Healthcare Social Workers
Occupation · SOC 2018 21-1022 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 21-1022
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.01%
- Applications on record
- 1,740
- FY2025
- 137
- Median offered wage
- $68,120
- Certified (last three years)
- 96.5%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Healthcare Social Workers (SOC 21-1022). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Healthcare Social Workers
Data table
| FY2008 | 25 |
| FY2009 | 29 |
| FY2010 | 121 |
| FY2011 | 120 |
| FY2012 | 71 |
| FY2013 | 69 |
| FY2014 | 69 |
| FY2015 | 57 |
| FY2016 | 93 |
| FY2017 | 112 |
| FY2018 | 112 |
| FY2019 | 107 |
| FY2020 | 90 |
| FY2021 | 100 |
| FY2022 | 106 |
| FY2023 | 103 |
| FY2024 | 105 |
| FY2025 | 137 |
| FY2026* | 114 |
| Fiscal year | CW-1 | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 1 | 0 | 90 | 23 |
| FY2025 | 0 | 0 | 112 | 25 |
| FY2024 | 4 | 0 | 98 | 3 |
| FY2023 | 1 | 0 | 87 | 15 |
| FY2022 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 15 |
| FY2021 | 0 | 0 | 82 | 18 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 0 | 80 | 10 |
| FY2019 | 0 | 0 | 91 | 16 |
| FY2018 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 17 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 18 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 0 | 72 | 21 |
| FY2015 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 7 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 13 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 1 | 61 | 7 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 17 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 21 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 25 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 11 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Maimonides Medical Center53
- Asian Community Care Management, Inc.35
- Mount Sinai Hospital27
- Charles B. Wang Community Health Center26
- Bilinguals Inc.25
- University Settlement Society of New York21
- Sunset Park Health Council, Inc.16
- Hamilton-Madison House14
- Joyful Adult Day Health Care13
- Angeles Del Sol ADHC LLC13
- Centers Plan for Healthy Living, LLC12
- Nava Inc12
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Healthcare Social Workers: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 560 |
| CA | 553 |
| TX | 72 |
| MA | 62 |
| IL | 43 |
| WA | 43 |
| FL | 37 |
| PA | 36 |
| MD | 33 |
| NJ | 33 |
| MO | 30 |
| VA | 24 |
| MI | 23 |
| CO | 22 |
| GA | 16 |
| OH | 13 |
| MN | 12 |
| UT | 12 |
| NC | 11 |
| DC | 10 |
| OK | 9 |
| OR | 9 |
| LA | 8 |
| MP | 8 |
| NH | 6 |
| RI | 5 |
| WV | 4 |
| MT | 4 |
| WI | 4 |
| NM | 4 |
| IN | 4 |
| CT | 4 |
| VT | 4 |
| AZ | 4 |
| KY | 3 |
| TN | 3 |
| SC | 2 |
| NE | 2 |
| ND | 2 |
| GU | 2 |
| KS | 1 |
| AR | 1 |
| HI | 1 |
| ME | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ576
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA406
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA54
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH52
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA49
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV46
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN42
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA42
- Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX25
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD20
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $68,120; middle half $58,240 to $83,091 · median prevailing wage $59,498 (marker) · 288 applications.
- Level I112
- Level II96
- Level III31
- Level IV19
- Social Worker510
- Healthcare Social Worker127
- Medical Social Worker43
- Clinical Social Worker35
- Case Manager24
- Social Work Specialist20
- Social Worker MSW18
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker13
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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