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Accountants and Auditors salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 433 certified H-1B applications for accountants and auditors in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 141 employers.
The middle half of offers were $80,000 to $122,500 a year, with a median of $97,000: 1% below the national median for this job ($98,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (37% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $62,920 at Level I and $77,376 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 23% | $62,920 |
| Level II (qualified) | 37% | $77,376 |
| Level III (experienced) | 15% | $91,853 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 26% | $106,309 |
Who sponsors accountants and auditors here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 91 | $106,500 | 446 |
| Deloitte Tax LLP | 67 | $99,000 | 141 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 34 | $82,000 | 25 |
| Grant Thornton Advisors LLC | 12 | $129,000 | — |
| Crowe, LLP | 12 | $81,000 | 4 |
| Kpmg Llp | 11 | $119,000 | 64 |
| Google LLC | 9 | $144,000 | — |
| Bdo Usa, P.C. | 9 | $100,000 | 20 |
| Nav Consulting Inc. | 7 | $155,000 | — |
| PwC US Tax LLP | 6 | $132,000 | 25 |
| GALLEROS ROBINSON CPA's LLP | 6 | $69,000 | — |
| IDEX Service Corporation | 4 | $88,500 | — |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP | 4 | $84,000 | 80 |
| Cdh Cpa Pllc | 3 | $78,000 | — |
| AbbVie Inc. | 3 | $135,000 | 1 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Accountant, Staff Accountant, Tax Senior, Senior Accountant, Tax Manager, Tax Consultant, Senior Associate, Audit & Assurance Senior.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.