H-1B demand profile: Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 31-9096-00, employers filed 11 Labor Condition Applications for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers positions across 5 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 72.7% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $35,360 at the floor to $56,160 at the ceiling, with an average of $42,924. 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 Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers. The top sponsor is LAH Animal Hospital, PLLC with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $37,440, followed by Animal Health Veterinary East, PC, LJohnson DVM corporation, Makai Pet Hospital. Geographically, NY leads with 7 filings (avg $36,549), followed by CA, HI. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.