H-1B demand profile: Veterinarians. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1131, employers filed 27 Labor Condition Applications for Veterinarians positions across 4 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 96.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Veterinarians among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Veterinarians. Offered wages on LCAs range from $52,000 at the floor to $299,936 at the ceiling, with an average of $192,672. 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 Veterinarians. The top sponsor is Pathway Vet Alliance LLC dba Thrive Pet Healthcare with 24 petitions at an average offered wage of $195,922, followed by Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc, Petemerg Emergency Animal Hospital, University of Michigan. Geographically, CA leads with 11 filings (avg $238,785), followed by TX, FL, MI. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Veterinarians actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.