Web Developer salary in Chicago, IL

Based on 32 certified H-1B filings in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Naperville, Elgin, Aurora, Dekalb, Lisle.

Also listed as: Front End Developer, Developer User Interface

Median salary$83,232
Middle 50%$73.3k–$109k
vs. national median−2%comparison median $85,000
Filings32FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $65,374 and $145,584.
PercentileSalary
10th$65,374
25th$73,252
50th (median)$83,232
75th$109,028
90th$115,877

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2020: median $60,882 (144 filings) FY2021: median $64,605 (77 filings) FY2022: median $64,106 (130 filings) FY2023: median $76,565 (34 filings) FY2024: median $87,000 (13 filings) FY2025: median $84,000 (10 filings) FY2026: median $83,232 (22 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 144 filings FY20 FY2021: 77 filings FY21 FY2022: 130 filings FY22 FY2023: 34 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 10 filings FY25 FY2026: 22 filings FY26 144
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$60,882$60,882$64,605144
FY2021$64,605$64,605$64,60577
FY2022$64,106$64,106$64,700130
FY2023$76,565$76,565$76,56534
FY2024$87,000$73,798$87,40213
FY2025$84,000$75,878$106,18710
FY2026$83,232$65,374$113,97022

Cost of living

Chicago's median Web Developer salary of $83,232 is worth about $80,300 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Chicago = 103.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Web Developers in the Chicago, IL area earned a median of $96,870 in May 2025 (2,790 employed). The H-1B median here is $83,232, 14% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Augmented Reality Technologiestoo few4
Machine Intelligencetoo few4
Cybage Softwaretoo few3
HCLTechtoo few2
Sagepath Replytoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I too few 7
Mid-level · Level II $82,202 11
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV too few 2

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Mid-level · Level II$75,878$82,20211

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.