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Registered Nurses salaries in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 103 certified H-1B applications for registered nurses in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 13 employers.
The middle half of offers were $80,500 to $89,500 a year, with a median of $83,000: 2% above the national median for this job ($81,000).
The most common wage level was Level I (68% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $75,712 at Level I and $86,757 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) | 68% | $75,712 |
| Level II (qualified) | 17% | $86,757 |
| Level III (experienced) | 16% | $97,822 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 0% | $108,867 |
Who sponsors registered nurses here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Humboldt Park Health | 32 | $83,000 | — |
| Resilience Healthcare Chicago Graduate Education Foundation | 19 | $83,000 | — |
| Jackson Park Hospital Foundation | 13 | $79,000 | — |
| Saint Anthony Hospital | 12 | $95,500 | — |
| Insight Chicago, Inc. | 8 | $98,000 | — |
| South Shore Hospital Corporation | 6 | $81,000 | — |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare | 5 | $77,000 | — |
| West Suburban Medical Center | 2 | $83,500 | — |
| Envision Unlimited | 2 | $85,000 | — |
| Endeavor Health | 1 | $94,000 | — |
| Endeavor Health Clinical Operations | 1 | $79,500 | — |
| Global Nursing Recruiters | 1 | $73,000 | — |
| Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | 1 | $77,000 | — |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Registered Nurse, Registered Nurse Iv, Glide Team Registered Nurse 2 Inpatient, Flex Float Registered Nurse, Rn Hospital Float, Clinical Nurse Iii, Float Pool Rn, Perioperative Resource Nurse.
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.