Worksite city · Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN wage area
H-1B salaries in Evanston, IL
19% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 44% get a single lottery entry.
268certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$87,650median offer
19%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
48new-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 $53k to $174k
Lottery entries
48 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 | 25 | $112,923 |
| Computer Occupations, All Other | 20 | $151,000 |
| Data Scientists | 20 | $98,464 |
| Materials Scientists | 16 | $66,265 |
| Chemists | 15 | $66,884 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 13 | $69,930 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 9 | $143,500 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 8 | $71,027 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 8 | $66,240 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | 8 | $71,000 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | 6 | $99,032 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | 6 | $140,255 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | 5 | $66,040 |
| Physicists | 5 | $77,126 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | 5 | $70,595 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | 146 | $75,000 |
| ZS Associates, Inc. | 31 | $160,000 |
| Saint Francis Hospital - Evanston, LLC | 10 | $74,204 |
| LexisNexis Risk Solutions FL, Inc. | 8 | $140,451 |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | 5 | $94,786 |
| KP&J Architects & Engineers, LLC | 4 | $71,250 |
| Cyclopure Inc. | 3 | $110,000 |
| Grandison Management, Inc. | 3 | $71,968 |
| Synopsys, Inc. | 3 | $106,131 |
| All other employers | 55 | – |