Salaries / Industrial Engineers / Chicago
Industrial 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 244 certified H-1B applications for industrial engineers in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 165 employers.
The middle half of offers were $87,500 to $115,000 a year, with a median of $103,500: 8% below the national median for this job ($112,500).
The most common wage level was Level II (49% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $75,421 at Level I and $91,146 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) | 15% | $75,421 |
| Level II (qualified) | 49% | $91,146 |
| Level III (experienced) | 22% | $106,891 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 13% | $122,616 |
Who sponsors industrial engineers here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vastek Inc | 11 | $89,500 | 37 |
| Flextronics International USA, Inc. | 8 | $109,000 | 10 |
| Intellectt, Inc. | 7 | $108,000 | 92 |
| Ryder System, Inc. | 6 | $113,000 | 6 |
| Abbott Laboratories | 5 | $112,000 | 6 |
| Nidec Mobility America Corporation | 4 | $99,000 | 1 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | 4 | $89,000 | 2 |
| Federal-Mogul Motorparts LLC | 4 | $115,000 | — |
| Lenovo (United States) Inc | 4 | $87,500 | — |
| Astronics Connectivity Systems & Certification Corp. | 4 | $104,500 | — |
| Molex, LLC | 4 | $107,000 | 7 |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 4 | $112,500 | 2 |
| CNH Industrial America LLC | 3 | $122,000 | 3 |
| Nemera Buffalo Grove LLC | 3 | $87,500 | — |
| Fmi Llc | 2 | $87,500 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Manufacturing Engineer, Validation Engineer, Industrial Engineer, Quality Engineer, Process Engineer, Manufacturing Equipment Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Supplier Quality 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.