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Rockford, IL

Rockford, IL rolls up 18 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $120,000 median H-1B wage; Healthcare & Social Assistance currently leads the local roster.

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18
Employers
$120,000
Median H-1B wage
383
H-1B filings

Rockford, IL: 18 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 383 LCAs; Healthcare & Social Assistance leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Rockford, IL (IL), PlainEmployers rolls up 18 employers at a $120,000 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 18 employers
  • $120,000 median H-1B
  • 383 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

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

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

$120,000 Top 54% higher than 46% 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%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Rockford, 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

Rockford, IL (18 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, Rockford, IL ranks #612 of 6906 by employer count (about the 91st percentile).

Chicago, IL 1,288 Naperville, IL 138 Schaumburg, IL 101 Aurora, IL 92 Buffalo Grove, IL 54 Peoria, IL 44
Top industries Healthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingProfessional & Technical ServicesEducational Services

What the data says about Rockford, IL

Corpus placement: Rockford, IL ranks #612 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 91st percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Healthcare & Social Assistance leads with 6 of 18 tracked employers (~33%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of University of Illinois Springfield, University of Illinois Chicago, and OSF Multi-Specialty Group (264 filings combined, ~69% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Rockford, IL: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of University of Illinois Springfield, University of Illinois Chicago, and OSF Multi-Specialty Group, together 264 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Rockford, IL, 1 carry WARN Act history (11 notices, about 358 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within IL, Rockford, 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.

WARN layoff activity in Rockford, IL

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 11 WARN notices , naming about 358 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Rockford, IL

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Healthcare & Social Assistance leads Rockford, IL at ~33% of employers, with 3 other sectors still material in the mix.

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

Top employers in Rockford, IL

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Board of Trustees, University of Illinois, on behalf of University of Illinois Springfield140$87,476
2University of Illinois ChicagoEducational Services67$114,022
3OSF Multi-Specialty GroupHealthcare & Social Assistance57$300,000
4Illinois Tool Works Inc.Manufacturing25$109,731
5Beckman Coulter, INC.Manufacturing23$152,049
6Wisk Aero LLCManufacturing17$185,869
7Independent Physicians Resource, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance14$320,000
8Hamilton Sundstrand CorporationManufacturing9$132,257
9Rockford Health PhysiciansHealthcare & Social Assistance9$360,000
10SwedishAmerican HospitalHealthcare & Social Assistance5$290,000
11Cleo Communications US, LLCProfessional & Technical Services3$107,261
12CPO Services, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance3$72,052
13Crusaders Central Clinic AssociationHealthcare & Social Assistance3$232,667
14Bourn & Koch LLCManufacturing2$117,224
15Rockford Public School District 2052$48,682
16Aviation Maintenance Staffing, Inc1$70,637
17Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary Inc.1$112,320
18Larson & Darby, Inc.1$61,610
19Premier Therapy, LLC1$110,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Rockford, IL

Disclaimer: The Rockford, IL overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Rockford, IL from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, 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.