H-1B demand profile: Optometrists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1041, employers filed 11 Labor Condition Applications for Optometrists positions across 9 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 90.9% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Optometrists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Optometrists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $64,896 at the floor to $155,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $104,466. 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 Optometrists. The top sponsor is Cypress Ophthalmology Group, Inc with 2 petitions at an average offered wage of $101,275, followed by National Vision, Inc, Crystal Clear Eye Associates of Florida, PA, Doctors Exchange of Indiana PC. Geographically, FL leads with 3 filings (avg $95,090), followed by NY, CA, IN. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Optometrists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.