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Database Administrators salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 199 certified H-1B applications for database administrators in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 97 employers.
The middle half of offers were $88,000 to $148,500 a year, with a median of $121,500: 6% above the national median for this job ($115,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (51% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $66,830 at Level I and $88,899 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) | 13% | $66,830 |
| Level II (qualified) | 51% | $88,899 |
| Level III (experienced) | 19% | $110,989 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 17% | $133,058 |
Who sponsors database administrators here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 74 | $130,000 | — |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 4 | $146,500 | 2 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 4 | $86,500 | 1 |
| Fermi Forward Discovery Group, LLC | 4 | $78,500 | — |
| Molex, LLC | 3 | $180,000 | 1 |
| Envoy Global, Inc. | 3 | $139,000 | — |
| Optum Services, Inc. | 2 | $124,000 | 4 |
| Google LLC | 2 | $147,000 | — |
| Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 2 | $122,000 | — |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 2 | $159,500 | 30 |
| Atos Syntel Inc | 2 | $113,500 | — |
| Health Care Service Corporation | 2 | $98,500 | 1 |
| Maplebear Inc. | 2 | $120,000 | 1 |
| Sonnick Partners LLC | 2 | $144,500 | — |
| Epcot Technologies Inc | 2 | $86,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Database Administrator, Data Engineer, Senior Database Administrator, Database Engineer, Data Analyst, Infrastructure Consultant 2, Senior Data Engineer, Manager Jc50 - Database Administrators.
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.