Salaries / Operations Research Analysts / Chicago
Operations Research Analysts salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 327 certified H-1B applications for operations research analysts in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 141 employers.
The middle half of offers were $90,000 to $160,000 a year, with a median of $115,500: 4% below the national median for this job ($120,000).
The most common wage level was Level II (42% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $66,893 at Level I and $83,221 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) | 18% | $66,893 |
| Level II (qualified) | 42% | $83,221 |
| Level III (experienced) | 18% | $99,549 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 21% | $115,877 |
Who sponsors operations research analysts here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC | 34 | $190,000 | 9 |
| Tiger Analytics, Inc. | 21 | $170,000 | — |
| Medline Industries, LP. | 17 | $116,000 | — |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 13 | $226,500 | — |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 12 | $87,000 | — |
| ZS Associates, Inc. | 11 | $160,000 | 6 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | 11 | $124,500 | 21 |
| Health Care Service Corporation | 10 | $95,500 | — |
| AbbVie Inc. | 5 | $142,000 | — |
| Capital One, National Association | 4 | $95,500 | 17 |
| CRA International, Inc. | 4 | $101,000 | 1 |
| Deloitte Tax LLP | 4 | $83,000 | — |
| Interactive Brokers LLC | 4 | $124,500 | 1 |
| Newton Consulting Inc. | 3 | $72,500 | — |
| University of Illinois Chicago | 3 | $119,000 | 1 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Operations Research Analyst, Senior Associate, Manager, Senior Consultant, Associate, Quantitative Researcher, Business Analyst, Data Analyst.
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.