H-1B demand profile: Orthoptists. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 29-1299-02, employers filed 10 Labor Condition Applications for Orthoptists positions across 5 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 100% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Orthoptists among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Orthoptists. Offered wages on LCAs range from $70,720 at the floor to $130,270 at the ceiling, with an average of $88,945. 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 Orthoptists. The top sponsor is Children's Hospital Corporation with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $73,880, followed by Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Orange County. Geographically, MA leads with 4 filings (avg $73,880), followed by CA, TN, WA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Orthoptists actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.