Northwestern University salaries in Chicago, IL

Based on 407 certified H-1B filings by Northwestern University in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$72,000

Middle 50%$65k–$89.4k

vs. all employers here−34%comparison median $108,780

Filings407FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

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Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $45,272 and $276,480.

Median salary

Filings per year

Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.

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Fiscal year	Median	P25	P75	Filings
FY2020	$60,094	$53,000	$74,866	168
FY2021	$64,500	$56,048	$80,000	187
FY2022	$66,539	$56,950	$80,000	241
FY2023	$65,520	$59,883	$80,565	209
FY2024	$70,000	$62,546	$91,654	245
FY2025	$72,760	$64,834	$90,230	233
FY2026	$71,199	$65,520	$84,687	174

Job	Median here	Filings
Medical Scientist	$68,964	110
Molecular and Cellular Biologist	$72,000	43
Biochemist	$72,000	37
Chemist	$65,520	24
Materials Scientist	$65,582	18
Data Scientist	$82,782	16
Statistician	$80,000	13
Biological Technician	$48,256	11
Business Professor	too few	9
Foreign Language Professor	too few	9
Biomedical Engineer	too few	8
Engineering Professor	too few	8
Physicist	too few	7
Mathematics Professor	too few	6
Mechanical Engineer	too few	5

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Job	Median here	Filings
Research Manager (Natural Sciences)	too few	4
Software Engineer	too few	4
Astronomer	too few	4
Computer Science Professor	too few	4
Economics Professor	too few	4
Postsecondary Teacher	too few	4
Market Research Analyst	too few	3
Research Scientist (Computer Science)	too few	3
Bioinformatics Technician	too few	3
Validation Engineer	too few	3

Jobs with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings; links go to all employers for that job in Chicago, IL.

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.