H-1B demand profile: Ophthalmologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1069-06, employers filed 6 Labor Condition Applications for Ophthalmologists positions across 4 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 Ophthalmologists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Ophthalmologists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $61,759 at the floor to $336,482 at the ceiling, with an average of $180,593. 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 Ophthalmologists. The top sponsor is Johns Hopkins University with 2 petitions at an average offered wage of $61,759, followed by The Nemours Foundation- Nemours Children's Hospital, Children's Hospital Los Angeles Medical Group, Weill Cornell Medical College. Geographically, FL leads with 2 filings (avg $265,000), followed by MD, CA, NY. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Ophthalmologists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.