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University of Illinois Chicago

279 certified · Median $88,003 a year · Chicago, IL

Also filed as Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of University of Illinois Springfield · University of Illinois at Chicago · Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of Discovery Partners Institute

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, 2026108980
FY2025October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025171850

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
$68,182
Median
$88,003
75th percentile
$127,201

A year, from 274 certified full-time filings, the lower end of the wage offered.

Job titles

  • Assistant ProfessorComputer Science Teachers, Postsecondary · median $127,91629
  • Research SpecialistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $66,00022
  • Postdoctoral Research AssociateMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $63,69516
  • Visiting Research Assistant ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $73,33316
  • Research Assistant ProfessorMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $70,30013
  • Visiting Research SpecialistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $63,66612
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics/Physician SurgeonHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $235,0007
  • Senior Research SpecialistBiochemists and Biophysicists · median $68,3347
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine/Physician SurgeonHealth Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary · median $266,3396
  • Visiting Research ScientistMedical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists · median $70,1676

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

Places

  • Chicago, IL240
  • Peoria, IL22
  • Springfield, IL12
  • Rockford, IL4
  • Champaign, IL1

Certified filings by the first worksite.

Filings 309