Skidmore, Owings & Merrill salaries in Chicago, IL

Based on 18 certified H-1B filings by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill Llp in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$71,692
Middle 50%$64.2k–$79.1k
vs. all employers here−34%comparison median $108,780
Filings18FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $59,634 and $97,039.
PercentileSalary
10th$59,634
25th$64,223
50th (median)$71,692
75th$79,121
90th$86,150

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $65k $80k FY2020: median $64,189 (19 filings) FY2021: median $61,500 (22 filings) FY2022: median $56,950 (17 filings) FY2023: median $74,381 (13 filings) FY2024: median $65,813 (12 filings) FY2025: median $64,890 (10 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 19 filings FY20 FY2021: 22 filings FY21 FY2022: 17 filings FY22 FY2023: 13 filings FY23 FY2024: 12 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 8 filings FY26 22
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 yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$64,189$59,000$72,82719
FY2021$61,500$60,000$68,79722
FY2022$56,950$56,930$71,50017
FY2023$74,381$65,000$93,42013
FY2024$65,813$61,006$72,77812
FY2025$64,890$60,726$76,48210
FY2026–––8

By job

JobMedian hereFilings
Architect$71,38517

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $64,445 10
Mid-level · Level II too few 6
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.