H-1B demand profile: Bartenders. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 35-3011-00, employers filed 6 Labor Condition Applications for Bartenders positions across 3 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 33.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Bartenders among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Bartenders. Offered wages on LCAs range from $41,600 at the floor to $72,800 at the ceiling, with an average of $55,120. 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 Bartenders. The top sponsor is SHOTO DC LLC with 4 petitions at an average offered wage of $59,800, followed by Fayard Winemaking, Fayardwines. Geographically, DC leads with 4 filings (avg $59,800), followed by CA. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Bartenders actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.