H-1B Filings
164
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Educational Services IL DOL H-1B OSHA ITA
University of Illinois: H-1B Sponsorship Profile
University of Illinois in IL (Educational Services) is a sponsorship-and-safety profile: 164 H-1B LCAs plus an employer-specific OSHA injury record, with no WARN notices in this corpus.
University of Illinois (IL): · 164 H-1B LCAs at a $75,000 disclosed median · OSHA Grade C (DART 1.10)
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, University of Illinois in IL carries 164 H-1B wage filings on record, a $75,000 median wage across 126 disclosed-wage positions (below the $124,488 national median), a middling C OSHA safety grade and no WARN layoff notices on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 164 H-1B LCAs
- $75,000 median wage
- Grade C OSHA
The record at a glance
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #280 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 9th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 99th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 9th pct
- median wage rank
- 52%
- safer on DART than
- 14%
- cleaner WARN history than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs and this employer's OSHA injury log; no WARN notices are on file here.
F
Federal workforce composite
39/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · University of Illinois
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
164 H-1B LCAs
#280 of 51,370 sponsors · 99th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay F
$75,000 median
9th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety C-
OSHA Grade C · DART 1.10
Safer than 52% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
0 WARN notices
Cleaner WARN history than 14% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- University of Illinois's disclosed H-1B petition count rose from 76 in FY2024 to 88 in FY2025 (+15.8%).
- University of Illinois's filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage fell from $95,717 in FY2024 to $90,775 in FY2025 (-5.2%).
Median H-1B Salary
$75,000
Below national median. Across 126 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade C · DART 1.10
Near industry average. vs 1.14 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
Where University of Illinois's H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$75,000 Top 91% higher than 9% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
University of Illinois's H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (-5.2% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | University of Illinois | DOL OFLC / OSHA |
| Industry | Educational Services | NAICS / DOL |
| State | IL | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 164 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $75,000 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | C | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 1.10 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| Tracks not on file | WARN notices | Empty by design, not estimated |
University of Illinois's values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records on file for this employer in IL (Educational Services). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #280 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 9th percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 52% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | $385,181 |
| Professor | $280,000 |
| Professor/Director of the Master of Public Health Program | $235,059 |
| Assistant Professor | $213,862 |
| Assistant Professor | $187,500 |
| Professor | $170,000 |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | $144,750 |
| Assistant Professor | $141,604 |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | $141,500 |
| Assistant Professor | $140,600 |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | $140,000 |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | $130,382 |
| Professor | $130,000 |
| Visiting Professor | $130,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $127,000 |
| Associate Professor | $122,473 |
| Assistant Professor | $121,250 |
| Management Engineer | $113,027 |
| Assistant Professor | $112,000 |
| Research Scientist | $107,640 |
| Assistant Professor | $104,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $102,500 |
| Assistant Professor | $102,163 |
| Senior Research Scientist | $100,000 |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | $100,000 |
| Construction Project Manager | $98,910 |
| Teaching Assistant Professor | $97,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $96,685 |
| Associate Professor | $95,000 |
| Instructor | $95,000 |
| Research Software Engineer | $93,350 |
| Assistant Professor | $92,876 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $91,000 |
| Postdoctoral Research Associate | $90,230 |
| Research Assistant Professor | $89,194 |
| Assistant Professor | $87,771 |
| Lead Research Software Engineer | $86,000 |
| Lecturer | $86,000 |
| Research Scientist | $85,987 |
| NMR Spectroscopist | $85,280 |
| Research Scientist | $85,280 |
| Assistant Professor | $85,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $85,000 |
| Research and Learning Innovation Coordinator | $85,000 |
| Research Software Engineer | $84,706 |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | $84,000 |
| Assistant Professor | $82,000 |
| Senior Research Data Analyst/SAS Programmer | $80,725 |
| Assistant Professor | $80,637 |
| Assistant Research Scientist | $80,000 |
What the Data Says About University of Illinois
Signature stat: H-1B volume
University of Illinois's most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 164 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 99% of sponsors in this corpus (#280 of 51,370).
Below-median disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs low: $75,000 median trails 91% of wage rows and sits under the $124,488 national median.
No WARN filings
No WARN Act mass-layoff notices are on file for University of Illinois among Educational Services employers we track.
Growing LCA footprint
FY2025 added 12 filings versus FY2024 (15.8%), a sponsorship expansion visible in the raw LCA counts.
Falling disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $95,717 (FY2024) to $90,775 (FY2025) (-5.2%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
Safety near sector average
DART 1.1 tracks close to the 1.1 sector average (Grade C).
OSHA Safety Record
Grade C DART Rate: 1.10 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 1.14)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
University of Illinois's DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Educational Services).
Total reported injuries on file: 1,542.
Where University of Illinois sits
This employer among Educational Services H-1B peers
Across the 200 Educational Services sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, University of Illinois files more petitions than 76% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 39%, the high-volume, below-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (164 filings · $75,000 median here).
Each muted dot is one educational services peer from a filings-stratified sample of 40; the brand marker is University of Illinois. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How University of Illinois compares to Educational Services peers
University of Illinois's nearest H-1B-filing peers in Educational Services (home state IL). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
University of Illinois
164 H-1B filings
University of Michigan
602 H-1B filings
Johns Hopkins University
412 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for University of Illinois, both outside IL so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside IL (164 filings here).
- NATSOFT CORPORATION (NJ) · 164 filings
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (NJ) · 164 filings
- Xilinx, Inc. (CA) · 164 filings
- ATOS SYNTEL INC (MI) · 165 filings
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside IL (DART 1.10 here).
- 4M Building Solutions (FL) · DART 1.10
- Abbott Laboratories (ME) · DART 1.10
- Adapt Health LLC (FL) · DART 1.10
- AMF Automation Technologies, LLC (VA) · DART 1.10
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
What to check before working with University of Illinois
For University of Illinois, read sponsorship pay (164 H-1B LCAs, median $75,000) next to the OSHA safety grade (C).
- H-1B median is $75,000 across 126 disclosed-wage positions (of 164 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade C reflects a DART rate read against the Educational Services average of 1.14 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
University of Illinois's figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- University of Michigan (MI) - 602 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Johns Hopkins University (MD) - 412 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Washington University (MO) - 408 H-1B filings in the same Educational Services roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how University of Illinois's OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like University of Illinois's when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put University of Illinois next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where University of Illinois's #280 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Disclaimer: This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Data is sourced from OSHA and the DOL Wage and Hour Division. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does University of Illinois's H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, University of Illinois's disclosed median of $75,000 sits at the 9th percentile (below the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does University of Illinois's H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
University of Illinois has 164 H-1B filings on record, ranking #280 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 99th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does University of Illinois's OSHA safety grade mean?
University of Illinois carries Grade C from its establishment injury record (1,542 injuries on file; DART 1.10). That DART rate is safer than roughly 52% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Related guides: How OSHA safety grades are calculated · Using H-1B wage filings in salary negotiation
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.