H-1B sponsorship profile: University of Illinois at Chicago. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, University of Illinois at Chicago filed 322 Labor Condition Applications covering 322 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2025. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 94.4% (304 certified of 322 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 University of Illinois at Chicago’s H-1B petitions range from $42,765 at the low end to $800,000 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $95,028. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Postdoctoral Research Associate (29 petitions at $64,865 avg), followed by Research Assistant Professor and Assistant Professor. 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. University of Illinois at Chicago is headquartered in Chicago, 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 University of Illinois at Chicago ranks. By H-1B petition volume, University of Illinois at Chicago is #605 of 119,880 employers nationally and #25 of 5,284 employers headquartered in IL. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.