Visa Wage Index

Solar Energy Systems Engineers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN

Employers filed 52 applications covering 52 positions for this role here, at a median of $96,900 a year. 33 of those state a minimum and no maximum — a Labor Condition Application commits an employer to a floor, not to a salary.

What the government requires here

The prevailing wage for Solar Energy Systems Engineers in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, wage year 2025-26 — the four levels an employer must meet depending on the experience the role demands.

LevelWho it is forA year
Level IEntry: a role needing basic understanding and close supervision$74,838
Level IIQualified: some experience, moderate supervision$95,410
Level IIIExperienced: sound understanding, limited supervision$115,981
Level IVFully competent: judgement, may supervise others$136,552

Who filed, and at what

EmployerLevelFilingsPositionsMedian
Trajectory Energy Holdings, LLC Level III 33 $120,750
Dober Chemical Corp. Level I 22 $105,000
Formic Technologies, Inc. Level IV 22 $152,500
Gamma Technologies LLC Level II 22 $95,410
Lightspeed Build Technologies, LLC Level I 22 $80,000
Northwestern University Level I 22 $71,511
Sims Recycling Solutions, Inc. Level III 22 $116,000
Amount, Inc. Level I 11 $110,000
BAUMANN CONSULTING, INC. Level III 11 $125,000
Brightsharks Engineering Services LLC Level I 11 $75,000
Constellation Wind LLC Level IV 11 $136,552
Corvus Robotics Inc. Level II 11 $95,410
Cyclone Group, P.C. Level I 11 $115,981
DIVERSIFIED AUTOMATION, INC. Level I 11 $84,460
DLR Group, Inc. Level I 11 $74,838
Elara Energy Services, Inc. Level III 11 $125,000
Energativ Solutions LLC Level II 11 $95,410
Energy Sciences Resource Partners, LLC Level I 11 $74,838
GREEN STREET POWER PARTNERS, LLC Level IV 11 $143,083
ICF Resources, LLC Level I 11 $96,900
Interlake Mecalux Inc. Level I 11 $75,000
Invenergy LLC Level II 11 $126,200
Matrix Design LLC Level II 11 $110,000
May Mobility, Inc. Level IV 11 $165,000
Mech-Mind Ltd. Level I 11 $90,000
National Retrofitting Group, LLC Level II 11 $96,000
Nest Builders, Inc. Level I 11 $80,000
Peopleworks IL, LLC Level I 11 $74,838
Ramboll Americas Engineering Solutions, Inc. Level II 11 $95,410
Rapyuta Robotics, Inc. Level I 11 $83,000
Resource Innovations Inc. Level II 11 $95,410
RTM Engineering Consultants, LLC Level II 11 $95,410
RWE Clean Energy Services, LLC Level IV 11 $157,464
SELECT MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES LLC Level I 11 $87,338
SOLUTIONS INC Level I 11 $119,000
Tesla, Inc. Level I 11 $109,800
Tesla, Inc. Level III 11 $130,800
Third Wave Automation, Inc. Level II 11 $122,500
Third Wave Automation, Inc. Level III 11 $122,500
VEQTOR LLC Level II 11 $95,410
Windfree, Wind Solar Energy Design Co Level III 11 $115,981
WM International Engineering LLC Level I 11 $75,000
UChicago Argonne LLC Level III 11 $78,520
Tetra Pak Processing Equipment Inc. not stated 11 $115,510

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Source: OFLC disclosure data and prevailing wage library, US Department of Labor (public domain). Figures are what employers filed, not what they paid.