H-1B demand profile: Commercial Pilots. Under U.S. Department of Labor standard occupational classification 53-2012, employers filed 1 Labor Condition Applications for Commercial Pilots 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 Commercial Pilots among the concrete, data-backed specialty occupations qualifying under the H-1B program’s bachelor’s-degree-plus-theoretical-knowledge standard.

Salary band for Commercial Pilots. Offered wages on LCAs range from $66,830 at the floor to $66,830 at the ceiling, with an average of $66,830. 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 Commercial Pilots. The top sponsor is Mike Goulian Aviation with 1 petitions at an average offered wage of $66,830. Geographically, MA leads with 1 filings (avg $66,830). Taken together, the sponsor concentration and state footprint give a practical read on where demand for Commercial Pilots actually clusters in the U.S. labor market, and how competitive pay for the role looks through the DOL’s H-1B lens.