Salaries / Computer Programmers / Chicago
Computer Programmers salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data
Employers filed 431 certified H-1B applications for computer programmers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 165 employers.
The middle half of offers were $77,000 to $100,000 a year, with a median of $90,000: 5% below the national median for this job ($95,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (61% of filings).
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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) | 5% | — |
| Level II (qualified) | 61% | — |
| Level III (experienced) | 24% | — |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 10% | — |
We don't carry prevailing wages for this occupation yet; the DOL wage search has them.
Who sponsors computer programmers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 40 | $77,000 | — |
| Capgemini America Inc | 25 | $102,000 | — |
| Skilltune Technologies Inc | 24 | $80,000 | 12 |
| Accenture LLP | 18 | $131,500 | — |
| Egen Solutions Llc. | 16 | $102,500 | — |
| Mphasis Corporation | 14 | $110,000 | 110 |
| Bitwise Inc. | 14 | $95,500 | — |
| Gp Technologies Llc | 14 | $95,500 | — |
| Hexaware Technologies, Inc. | 10 | $77,000 | 21 |
| Sputnik Solutions Inc | 8 | $77,000 | — |
| Verveware, Llc | 8 | $79,500 | — |
| Wipro Limited | 7 | $86,000 | — |
| CitiusTech Inc. | 6 | $104,500 | — |
| Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 6 | $97,000 | — |
| Sri Technologies, Inc. | 6 | $97,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Computer Programmer, Software Engineer, Developer, Programmer Analyst, Java Developer, Technical Lead L1, Software Developer, Software Programmer.
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.