Salaries / Electrical Engineers / Chicago
Electrical Engineers salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 154 certified H-1B applications for electrical engineers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 99 employers.
The middle half of offers were $98,500 to $137,500 a year, with a median of $115,000: 10% below the national median for this job ($127,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (39% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $81,411 at Level I and $99,715 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) | 20% | $81,411 |
| Level II (qualified) | 39% | $99,715 |
| Level III (experienced) | 21% | $118,040 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 19% | $136,344 |
Who sponsors electrical engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commonwealth Edison, An Exelon Company | 9 | $98,500 | 2 |
| Traton R&D US LLC | 6 | $145,000 | — |
| SAI Advanced Power Solutions Inc. | 6 | $98,500 | — |
| Yaskawa America, Inc. | 5 | $98,500 | 1 |
| S&C Electric Company | 4 | $134,500 | 2 |
| Milhouse Engineering & Construction, Inc. | 3 | $165,000 | 3 |
| K&A Engineering Consulting, P.C. | 3 | $80,500 | 1 |
| Black & Veatch Corporation | 3 | $78,500 | 22 |
| HDR Engineering, Inc. | 3 | $130,000 | 3 |
| KCS Corporation | 3 | $98,500 | 1 |
| Quanta Technology LLC | 3 | $119,500 | 5 |
| Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, Inc. | 2 | $132,500 | 45 |
| Genfare LLC | 2 | $127,500 | — |
| ARCO/Murray National Construction Company, LLC | 2 | $118,500 | — |
| Stantec Consulting Services Inc. | 2 | $123,500 | 6 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Electrical Engineer, Silicon Engineering, Senior Electrical Engineer, Controls Engineer, Hardware Systems Engineering, Engineer, Field Service Engineer, Rf Engineer.
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.