Uchicago Argonne — 924 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 100
- Filings · FY2025
- $90k
- Median base · FY2025
- Postdoctoral Appointee
- Top role · 260 all-time
- IL
- Top state · 919 all-time
Uchicago Argonne filed 100 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 18% from the year before), with a median base salary of $90k and the middle 50% of offers between $71k and $90k. Across all years it has 924 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Postdoctoral Appointee in Illinois.
How much does Uchicago Argonne pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $90k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Uchicago Argonne's H-1B hiring changed by year?
88 certified filings in FY2016 → 61 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 61 | −39% | $94k |
| FY2025 | 100 | +18% | $90k |
| FY2024 | 85 | −6% | $84k |
| FY2023 | 90 | +8% | $82k |
| FY2022 | 83 | −2% | $80k |
| FY2021 | 85 | −11% | $83k |
| FY2020 | 96 | −9% | $98k |
| FY2019 | 105 | +69% | $93k |
| FY2018 | 62 | −10% | $90k |
| FY2017 | 69 | −22% | $70k |
| FY2016 | 88 | — | $78k |
Which wage levels does Uchicago Argonne file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 35% of Uchicago Argonne's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 818 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I31.2%255
- Level II33.5%274
- Level III30.0%245
- Level IV5.4%44
What jobs does Uchicago Argonne sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Uchicago Argonne's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Appointee | 260 | $70k |
| Nuclear Engineer | 51 | $94k |
| Assistant Physicist | 47 | $85k |
| Assistant Computer Scientist | 33 | $96k |
| Assistant Computational Scientist | 31 | $93k |
| Assistant Scientist | 22 | $90k |
| Energy Systems Analyst | 19 | $90k |
| Assistant Chemist | 17 | $85k |
| Physicist | 16 | $102k |
| Materials Scientist | 16 | $105k |
Where does Uchicago Argonne hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| IL | 919 | $84k |
| VA | 2 | $56k |
| AZ | 1 | $108k |
| NY | 1 | $115k |
| MI | 1 | $84k |
What has Uchicago Argonne filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 924 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Uchicago Argonne's H-1B filings
- How much does Uchicago Argonne pay H-1B workers?
- Uchicago Argonne's median certified H-1B base salary is $90k (FY2025), from 100 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Uchicago Argonne sponsor?
- Uchicago Argonne has 924 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Uchicago Argonne sponsor for H-1B?
- Uchicago Argonne's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Postdoctoral Appointee, Nuclear Engineer, Assistant Physicist, Assistant Computer Scientist.
- Where does Uchicago Argonne hire H-1B workers?
- Uchicago Argonne's top H-1B worksite states are IL, VA, AZ, NY.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →