H-1B demand profile: Cardiologists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1212-00, employers filed 1,393 Labor Condition Applications for Cardiologists positions across 494 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 97.1% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Cardiologists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Cardiologists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $60,486 at the floor to $987,002 at the ceiling, with an average of $423,655. 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 Cardiologists. The top sponsor is Mayo Clinic with 28 petitions at an average offered wage of $596,960, followed by Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical Foundation, Cleveland Clinic, Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates. Geographically, OH leads with 86 filings (avg $395,302), followed by NY, PA, IL. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Cardiologists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.