Worksite city · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN wage area
H-1B salaries in Buffalo Grove, IL
6% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 53% get a single lottery entry.
302certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$117,957median offer
6%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
51new-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
51 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 | 126 | $133,475 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 41 | $112,965 |
| Industrial Engineers | 26 | $95,000 |
| Data Scientists | 19 | $144,115 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 12 | $104,764 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 11 | $186,655 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 9 | $99,840 |
| Computer Programmers | 7 | $97,850 |
| Electrical Engineers | 5 | $98,613 |
| Logisticians | 4 | $59,930 |
| Management Analysts | 4 | $144,528 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 4 | $164,891 |
| Database Architects | 3 | $140,670 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 3 | $104,000 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 27 | $107,640 |
| Caremark LLC | 22 | $148,705 |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 20 | $143,224 |
| CVS Shared Services Resources LLC | 14 | $142,500 |
| CVS Pharmacy Inc. | 13 | $156,431 |
| Flextronics International USA, Inc. | 12 | $106,038 |
| Headstrong Services LLC | 8 | $122,435 |
| Yaskawa America, Inc. | 8 | $98,613 |
| Capgemini America Inc | 6 | $119,392 |
| Cyberbridge International, Inc. d/b/a Creospan, Inc. | 6 | $113,000 |
| SRK Systems Inc | 6 | $108,077 |
| Photon Infotech, INC. | 5 | $135,000 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 4 | $168,746 |
| Component Sourcing International, LLC | 3 | $58,860 |
| Epcot Technologies Inc | 3 | $100,000 |
| Grandison Management, Inc. | 3 | $71,968 |
| Infosys Limited | 3 | $82,846 |
| Nemera Buffalo Grove LLC | 3 | $87,610 |
| Nemera US Holdings | 3 | $109,927 |
| The Northern Trust Company | 3 | $150,100 |
| All other employers | 130 | – |