The University of Chicago
The University of Chicago made 248 filings covering 248 positions in this release. Across them it committed to pay at least a median of $82,000 a year. 179 of those 248 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
The University of Chicago filed 16 permanent labour certifications between 2025-12-08 and 2026-06-17, of which 16 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 II | 2025-26 | 10 | 10 | $80,392 | $80,392 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 10 | 10 | $67,824 | $58,926 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 8 | 8 | $66,500 | $59,467 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 8 | 8 | $67,843 | $63,960 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 7 | 7 | $66,000 | $65,520 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 6 | 6 | $280,000 | $43,780 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 5 | 5 | $77,672 | $64,938 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $160,000 | $93,020 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $252,041 | $162,540 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 4 | 4 | $92,150 | $47,340 |
| Astronomers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $84,048 | $83,491 |
| Biological Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $53,000 | $38,147 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $87,000 | $78,042 |
| Economics Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $230,000 | $99,110 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $75,000 | $65,624 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $175,000 | $127,780 |
| Materials Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $64,000 | $56,867 |
| Materials Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $84,891 | $78,478 |
| Microbiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $84,594 | $84,594 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $110,000 | $64,501 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $82,000 | $75,629 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $80,000 | $77,126 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 3 | 3 | $114,814 | $99,362 |
| Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $94,002 | $59,370 |
| Astronomers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $83,499 | $63,565 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $85,793 | $64,688 |
| Biological Technicians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $62,490 | $46,342 |
| Clinical Data Managers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $119,922 | $104,250 |
| Curators | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $152,500 | $80,205 |
| Economists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $84,641 | $84,282 |
| Landscape Architects | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $82,245 | $78,645 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $62,497 | $62,497 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $73,000 | $70,054 |
| Radiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $318,798 | $210,870 |
| Social and Community Service Managers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $77,210 | $77,168 |
| Software Developers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $118,604 | $105,321 |
| Software Developers, Non R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $120,529 | $88,525 |
| Software Developers, R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 2 | 2 | $131,519 | $93,371 |
| Animal Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $55,000 | $48,506 |
| Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $95,004 | $53,710 |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $152,388 | $123,115 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,252 | $54,517 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $87,569 | $82,867 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $145,000 | $47,670 |
| Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $138,000 | $67,847 |
| Biostatisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $63,450 | $58,157 |
| Biostatisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $101,704 | $72,322 |
| Biostatisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $140,000 | $100,672 |
| Budget Analysts | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $80,000 | $78,853 |
| Business Intelligence Analysts | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $115,453 | $83,595 |
| Business Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $220,000 | $73,063 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $67,000 | $51,792 |
| Clinical Research Coordinators | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $80,028 | $79,539 |
| Computer and Information Research Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $161,258 | $117,894 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | Youngstown-Warren, OH | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $145,656 | $95,139 |
| Data Scientists | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $104,000 | $97,510 |
| Database Administrators | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $118,450 | $112,840 |
| Database Architects | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $125,639 | $110,282 |
| Economists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $156,000 | $103,709 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $85,883 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $192,000 | $126,381 |
| Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $65,640 | $62,962 |
| Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $87,418 | $58,406 |
| Hospitalists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $250,000 | $80,746 |
| Materials Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $63,120 | $51,750 |
| Microbiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $62,232 | $52,978 |
| Microbiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $74,048 | $74,048 |
| Network and Computer Systems Administrators | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $80,000 | $75,525 |
| Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $83,000 | $60,237 |
| Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $60,000 | $50,840 |
| Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $94,000 | $65,007 |
| Physicians, Pathologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $199,992 | $126,818 |
| Project Management Specialists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $130,000 | $95,784 |
| Rehabilitation Counselors | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $94,827 | $53,061 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $48,627 | $30,077 |
| Social Science Research Assistants | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $60,000 | $40,955 |
| Software Developers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $100,000 | $88,525 |
| Software Developers, Non R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $129,780 | $117,270 |
| Software Developers, Non R&D | Madison, WI | Level IV | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $117,270 | $117,083 |
| Software Developers, R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $90,000 | $73,258 |
| Software Developers, R&D | Pittsburgh, PA | Level III | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $110,592 | $94,973 |
| Web and Digital Interface Designers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2025-26 | 1 | 1 | $66,629 | $62,317 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 4 | 4 | $71,000 | $48,630 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 3 | 3 | $75,000 | $56,368 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $66,766 | $56,659 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 2 | 2 | $59,309 | $40,082 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $65,000 | $60,528 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $77,000 | $58,510 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $61,428 | $52,957 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $67,000 | $45,864 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $69,000 | $51,646 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $82,872 | $70,325 |
| Computer Programmers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $76,700 | $76,690 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $80,000 | $74,651 |
| Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $63,243 | $63,243 |
| Physicians, Pathologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $237,500 | $189,696 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2024-25 | 1 | 1 | $68,964 | $47,258 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 5 | 5 | $70,000 | $57,949 |
| Data Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $63,000 | $56,160 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $76,491 | $67,995 |
| Natural Sciences Managers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 3 | 3 | $65,000 | $58,885 |
| Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 2 | 2 | $63,440 | $53,893 |
| Anesthesiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $357,075 | $73,882 |
| Bioinformatics Scientists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $96,255 | $71,677 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $56,880 | $51,771 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | $58,198 |
| Education Administrators, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $110,760 | $110,760 |
| Electrical Engineers, R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $58,000 | $45,947 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $65,000 | $59,322 |
| Microbiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $61,572 | $47,133 |
| Molecular and Cellular Biologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $57,000 | $44,262 |
| Physicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $85,000 | $79,893 |
| Software Developers, R&D | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level IV | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $174,304 | $91,187 |
| Statisticians | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2023-24 | 1 | 1 | $76,000 | $62,150 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 2 | 2 | $76,000 | $59,717 |
| Chemical Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 2 | 2 | $57,245 | $51,584 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 2 | 2 | $59,301 | $48,381 |
| Materials Engineers | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $57,852 | $53,435 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2022-23 | 1 | 1 | $71,050 | $60,445 |
| Chemists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level I | 2021-22 | 1 | 1 | $53,498 | $53,498 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level II | 2021-22 | 1 | 1 | $67,504 | $67,246 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level III | 2021-22 | 1 | 1 | $79,123 | $79,123 |
| Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 2 | 2 | $79,483 | $77,321 |
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $86,700 | $86,700 |
| Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $133,000 | $84,182 |
| English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $78,740 | $73,117 |
| Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $86,700 | $86,700 |
| Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $82,000 | $82,000 |
| Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | Level not stated | — | 1 | 1 | $82,000 | $82,000 |
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 The University of Chicago 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.