H-1B demand profile: Sociologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 19-3041, employers filed 4 Labor Condition Applications for Sociologists positions across 1 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 100% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Sociologists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Sociologists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $55,432 at the floor to $103,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $69,358. These figures reflect what employers commit to pay sponsored workers, not market averages, each offer must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage (Level I through IV) for the worksite, so the distribution tracks wage-level geography, years of experience, and regional cost of labor more than it does any single employer’s pay philosophy.

Where and who sponsors Sociologists. The top sponsor is University of Michigan with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $69,358. Geographically, MI leads with 4 filings (avg $69,358). Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Sociologists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.