H-1B demand profile: Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 21-1011-00, employers filed 136 Labor Condition Applications for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors positions across 70 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 88.2% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors. Offered wages on LCAs range from $35,100 at the floor to $115,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $60,403. 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 Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors. The top sponsor is The Devereux Foundation with 9 petitions at an average offered wage of $69,721, followed by Grace William Health Systems Inc, Hamilton-Madison House, Greater Philadelphia Health Action Inc. Geographically, NY leads with 24 filings (avg $61,095), followed by CA, MA, PA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.