Salaries / Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists / Chicago
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 143 certified H-1B applications for medical scientists, except epidemiologists in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 13 employers.
The middle half of offers were $64,500 to $80,500 a year, with a median of $69,000: 9% below the national median for this job ($76,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (74% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $62,837 at Level I and $78,458 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) | 74% | $62,837 |
| Level II (qualified) | 14% | $78,458 |
| Level III (experienced) | 4% | $94,078 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 8% | $109,699 |
Who sponsors medical scientists, except epidemiologists here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwestern University | 54 | $68,000 | — |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 26 | $64,500 | 1 |
| The University of Chicago | 25 | $80,500 | — |
| AbbVie Inc. | 15 | $145,000 | — |
| Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago | 6 | $64,000 | — |
| Rush University Medical Center | 5 | $72,500 | — |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | 4 | $64,000 | — |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare | 2 | $64,000 | — |
| Eli Lilly and Company | 2 | $295,000 | 1 |
| Lurie Children's Medical Group, Inc. | 1 | $77,000 | — |
| Boston Scientific Corporation | 1 | $151,000 | — |
| Premier Life Sciences | 1 | $93,500 | — |
| Grove Biopharma, Inc. | 1 | $98,000 | — |
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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.