H-1B demand profile: Physical Therapists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1123, employers filed 20 Labor Condition Applications for Physical Therapists positions across 13 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 95% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Physical Therapists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Physical Therapists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $79,830 at the floor to $145,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $93,802. 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 Physical Therapists. The top sponsor is OSNA, PLLC Dba OrthoArizona with 3 petitions at an average offered wage of $85,000, followed by AP Therapy LLC, Moore County Hospital District, The Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority d/b/a Atrium Health. Geographically, NC leads with 6 filings (avg $87,872), followed by AZ, CA, MD. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Physical Therapists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.