H-1B sponsorILFEIN 36-0902380Updated Jul 2026

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.. Filed 159 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2025 from worksites with a IL headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2025

Certified

98.0%

unconditional · FY2025

Withdrawn

2.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2025

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2025

Summary

Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. is a major financial derivatives and futures exchange based in Illinois. The company is an active H-1B sponsor, having filed 159 labor condition applications since 2010, with a strong 93.08% overall certification rate and no denials.

In FY2025, CME filed 51 H-1B applications with a 98% certification rate. The company's sponsorship activity has grown significantly in recent years, particularly since 2018. Software development roles dominate CME's H-1B hiring: Software Developers account for 61 filings (38% of total), followed by Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers with 32 filings. Financial specialists—including Financial Risk Specialists (13 filings) and other financial occupations (7 filings)—form the second major hiring cluster, reflecting the company's core business in financial technology and risk management.

With a 1.89% withdrawal rate and zero denials across all years, CME demonstrates consistent compliance and successful LCA certification outcomes. The employer maintains a highly technical workforce profile aligned with its fintech operations.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	93.1%
Cert-withdrawn	5.0%
Withdrawn	1.9%

Certified93.1%

Cert-withdrawn5.0%

Withdrawn1.9%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	61
2	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	32
3	13-2054	Financial Risk Specialists	13
4	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	11
5	13-2099	Financial Specialists, All Other	7
6	15-2051	Data Scientists	6
7	13-2031	Budget Analysts	5
8	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	5
9	15-1212	Information Security Analysts	4
10	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	2

Software Developers

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Financial Risk Specialists

Computer Occupations, All Other

Financial Specialists, All Other

Data Scientists

Budget Analysts

Operations Research Analysts

Information Security Analysts

Computer and Information Systems Managers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	3
FY2011	3
FY2017	9
FY2018	32
FY2019	1
FY2023	10
FY2024	50
FY2025	51

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