Offered wages

The University of Chicago — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on The University of Chicago's certified labor condition applications — 147 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.

Full filing record

Median offered wage: $80,109
25th percentile: $66,484
75th percentile: $102,250
Occupations: 53

All disclosed wages

The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.

25th $66,484 · median $80,109 · 75th $102,250 · 147 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.

By occupation

Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.

Percentiles are computed per occupation from that occupation's bands. They do not average to the figure above, and they are not supposed to — the all-occupations figure is the summed distribution, not the mean of these rows.
Occupation (SOC)	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Prevailing wage level
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	22	$67,917	$77,500	$83,500	I 9 · II 12 · III 1
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists	10	$72,500	$82,500	$110,833	I 6 · II 3 · IV 1
19-2012.00 · Physicists	7	$63,750	$77,500	$83,125	I 6 · II 1
17-2131.00 · Materials Engineers	7	$61,875	$77,500	$83,125	I 4 · III 3
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	7	$64,375	$72,500	$76,250	I 6 · II 1
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	5	$161,250	$172,500	$303,750	II 3 · IV 2
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists	5	$66,250	$72,500	$78,750	I 2 · III 1 · IV 2
15-1295.00 · Software Developers, Non R&D	4	$105,000	$120,000	$130,000	II 2 · IV 2
19-1022.00 · Microbiologists	4	$62,500	$65,000	$85,000	I 2 · IV 2
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists	4	$62,500	$65,000	$70,000	I 3 · III 1
19-4021.00 · Biological Technicians	4	$52,500	$55,000	$62,500	II 2 · III 2
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$178,750	$232,500	$251,250	II 3
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$203,750	$221,250	$223,125	I 2 · II 1
15-1252.00 · Software Developers	3	$103,750	$116,250	$118,125	II 1 · IV 2
15-1296.00 · Software Developers, R&D	3	$93,750	$112,500	$171,250	II 1 · III 1 · IV 1
15-2041.01 · Biostatisticians	3	$63,750	$102,500	$141,250	I 1 · II 1 · IV 1
11-9033.00 · Education Administrators, Postsecondary	3	$78,750	$92,500	$191,250	I 1 · II 1 · IV 1
11-9121.01 · Clinical Research Coordinators	3	$66,875	$68,750	$81,250	I 3
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	3	$58,750	$67,500	$71,250	I 3
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	II 3
17-2041.00 · Chemical Engineers	3	$56,875	$58,750	$61,250	I 3
29-1224.00 · Radiologists	2	$217,500	$220,000	$417,500	III 2
15-2051.01 · Business Intelligence Analysts	2	$117,500	$120,000	$137,500	III 1 · IV 1
17-1012.00 · Landscape Architects	2	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 2
11-9151.00 · Social and Community Service Managers	2	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	II 2
15-2051.02 · Clinical Data Managers	2	$72,500	$75,000	$102,500	I 1 · IV 1
19-2031.00 · Chemists	2	$67,500	$70,000	$72,500	II 1 · III 1
29-1211.00 · Anesthesiologists	1	$356,250	$357,500	$358,750	III 1
29-1222.00 · Physicians, Pathologists	1	$236,250	$237,500	$238,750	III 1
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$146,250	$147,500	$148,750	I 1
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$131,250	$132,500	$133,750	Not stated 1
13-1082.00 · Project Management Specialists	1	$131,250	$132,500	$133,750	IV 1
25-1061.00 · Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	I 1
21-1015.00 · Rehabilitation Counselors	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	II 1
19-2011.00 · Astronomers	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	I 1
25-1065.00 · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	Not stated 1
19-3033.00 · Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
19-3011.00 · Economists	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
13-2031.00 · Budget Analysts	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
19-5011.00 · Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
15-1244.00 · Network and Computer Systems Administrators	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
25-1067.00 · Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	Not stated 1
15-1251.00 · Computer Programmers	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	I 1
15-2041.00 · Statisticians	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	I 1
25-1123.00 · English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	Not stated 1
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	Not stated 1
15-1255.00 · Web and Digital Interface Designers	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	II 1
19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
25-1126.00 · Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
19-1029.04 · Biologists	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
19-1011.00 · Animal Scientists	1	$56,250	$57,500	$58,750	I 1
17-2074.00 · Electrical Engineers, R&D	1	$56,250	$57,500	$58,750	I 1
19-4061.00 · Social Science Research Assistants	1	$46,250	$47,500	$48,750	I 1

Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.

Largest occupations in detail

The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.

19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists22 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $67,917 · median $77,500 · 75th $83,500 · 22 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.

19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists10 disclosed positions · 2 metros

25th $72,500 · median $82,500 · 75th $110,833 · 10 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.

19-2012.00 · Physicists7 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $63,750 · median $77,500 · 75th $83,125 · 7 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.

By metro area

The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.

Only bands recorded against a named city and state appear here, so these rows can sum to less than the total above.
Metro area	Disclosed positions	25th	Median	75th	Occupations
Chicago, IL	139	$65,859	$79,167	$97,813	52
Brooklyn, NY	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	1
Dawsonville, GA	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	1
Lemont, IL	1	$76,250	$77,500	$78,750	1
Los Angeles, CA	1	$101,250	$102,500	$103,750	1
Oswego, IL	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	1
Palatine, IL	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	1
Pittsburgh, PA	1	$111,250	$112,500	$113,750	1
Sun Prairie, WI	1	$116,250	$117,500	$118,750	1

Prevailing wage levels

Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.

A level-heavy split toward I and II means the roles were filed as junior, whatever the job title says.
Level	Positions	Share
Level I	63	42.9%
Level II	47	32.0%
Level III	15	10.2%
Level IV	17	11.6%
Not stated	5	3.4%

Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (147 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.