State
H-1B sponsors in Illinois
Employers headquartered in Illinois. Their filings cover every worksite, including ones outside the state.
- Sponsors
- 100
- Filings
- 6,896
- New employment
- 986
- Median wage
- $131,119
Distinct employers among the top 100 ranked here
Lifetime applications by those employers
Positions in the most recent fiscal year filed
New employment only — renewals are the same worker again, so they are excluded
All occupations combined, from $5,000 wage bands
11,287 disclosed positions
Largest sponsors
Ranked by lifetime filings.
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Chicago, IL · Management of Companies and Enterprises
1,832 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Capgemini America Inc
Chicago, IL · Computer Systems Design and Related Services
1,050 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Accenture LLP
Chicago, IL · Management and Technical Consulting Services
856 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
167 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Medline Industries, LP.
Northfield, IL · Wholesale Trade
150 lifetime
last filed FY2026
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
146 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
114 lifetime
last filed FY2026
ZS Associates, Inc.
Evanston, IL · Management and Technical Consulting Services
108 lifetime
last filed FY2026
AbbVie Inc.
North Chicago, IL · Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
76 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Deere & Company
Moline, IL · Manufacturing
69 lifetime
last filed FY2026
University of Illinois Chicago
Chicago, IL · Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools
69 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC
Batavia, IL · Scientific Research and Development Services
64 lifetime
last filed FY2026
Occupations
What the sponsors headquartered here file, across all their worksites.
| Occupation | SOC | Filings | Employers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 15-1252.00 | 2,293 | 79 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 15-1253.00 | 379 | 35 |
| Information Technology Project Managers | 15-1299.09 | 337 | 30 |
| Computer Programmers | 15-1251.00 | 257 | 17 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 15-1211.00 | 235 | 23 |
| Data Scientists | 15-2051.00 | 214 | 49 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts | 13-2051.00 | 200 | 11 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | 15-1211 | 195 | 1 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | 15-2051.01 | 145 | 29 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | 11-3021.00 | 116 | 27 |
| Operations Research Analysts | 15-2031.00 | 94 | 16 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | 19-1042.00 | 86 | 8 |
Metro areas
Worksite locations used by the sponsors above.
| Metro | Sponsors | Worksite filings |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago, IL | 51 | 741 |
| Schaumburg, IL | 12 | 111 |
| Peoria, IL | 6 | 67 |
| Northbrook, IL | 3 | 67 |
| Bloomington, IL | 5 | 40 |
| Lake Forest, IL | 3 | 31 |
| Normal, IL | 5 | 20 |
| Hoffman Estates, IL | 5 | 18 |
| Mundelein, IL | 4 | 18 |
| Dekalb, IL | 3 | 17 |
| Naperville, IL | 9 | 16 |
| Waukegan, IL | 4 | 15 |
Offered wages
Every occupation combined — read a single occupation's page for a comparable range.
25th $107,564 · median $131,119 · 75th $160,360 · 11,287 disclosed positions
Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.
Figures cover the 100 highest-ranked sponsors for this location, which is what the precomputed ranking holds — they are floors, not state or metro totals. Filing counts are applications and position counts are worker positions; neither is a headcount, because a continued-employment application renews someone already working here.