ProfessorEconomics Teachers, Postsecondary · median $78,9669
L.E. Dickson InstructorMathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $54,9198
Clinical AssociateHospitalists · median $239,3126
William H Kruskal InstructorMathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $87,0806
Clinical Research Coordinator 2Clinical Research Coordinators · median $68,1825
Certified filings by job title, with the occupation (SOC) and the median wage.