H-1B sponsorship profile: Western Illinois University. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, Western Illinois University filed 41 Labor Condition Applications covering 41 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 97.6% (40 certified of 41 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 Western Illinois University’s H-1B petitions range from $38,004 at the low end to $169,764 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $77,819. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Assistant Professor (10 petitions at $72,420 avg), followed by Instructor and Assistant Professor of Economics. 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. Western Illinois University is headquartered in Macomb, IL under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 2 states, most heavily in IL, OH. 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 Western Illinois University ranks. By H-1B petition volume, Western Illinois University is #5,603 of 119,880 employers nationally and #287 of 5,284 employers headquartered in IL. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.