H-1B demand profile: Psychiatrists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1223-00, employers filed 1,181 Labor Condition Applications for Psychiatrists positions across 449 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 96.2% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Psychiatrists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Psychiatrists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $57,574 at the floor to $671,840 at the ceiling, with an average of $259,892. 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 Psychiatrists. The top sponsor is PHYSICIAN AFFILIATE GROUP OF NY, PC with 67 petitions at an average offered wage of $265,126, followed by Mark David Levine, MD, Professional Corporation, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York State Office of Mental Health. Geographically, NY leads with 214 filings (avg $256,793), followed by CA, PA, MA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Psychiatrists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.