Wintrust Financial

H-1B salaries and sponsorship, from 45 certified filings (FY2025–FY2026)

Active H-1B filer · last filed FY2026 Q3
  • Management of Companies and Enterprises
  • Main U.S. filing address: Rosemont, IL
Median base salary$143,000+17% vs. all H-1B employers
Middle 50%$122.2k–$160.1k
Level IV (expert) share48%all employers: 18%
Median prevailing wage$130,707the required minimum for these jobs and places

At a glance

  • Wintrust Financial hires at the expert level. 48% of its filings are Level IV, 2.6 times the share across all H-1B employers (18%).
  • Mostly above the prevailing wage. 93% of filings are above the prevailing wage. Median offer $143,000, median prevailing wage $130,707.

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10th $101.9k25th $122.2kmedian $143k75th $160.1k90th $176.9k

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Percentiles from Wintrust Financial's certified H-1B filings, base salary only. Jobs with at least 10 filings.

What Wintrust Financial hires for

Bar: share of Wintrust Financial's filings. Figure: median base salary. Top 10 jobs account for 98% of filings (11 occupations in total).

Show all 1 jobs
JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$143,00019

Jobs with at least 10 filings at Wintrust Financial.

Pay by level

too fewLevel I
Entry-level · 5% of filings
$106.3kLevel II
Mid-level · 25% of filings
too fewLevel III
Senior · 23% of filings
$160.1kLevel IV
Expert · 48% of filings
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By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 2
Mid-level · Level II $106,262 10
Senior · Level III too few 9
Expert · Level IV $160,050 19

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Where Wintrust Financial files

Median base salary in each metro area. Rent: HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027.

Show all 1 metro areas
Metro areaMedianFilings
Chicago, IL$140,76442

Salary details

Median salary$143,000
Middle 50%$122.2k–$160.1k
vs. all employers+17%comparison median $122,699
Filings45FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $78,568 and $190,008.
PercentileSalary
10th$101,854
25th$122,200
50th (median)$143,000
75th$160,095
90th$176,936

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $135k $160k FY2021: median $123,325 (10 filings) FY2022: median $128,619 (26 filings) FY2023: median $140,000 (19 filings) FY2024: median $143,150 (14 filings) FY2025: median $142,000 (26 filings) FY2026: median $143,200 (19 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 7 filings FY20 FY2021: 10 filings FY21 FY2022: 26 filings FY22 FY2023: 19 filings FY23 FY2024: 14 filings FY24 FY2025: 26 filings FY25 FY2026: 19 filings FY26 26
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–––7
FY2021$123,325$115,286$138,00010
FY2022$128,619$115,000$138,75026
FY2023$140,000$119,093$156,82119
FY2024$143,150$116,250$165,51514
FY2025$142,000$118,623$160,08326
FY2026$143,200$123,983$158,69619

Pay vs. prevailing wage

Median offered salary$143,000
Median prevailing wage$130,707
Median difference+8.9%offered salary vs. prevailing wage, per filing
Filed at exactly the prevailing wage7%

Filing at exactly the prevailing wage does not mean low pay: at senior levels and in high-cost areas the prevailing wage itself is high.

About Wintrust Financial

Wintrust Financial's filings list its industry as Management of Companies and Enterprises (Management of Companies and Enterprises sector, NAICS 5511). Its main U.S. filing address is in Rosemont, IL and its filings in the data run from FY2020 to FY2026 Q3. In the latest two fiscal years, the most filed jobs are Software Engineer, IT Manager and Statistician and the main metro areas are Chicago, IL, Cincinnati, OH and Harrisburg, PA. The most common wage level in those years is Level IV (expert).

Questions

Does Wintrust Financial sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Wintrust Financial filed 45 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications in FY2025–FY2026, the latest two fiscal years. The most recent filing in the data is from FY2026 Q3. A certified LCA is a step before the H-1B petition; it is not a visa approval.

How much does Wintrust Financial pay H-1B workers?

The median base salary on Wintrust Financial's H-1B filings is $143,000; half of filings fall between $122,200 and $160,095. Bonus and stock are not included.