Worksite city · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN wage area
H-1B salaries in Aurora, IL
10% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 65% get a single lottery entry.
427certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$115,000median offer
10%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
96new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $54k to $225k
Lottery entries
96 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 167 | $130,707 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 53 | $107,640 |
| Data Scientists | 33 | $115,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 30 | $104,728 |
| Computer Programmers | 20 | $76,868 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | 11 | $115,000 |
| Industrial Engineers | 10 | $106,500 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 8 | $202,779 |
| Database Administrators | 8 | $140,000 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 8 | $107,110 |
| Civil Engineers | 8 | $85,274 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 7 | $81,702 |
| Database Architects | 7 | $191,360 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | 7 | $61,466 |
| Logisticians | 4 | $121,500 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 36 | $107,640 |
| Capgemini America Inc | 12 | $153,526 |
| Aurora East School District 131 | 11 | $57,693 |
| The Most Group, Inc. | 8 | $132,663 |
| Asoft Consulting LLC | 6 | $97,000 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 6 | $201,300 |
| Grandison Management, Inc. | 6 | $71,968 |
| Unique Computing LLC | 6 | $82,000 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 5 | $152,810 |
| Innover Global Inc | 5 | $88,090 |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 5 | $135,288 |
| The Northern Trust Company | 5 | $150,100 |
| Tecaholic LLC | 5 | $108,077 |
| Grocery Delivery E-Services USA Inc. | 4 | $100,000 |
| Mphasis Corporation | 4 | $140,000 |
| Ryder System, Inc. | 4 | $117,729 |
| Skilltune Technologies INC | 4 | $86,300 |
| Americloud Solutions, Inc | 3 | $108,077 |
| Aorzon Technologies Inc | 3 | $76,835 |
| DocuSign Inc. | 3 | $174,498 |
| All other employers | 286 | – |