Surgeons, All Other
SOC Code: 29-1249.00
The DOL disclosure extract lists 1,606 H-1B LCA filings for Surgeons, All Other from 492 employer filers, with a 96.8% DOL certification rate and an average listed offered wage of $321,272. The highest-volume worksite state is NY with 189 filings. The highest-volume filer is Cleveland Clinic Foundation. These filings are not USCIS petition approvals or visa outcomes.
LCA filing profile: Surgeons, All Other. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1249.00, the extract lists 1,606 Labor Condition Application filings from 492 distinct employer filers. The DOL certified 96.8% of those filings, a DOL record status for the wage and working-condition attestations. Filing volume does not establish that a role qualifies for H-1B, that a USCIS petition was filed or approved, or that anyone was hired.
Where this occupation sits in the corpus. By disclosed LCA volume, Surgeons, All Other ranks #113 of 1,219 occupational codes in the current PlainVisa dataset, placing it in the top 10% by filings. This is a corpus-relative rank computed from the same FY2023–FY2026 DOL disclosure snapshot as this profile, not a measure of job quality, worker demand, or visa approval odds.
Where LCA filings are recorded for Surgeons, All Other. The highest-volume employer filer is Cleveland Clinic Foundation with 58 filings at an average listed offered wage of $277,101, followed by Emory University, University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC, University of Pittsburgh Physicians. Geographically, NY leads with 189 filings (average listed wage $287,615), followed by PA, OH, MA. These distributions describe DOL filing records only; they do not measure labor-market demand, confirmed sponsorship, hiring, or visa outcomes.
Top Employers for Surgeons, All Other
Employer filers with the most listed LCAs for this occupation
| Employer | LCA filings | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Clinic Foundation | 58 | $277,101 |
| Emory University | 39 | $134,402 |
| University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC | 29 | $300,743 |
| University of Pittsburgh Physicians | 28 | $149,352 |
| Duke University Health System | 26 | $73,527 |
| Columbia University | 25 | $168,206 |
| UPMC Medical Education | 25 | $71,520 |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc. | 24 | $90,500 |
| Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates | 24 | $417,812 |
| Cleveland Clinic | 23 | $466,250 |
| University of Washington | 21 | $115,670 |
| NYU Grossman School of Medicine | 20 | $364,169 |
| Oregon Health & Science University | 20 | $90,487 |
| University of Colorado Denver | 18 | $127,531 |
| Mayo Clinic | 17 | $459,398 |
| University of Rochester | 17 | $217,230 |
| University of Utah | 15 | $238,000 |
| Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, Inc. | 13 | $562,654 |
| University of Miami | 13 | $299,374 |
| Montefiore Medical Center | 12 | $495,833 |
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