Updated
PERM jobs in North Chicago, IL
- Decisions
- 272
- Approved
- 98.9%
- Median certified wage
- $115,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 29 | 1 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2020 | 21 | 1 | 0 |
| FY2021 | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 39 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2023 | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2025 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2026 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
- AbbVie Inc. 259
- AbbVie US LLC 6
- North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 2
- AbbVie Endocrinology Inc. 2
- ALLERGAN SALES, LLC SUBSIDIARY OF ALLERGAN, INC 2
- AbbVie Bioresearch Center 1
Top occupations
- Statisticians 66
- Chemists 23
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 19
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 12
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 12
- Software Developers, Applications 11
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists 9
- Accountants and Auditors 9
- Marketing Managers 8
- Computer Occupations, All Other 8
Industries
- Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing 208
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 32541) 44
- Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing (NAICS 3254) 14
- Chemical Manufacturing 2
- Computer Systems Design Services 2
- Elementary and Secondary Schools (NAICS 611110) 1
- Elementary and Secondary Schools (NAICS 61111) 1
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 102
- Doctorate 67
- Bachelor's 38
- Other 3
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 179
- L-1 14
- O-1 5
- PAROLEE 3
- F-1 2
- E-3 2
- H-4 1
- J-1 1
- E-2 1
H-1B in North Chicago, IL
1,374 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,320 (96%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
- ABBVIE INC. 260
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 61
- TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 48
- North Chicago Community Unit School District 187 31
- Zifo Technologies Inc. 16
- ABBVIE US LLC 9
- PERSISTENT SYSTEMS, INC. 8
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine & Science 7
- The Fountain Group, LLC 6
- Accenture LLP 5
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 105
- Software Developers 55
- Statisticians 54
- Data Scientists 45
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 38
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 28
- Chemists 27
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 26
- Computer Programmers 18
- Data Warehousing Specialists 13
Where North Chicago, IL sits
- County
- Lake County
- Census places North Chicago city in it
- Metro area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
103.6 is BEA's price level for the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 112.0. A salary here buys about 97% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Statisticians66 PERM decisions
- Chemists23 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts19 PERM decisions
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists12 PERM decisions
- Regulatory Affairs Specialists9 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors9 PERM decisions
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statisticians | $122,180 | $88,358 | $106,184 | $124,010 | $141,835 |
| Chemists | $90,920 | $65,603 | $82,950 | $100,277 | $117,624 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $103,490 | $71,531 | $89,315 | $107,078 | $124,862 |
| Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists | $83,240 | $62,837 | $78,458 | $94,078 | $109,699 |
| Regulatory Affairs Specialists | $82,020 | $57,658 | $74,214 | $90,771 | $107,328 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $82,360 | $62,920 | $77,376 | $91,853 | $106,309 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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