H-1B demand profile: Speech-Language Pathology Assistants. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 31-9099-01, employers filed 22 Labor Condition Applications for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants positions across 11 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 81.8% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Speech-Language Pathology Assistants among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants. Offered wages on LCAs range from $26,624 at the floor to $191,339 at the ceiling, with an average of $60,770. 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 Speech-Language Pathology Assistants. The top sponsor is Amenity Health Services, PLLC with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $78,000, followed by Denver Public Schools District 1, Gillian Gladstone Teran PLLC, New Hope LLC. Geographically, TX leads with 8 filings (avg $86,315), followed by CO, MD, AL. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.