H-1B demand profile: Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1241-00, employers filed 142 Labor Condition Applications for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric positions across 66 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 97.9% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 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, Except Pediatric. Offered wages on LCAs range from $58,053 at the floor to $650,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $225,633. 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, Except Pediatric. The top sponsor is Johns Hopkins University with 8 petitions at an average offered wage of $131,588, followed by University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc, Indiana University Indianapolis. Geographically, MA leads with 16 filings (avg $137,621), followed by PA, NY, KY. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.