Tech salaries in Chicago
39 posted ranges at 14 companies · median $194k · H-1B median $165k (142 filings)
By title
Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median
Solutions Engineer$203kThe technical half of a sale: demos, proofs of concept and integration help.H-1B $165kSoftware Engineer$218kGeneral software engineering: backend, frontend, infrastructure and systems roles without a more specific title.H-1B $170kForward Deployed Engineer$216kAn engineer who ships software inside a customer's environment, part builder and part consultant; Palantir coined it, AI labs made it common.H-1B $173kEngineering Manager$254kManages a team of engineers: hiring, delivery and careers.H-1B $192kSecurity Engineer$173kFinds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.Data Engineer$156kBuilds the pipelines, warehouses and platforms that move and store data.H-1B $151kMachine Learning Engineer$249kTrains, ships and maintains machine learning models in production.H-1B $143kApplied Scientist$242kResearch methods pointed at a product problem; Amazon made the title mainstream.H-1B $166kAnalytics Engineer$184kModels raw data into clean, tested tables (usually with dbt) for analysts and dashboards; named by dbt Labs around 2019.Data Scientist$166kUses statistics and models to answer questions with data; the "sexiest job" of 2012.H-1B $163kAI Engineer$166kA software engineer who builds products on top of models rather than training them.
Posted ranges
Senior Software Engineer II, Decisioning Studio Integrations Team
Software Engineer
Consulting Field Solutions Architect - AI/Analytics - North Central Enterprise
Solutions Engineer
Solutions Engineer, Auth0 (Central - Enterprise Accounts)
Solutions Engineer
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, ML Platform
Machine Learning Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games
Forward Deployed Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services
Forward Deployed Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Healthcare & Life Sciences
Forward Deployed Engineer
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Retail
Forward Deployed Engineer
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Posted median by week
| Week of | Ranges | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2026 | 20 | $215k |
| Oct 5, 2026 | 23 | $215k |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 22 | $215k |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 22 | $215k |
| Oct 26, 2026 | 30 | $203k |
| Nov 2, 2026 | 39 | $194k |
Postings whose location names Chicago or a nearby city; H-1B filings whose worksite is there.