Offered wages

University of Illinois — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on University of Illinois's certified labor condition applications — 116 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: $86,500
25th percentile: $65,667
75th percentile: $110,000
Occupations: 55

All disclosed wages

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

25th $65,667 · median $86,500 · 75th $110,000 · 116 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
25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	14	$107,500	$116,667	$128,750	I 9 · II 4 · Not stated 1
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	7	$116,875	$125,833	$128,750	II 5 · Not stated 2
19-2012.00 · Physicists	6	$58,750	$67,500	$71,250	I 6
11-9033.00 · Education Administrators, Postsecondary	4	$85,000	$90,000	$95,000	I 2 · II 2
19-1013.00 · Soil and Plant Scientists	4	$60,000	$61,667	$63,333	I 3 · III 1
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	4	$57,500	$60,000	$62,500	I 3 · Not stated 1
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$201,875	$203,750	$256,250	I 3
25-1071.00 · Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$83,750	$87,500	$121,250	I 2 · II 1
25-1193.00 · Recreation and Fitness Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	3	$78,750	$86,250	$88,125	I 2 · Not stated 1
15-1296.00 · Software Developers, R&D	3	$68,750	$82,500	$106,250	I 1 · II 1 · IV 1
19-2031.00 · Chemists	3	$56,875	$58,750	$86,250	I 2 · IV 1
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists	3	$51,875	$53,750	$61,250	I 3
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$132,500	$135,000	$147,500	I 1 · II 1
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$122,500	$125,000	$167,500	I 2
25-1054.00 · Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$117,500	$120,000	$1,672,500	II 2
11-9021.00 · Construction Managers	2	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	I 2
17-2141.00 · Mechanical Engineers	2	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	III 1 · Not stated 1
15-1221.00 · Computer and Information Research Scientists	2	$87,500	$90,000	$97,500	I 1 · II 1
17-2111.02 · Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	2	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	II 1 · Not stated 1
17-2199.08 · Robotics Engineers	2	$67,500	$70,000	$92,500	I 2
19-1029.03 · Geneticists	2	$67,500	$70,000	$77,500	I 1 · III 1
19-3099.01 · Transportation Planners	2	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	I 2
25-1064.00 · Geography Teachers, Postsecondary	2	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	Not stated 2
17-2081.00 · Environmental Engineers	2	$62,500	$65,000	$82,500	I 1 · III 1
25-9031.00 · Instructional Coordinators	2	$62,500	$65,000	$82,500	I 1 · III 1
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	2	$62,500	$65,000	$67,500	I 1 · Not stated 1
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists	2	$57,500	$60,000	$72,500	I 1 · Not stated 1
17-2144.00 · Mechanical Engineers, R&D	2	$56,250	$57,500	$58,750	I 2
25-1082.00 · Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$126,250	$127,500	$128,750	I 1
25-1065.00 · Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$106,250	$107,500	$108,750	I 1
15-1299.09 · Information Technology Project Managers	1	$101,250	$102,500	$103,750	III 1
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$101,250	$102,500	$103,750	II 1
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists	1	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	I 1
15-2051.00 · Data Scientists	1	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	III 1
25-1041.00 · Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	I 1
17-2143.00 · Mechanical Engineers, NonR&D	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	III 1
17-2053.00 · Civil Engineers, R&D	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	IV 1
13-1041.03 · Equal Opportunity Representatives and Officers	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	IV 1
25-1052.00 · Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	Not stated 1
13-1082.00 · Project Management Specialists	1	$91,250	$92,500	$93,750	II 1
15-1295.00 · Software Developers, Non R&D	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	II 1
17-2199.05 · Mechatronics Engineers	1	$86,250	$87,500	$88,750	II 1
21-1014.00 · Mental Health Counselors	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	II 1
15-1252.00 · Software Developers	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	I 1
19-1099.00 · Life Scientists, All Other	1	$71,250	$72,500	$73,750	III 1
25-1192.00 · Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	Not stated 1
19-1029.00 · Biological Scientists, All Other	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	III 1
19-3051.00 · Urban and Regional Planners	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	I 1
19-2011.00 · Astronomers	1	$66,250	$67,500	$68,750	I 1
19-3092.00 · Geographers	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	Not stated 1
15-1242.00 · Database Administrators	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
17-2161.00 · Nuclear Engineers	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	I 1
17-2051.00 · Civil Engineers	1	$56,250	$57,500	$58,750	I 1
19-1011.00 · Animal Scientists	1	$46,250	$47,500	$48,750	Not stated 1
25-1124.00 · Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	1	$46,250	$47,500	$48,750	Not stated 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.

25-1022.00 · Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary14 disclosed positions · 2 metros

25th $107,500 · median $116,667 · 75th $128,750 · 14 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.

25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary7 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $116,875 · median $125,833 · 75th $128,750 · 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.

19-2012.00 · Physicists6 disclosed positions · 1 metro

25th $58,750 · median $67,500 · 75th $71,250 · 6 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
Urbana, IL	76	$62,778	$82,500	$105,000	37
Champaign, IL	36	$70,000	$91,667	$120,000	21
Cincinnati, OH	1	$96,250	$97,500	$98,750	1
Lynnwood, WA	1	$81,250	$82,500	$83,750	1
Rantoul, IL	1	$56,250	$57,500	$58,750	1
Seattle, WA	1	$61,250	$62,500	$63,750	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	54.3%
Level II	23	19.8%
Level III	10	8.6%
Level IV	4	3.4%
Not stated	16	13.8%

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 (116 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.