H-1B demand profile: Animal Caretakers. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 39-2021-00, employers filed 1 Labor Condition Applications for Animal Caretakers positions across 1 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 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 Animal Caretakers. Offered wages on LCAs range from $30,472 at the floor to $30,472 at the ceiling, with an average of $30,472. 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 Caretakers. The top sponsor is Kentucky Reptile Zoo, Inc with 1 petitions at an average offered wage of $30,472. Geographically, KY leads with 1 filings (avg $30,472). Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for 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.