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Avera McKennan

Employer · South Dakota, United States

Employer address
South Dakota, United States
Applications on record
413
FY2025 applications
22
FY2026 to 30 June
36
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$300,000
Most common occupation
Physicians, All Other
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Avera McKennan appears in 413 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 22.

Applications by fiscal year — Avera McKennan

1836FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1836FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20088
FY20096
FY20107
FY20113
FY201223
FY201319
FY201417
FY201520
FY201628
FY201721
FY201833
FY201920
FY202026
FY202130
FY202224
FY202334
FY202436
FY202522
FY2026*36
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*279
FY2025211
FY2024324
FY20232212
FY2022168
FY2021255
FY2020206
FY2019155
FY2018249
FY2017201
FY20161513
FY2015155
FY2014143
FY2013154
FY20121211
FY201130
FY201025
FY200933
FY200826
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Avera McKennan: applications by worksite state

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1+1+6+6+12+
Data table
StateApplications
SD394
MN12
IA6
CA1
Worksite states
  1. South Dakota394
  2. Minnesota12
  3. Iowa6
  4. California1
Worksite cities
  1. Sioux Falls, SD358
  2. Pierre, SD13
  3. Worthington, MN10
  4. Flandreau, SD7
  5. Mitchell, SD6
  6. Brookings, SD5
  7. Estherville, IA4
  8. Aberdeen, SD3
  9. Marshall, MN1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Physicians, All Other222
  2. General Internal Medicine Physicians104
  3. Family Medicine Physicians11
  4. Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists9
  5. Pediatricians, General7
  6. Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists7
  7. Neurologists6
  8. Management Analysts5
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Hospitalist (internist)83
  2. Endocrinologist18
  3. Internist13
  4. Infectious Disease Physician13
  5. Nephrologist11
  6. Hematologist/oncologist9
  7. Pediatric Neurologist7
  8. Pulmonary/critical Care Physician6

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $300,000; middle half $250,000 to $331,200 · median prevailing wage $80,746 (marker) · 79 applications.

$60k$165k$270k$375k$480k
$60k$165k$270k$375k$480k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I2
  2. Level II52
  3. Level III20
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India17
  2. Pakistan17
  3. Philippines13
  4. Canada6
  5. Jordan6
  6. Nepal5
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

1223FY2014FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
1223FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY20149
FY201510
FY201612
FY201719
FY201816
FY201915
FY202018
FY202123
FY202215
FY20232
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20230020
FY202240110
FY202170160
FY202040140
FY20198070
FY20189070
FY201760130
FY20163090
FY20157030
FY20145040
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Applications by law firm
  1. Bruner Law Group, PLLC253
  2. Aronson & Associates, PA2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in South Dakota

Avera McKennan has 413 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #5 of 528 sponsoring employers in South Dakota and #3,451 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 3.44% of the applications filed by employers based in South Dakota.

Rank in South Dakota
5 of 528
Rank in the United States
3,451 of 168,030
Share of South Dakota's applications
3.44%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 622) in South Dakota
22
Largest sponsoring employers in South Dakota
  1. South Dakota State University1,271
  2. Dakota Provisions, LLC773
  3. Sanford Clinic706
  4. Genuine Builders Inc.560
  5. Avera McKennan413
  6. My3tech Inc408
  7. Sanford Health348
  8. Sioux Falls School District 49-5242
  9. Pro-X Builders Inc.197
  10. Sanford School Of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency144
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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