Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers
SOC Code: 21-1023.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 491 H-1B LCA filings for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers from 158 employer filers, with a 95.7% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $66,742. The highest-volume worksite state is NY with 166 filings. The highest-volume filer is C.c.m.s.. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers ranks #221 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 19% 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.
Listed wage band for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers. Offered wages recorded on LCAs range from $34,986 at the floor to $249,600 at the ceiling, with an average of $66,742. These are filed offered-wage attestations, not verified actual compensation or market averages. They should not be used to infer an individual worker’s pay, an approved petition, or a hiring outcome.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers H-1B LCA Filings by State
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About This Data
Labor Condition Application (LCA) filing data is sourced from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) disclosure files. Data covers fiscal years 2023 through 2026. Salary figures reflect amounts listed on LCA filings, not actual compensation paid or USCIS petition outcomes.
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