H-1B demand profile: Animal Trainers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 39-2011-00, employers filed 16 Labor Condition Applications for Animal Trainers positions across 6 distinct H-1B sponsors. The DOL certified these petitions at a 56.3% rate, a measure of how cleanly the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review. That volume places Animal Trainers among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Animal Trainers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $40,000 at the floor to $124,800 at the ceiling, with an average of $71,775. 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 Animal Trainers. The top sponsor is Cedar Creek Kennels LLC with 8 petitions at an average offered wage of $61,000, followed by ELLEN KEALEY HORSEMANSHIP LLC, Mississippi Aquarium, Fable Farm LLC. Geographically, IL leads with 8 filings (avg $61,000), followed by MN, MS, NJ. Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Animal Trainers actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.