H-1B sponsorship profile: Northern Illinois University. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Northern Illinois University filed 89 Labor Condition Applications covering 89 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 96.6% (86 certified of 89 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on Northern Illinois University’s H-1B petitions range from $40,000 at the low end to $239,616 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $83,212. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Assistant Professor (31 petitions at $94,322 avg), followed by IT Technical Associate and Instructor. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. Northern Illinois University is headquartered in DeKalb, IL under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 1 state, most heavily in IL. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where Northern Illinois University ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Northern Illinois University is #2,567 of 119,880 employers nationally and #131 of 5,284 employers headquartered in IL. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.