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Cap-exempt employers in Illinois

43 employers in Illinois appear cap-exempt in the register, 6 of them verified by hand and 1 with a connected careers feed. Ground 1 (higher education) dominates with 37; ground 2 (affiliated nonprofit) follows with 6. The largest by FY2026 H-1B approvals are University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (298), Northwestern University (244), The University of Chicago (220).

All 43 employers

By FY2026 H-1B approvals
University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, ILGround 1no feedNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, ILGround 1no feedThe University of ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1Rush University Medical CenterChicago, ILGround 1no feedNorthwestern Memorial HealthcareChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedSouthern Illinois University CarbondaleCarbondale, ILGround 1no feedUniversity of Illinois ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feedIllinois State UniversityNormal, ILGround 1no feedNorthern Illinois UniversityDekalb, ILGround 1no feedUniversity of Chicago Medical CenterChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedDepaul UniversityChicago, ILGround 1no feedIllinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, ILGround 1no feedAnn & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of ChicagoChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedWestern Illinois UniversityMacomb, ILGround 1no feedEastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, ILGround 1no feedLoyola University ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feedMcGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedNortheastern Illinois UniversityChicago, ILGround 1no feedKnox CollegeGalesburg, ILGround 1no feedWheaton CollegeWheaton, ILGround 1no feedDominican UniversityRiver Forest, ILGround 1no feedGovernors State UniversityUniversity Park, ILGround 1no feedMidwestern UniversityDowners Grove, ILGround 1no feedNorthwestern Medical Faculty FoundationChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedLewis UniversityRomeoville, ILGround 1no feedAugustana CollegeRock Island, ILGround 1no feedBradley UniversityPeoria, ILGround 1no feedColumbia College ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feedIllinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, ILGround 1no feedJohn Wood Community CollegeQuincy, ILGround 1no feedNational Louis UniversityChicago, ILGround 1no feedNorth Central CollegeNaperville, ILGround 1no feedNorth Park UniversityChicago, ILGround 1no feedThe Monmouth CollegeMonmouth, ILGround 1no feedThe School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feedErikson InstituteChicago, ILGround 1no feedIllinois CollegeJacksonville, ILGround 1no feedMillikin UniversityDecatur, ILGround 1no feedNorthwestern Medical Faculty Foundation d/b/a Northwestern Medical GrChicago, ILGround 2Verifiedno feedSaint Xavier UniversityChicago, ILGround 1no feedSouthern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, ILGround 1no feedThe Moody Bible Institute of ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feedToyota Technological Institute at ChicagoChicago, ILGround 1no feed

Openings in Illinois

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All openings in Illinois in the jobs search. A posting counts for Illinois when its location text names the state, or, failing that, when its employer is based there.

What employers in Illinois hire on H-1B

DOL FY2025 certified LCAs
Occupation (SOC)LCAsMedian wageEmployers
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists165$68,9645
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary60$122,5006
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary58$95,50015
Chemists52$63,2142
Business Teachers, Postsecondary46$125,45313
Physicians, All Other46$87,1184
Biochemists and Biophysicists39$69,5442
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary38$85,0005

Totals add up each employer’s five most-certified occupations in DOL FY2025 Labor Condition Applications, so they understate the state’s full hiring. Median wage is the median of those employers’ median offered wages; it is an approximation, not a state-wide median.