H-1B demand profile: Acupuncturists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1291-00, employers filed 172 Labor Condition Applications for Acupuncturists positions across 92 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 84.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Acupuncturists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Acupuncturists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $35,000 at the floor to $104,000 at the ceiling, with an average of $66,354. 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 Acupuncturists. The top sponsor is Dongguk University Los Angeles with 14 petitions at an average offered wage of $52,649, followed by Gaon Wellness Acupuncture Physical Therapy and Chiropractic PLLC, Holistic Acupuncture LLC, Hao’s Healing Lounge, Inc. Geographically, CA leads with 55 filings (avg $61,176), followed by NY, TX, MD. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Acupuncturists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.