Mental Health Counselors
SOC Code: 21-1014.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 1,778 H-1B LCA filings for Mental Health Counselors from 610 employer filers, with a 93.6% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $68,131. The highest-volume worksite state is MA with 408 filings. The highest-volume filer is GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Mental Health Counselors. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 21-1014.00, the extract lists 1,778 Labor Condition Application filings from 610 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 93.6% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Mental Health Counselors ranks #107 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 10% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Mental Health Counselors. The highest-volume employer filer is GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc with 172 filings at an average listed offered wage of $55,288, followed by Sea Mar Community Health Centers, Purdue University, Holocene Acquisition II LLC. Geographically, MA leads with 408 filings (average listed wage $62,717), followed by NY, CA, WA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Mental Health Counselors
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| GANDARA Mental HEALTH CENTER Inc | 172 | $55,288 |
| Sea Mar Community Health Centers | 82 | $69,938 |
| Purdue University | 39 | $72,547 |
| Holocene Acquisition II LLC | 32 | $82,750 |
| Richmond Area Multi-Services, Inc. | 32 | $76,390 |
| The Asian Americans for Community Involvement of Santa Clara County, I | 31 | $89,987 |
| Wayside Youth & Family Support Network, Inc. | 26 | $67,797 |
| OMNI Health Services, Inc. | 25 | $46,250 |
| Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. | 19 | $73,137 |
| Nationwide Children's Hospital | 19 | $65,410 |
| North Suffolk Community Services, Inc. | 19 | $71,751 |
| Mind & Body Garden, A Psychological Corporation | 15 | $62,203 |
| Advocates, Inc. | 14 | $66,389 |
| Justice Resource Institute Inc. | 14 | $59,071 |
| The Devereux Foundation | 12 | $51,502 |
| Behavioral Health Network, Inc. | 11 | $71,015 |
| Bridge River Counseling, PLLC | 11 | $56,902 |
| Yale University | 11 | $85,706 |
| Center for Children, Inc. | 10 | $63,029 |
| CREOKS Mental Health Services, Inc. | 10 | $68,900 |
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