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Decatur, IL

Decatur, IL spreads H-1B hiring across 6+ sectors (17 employers, $101,462 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.

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17
Employers
$101,462
Median H-1B wage
553
H-1B filings

Decatur, IL: 17 tracked employers at a $101,462 median H-1B wage across 553 LCAs; Manufacturing leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Decatur, IL (IL), PlainEmployers rolls up 17 employers at a $101,462 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 17 employers
  • $101,462 median H-1B
  • 553 H-1B LCAs

Where Decatur, IL's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$101,462 Top 70% higher than 30% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Decatur, IL $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. 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

Metro Labor Presence

Decatur, IL (17 employers) sits beside Chicago, IL, Naperville, IL, Schaumburg, IL in IL's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Decatur, IL ranks #653 of 6906 by employer count (about the 90th percentile).

Chicago, IL 1,288 Naperville, IL 138 Schaumburg, IL 101 Aurora, IL 92 Buffalo Grove, IL 54 Peoria, IL 44

What the data says about Decatur, IL

Corpus placement: Decatur, IL ranks #653 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 90th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Manufacturing leads with 4 of 17 tracked employers (~24%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Emory University, Archer Daniels Midland Company, and Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc. (425 filings combined, ~77% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Decatur, IL: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.

Decatur, IL reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Manufacturing) is only ~24% of tracked employers across 6 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.

Within IL, Decatur, IL is smaller than peers such as Chicago, IL (1,288 employers); Naperville, IL (138 employers); Schaumburg, IL (101 employers); use those pages when you need a denser local sponsor list.

Employer mix in Decatur, IL

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Decatur, IL has no runaway sector: Manufacturing leads at only ~24% across 6 named industries.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Decatur, IL

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Emory UniversityEducational Services311$75,599
2Archer Daniels Midland CompanyManufacturing85$140,000
3Acuity Brands Lighting, Inc.Manufacturing29$85,030
4Onward Technologies, INCProfessional & Technical Services28$90,106
5Bruce W. Carter Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center20$84,383
6O'Grady Peyton InternationalAdministrative & Waste Services20$66,174
7Southern Illinois University School of MedicineEducational Services11$150,000
8Piorion Solutions,INCProfessional & Technical Services9$106,991
9Rising Pharma Holdings Inc.Manufacturing9$178,226
10Decatur Memorial HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance8$444,440
11Revereit LLC.7$124,800
12Mueller Co. LLCManufacturing3$130,247
13HSHS Medical Group, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance3$265,000
14Memorial Health System3$320,226
15Millikin University2$54,222
16CEP America-Illinois Hospitalists, LLPHealthcare & Social Assistance1$393,245
17Green Valley Manufacturing of Illinois, Inc.Wholesale Trade1-
18Dsm-H LLC1$95,680
19Cancer Care Specialists of Central Illinois, S.C.1$500,000
20voestalpine Railway Systems Nortrak LLCWholesale Trade1$76,000

PlainEmployers renders Decatur, IL 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.