Northwestern University
Northwestern University made 279 filings covering 279 positions in this release. Across them it committed to pay at least a median of $79,019 a year. 278 of those 279 state a minimum and no maximum, which is what an employer is required to file — it is the floor it is bound to, not a salary offered.
Green-card sponsorship
Northwestern University filed 11 permanent labour certifications between 2025-11-20 and 2026-05-31, of which 11 were certified. That is the step an employment-based green card starts with, so this employer does sponsor them.
What it filed, by role and place
| Occupation | Where | Level | Wage year | Filings | Positions | Median | Prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 53 | 53 | $68,182 | $63,960 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 24 | 24 | $67,933 | $59,467 |
| Materials Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 14 | 14 | $61,254 | $51,750 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 12 | 12 | $65,691 | $58,926 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 10 | 10 | $82,782 | $64,938 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $65,520 | $65,520 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $135,650 | $49,030 |
| Materials Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $83,366 | $83,366 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $72,761 | $70,054 |
| Biological Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $45,163 | $29,931 |
| Biological Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $66,747 | $38,147 |
| Statisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $79,310 | $58,157 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $81,675 | $54,040 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $61,428 | $54,517 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $234,000 | $43,780 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $61,008 | $60,965 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $77,126 | $77,126 |
| Physics Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $87,800 | $59,060 |
| Astronomers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $78,500 | $63,565 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $81,917 | $64,501 |
| Bioinformatics Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $53,261 | $53,227 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $79,019 | $79,019 |
| Communications Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $130,080 | $51,340 |
| Computer Programmers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $92,700 | $70,595 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $95,746 | $78,042 |
| Economists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $70,000 | $64,854 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $113,132 | $59,051 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $86,500 | $47,340 |
| Mechanical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $63,295 | $57,117 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $137,844 | $80,392 |
| Operations Research Analysts | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $67,940 | $59,488 |
| Photonics Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $71,511 | $71,365 |
| Postsecondary Teachers, All Other | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $103,000 | $31,910 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $81,465 | $62,733 |
| Software Developers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $93,204 | $63,211 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $69,930 | $69,930 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $68,000 | $51,792 |
| Chemical Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $61,428 | $58,261 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $88,750 | $57,690 |
| Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $115,000 | $78,220 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $114,462 | $114,462 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $100,400 | $52,957 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $91,146 | $91,146 |
| Data Scientists | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $91,146 | $90,272 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $266,438 | $73,540 |
| Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $113,500 | $72,337 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $150,689 | $93,020 |
| Law Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $216,000 | $44,270 |
| Materials Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $79,914 | $78,478 |
| Mathematicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,000 | $29,931 |
| Mathematicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,000 | $45,864 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $72,099 | $60,133 |
| Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $102,086 | $102,086 |
| Microbiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $75,000 | $74,048 |
| Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $50,840 |
| Search Marketing Strategists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $59,301 |
| Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $122,500 | $56,200 |
| Software Developers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $113,000 | $83,325 |
| Statisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $76,000 | $72,322 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 3 | 3 | $75,000 | $56,368 |
| Astronomers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $70,967 | $63,232 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $140,000 | $50,149 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $76,500 | $51,646 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $162,235 | $108,853 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $163,475 | $137,057 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | $52,130 |
| Materials Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $89,898 | $89,898 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $239,000 | $45,930 |
| Mechanical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $65,582 | $53,206 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $110,000 | $69,888 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $63,000 | $48,630 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $140,000 | $58,510 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $75,000 | $47,258 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2023-24 | 4 | 4 | $76,918 | $64,230 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $66,725 | $47,507 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $62,546 | $62,546 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $60,715 | $59,322 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 | $57,325 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $77,000 | $53,893 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $63,000 | $48,464 |
| Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $133,000 | $60,770 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $56,484 | $53,206 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $63,000 | $57,949 |
| Speech-Language Pathologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $62,400 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 5 | 5 | $59,592 | $48,381 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 2 | 2 | $59,862 | $59,717 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 2 | 2 | $59,883 | $59,883 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $78,000 | $66,893 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $248,111 | $53,050 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $72,000 | $53,140 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $73,000 | $49,730 |
| Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $102,000 | $51,880 |
A wage is shown against the prevailing wage for the library year the filing itself cites, not the year current today — measured against the wrong year, a correctly-filed wage reads as underpaid.
Where these workers are placed
Filings that name a secondary entity — a client site the worker works at rather than the employer's own premises.
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Tell me when this employer files again
One email when Northwestern University appears in a new quarterly release, or files a permanent labour certification — which is the signal that it sponsors green cards.
Source: Office of Foreign Labor Certification disclosure data, US Department of Labor (public domain), and the OFLC prevailing wage library. Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.