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Application Engineer salary in Illinois

A real-employer view of Application Engineer pay, clustered from DOL OFLC certified filings. Variants like Senior, Lead, and II/III titles fold into this cluster — the wage range below reflects all of them.

Adrian Serafin, founder and editor of RateOrchardBy Adrian SerafinFounderUpdated May 4, 2026
Real disclosed salaries

Application Engineer in Illinois: actual employer-disclosed pay

Public records from 17 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor. Median offered wage: $93,000. Every figure below is an actual offered salary an employer attested to under federal law.

By DOL wage level

DOL classifies every offer into one of four wage levels based on the role's experience and skill requirements.

LevelFilingsMedian offer
Level I — entry1$70,000
Level II — qualified15$93,000

Top employers filing for this role

Companies with the most certified filings for Application Engineer in Illinois. Median offer is across all of that employer's filings.

EmployerMost-filed titleFilingsMedian
Bitwise Inc.Application Engineer16$94,000
REMOTE TIGER, INC.Application Engineer1$70,000

Recent sample filings

A snapshot of recent certified offers. Each line is a real, public, verifiable record.

  • Sr. Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $109,200
    SchaumburgDecided Dec 11, 2025I-200-25339-459814
  • Application Engineer at REMOTE TIGER, INC.
    $70,000
    ChicagoWage Level IDecided Jun 3, 2025I-200-25147-021381
  • Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $87,000
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided Jun 17, 2025I-200-25161-072388
  • Sr. Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $90,210
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided May 20, 2025I-200-25133-968293
  • Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $90,210
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided May 20, 2025I-200-25133-968246
  • Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $90,210
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided May 20, 2025I-200-25133-968198
  • Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $100,000
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided May 7, 2025I-200-25120-922341
  • Application Engineer at Bitwise Inc.
    $92,500
    SchaumburgWage Level IIDecided May 6, 2025I-200-25120-919500

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Disclosed wages reflect what employers attested to pay; actual paid wages may differ. Only certified filings are shown — denied and withdrawn cases are excluded.