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General Internal Medicine Physicians

Occupation · SOC 2018 29-1216 · United States

SOC 2018 code
29-1216
Share of U.S. applications
0.34%
Applications on record
41,779
FY2025
2,030
Median offered wage
$240,164
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$240,164certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as General Internal Medicine Physicians (SOC 29-1216). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — General Internal Medicine Physicians

1,7403,479FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
1,7403,479FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008411
FY2009717
FY20103,179
FY20113,208
FY20123,479
FY20132,956
FY20143,332
FY20152,909
FY20163,181
FY20172,488
FY20182,503
FY20191,896
FY20201,550
FY20211,679
FY20221,578
FY20231,424
FY20241,549
FY20252,030
FY2026*1,710
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*1,103607
FY20251,377653
FY20241,241308
FY2023997427
FY20221,086492
FY20211,065614
FY20201,087463
FY20191,213683
FY20181,676827
FY20171,790698
FY20162,0781,103
FY20152,083826
FY20142,2671,065
FY20132,255701
FY20122,3401,139
FY20112,369839
FY20102,247932
FY2009455262
FY20080411
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Baystate Medical Practices, Inc.538
  2. Geisinger Clinic342
  3. Abington Memorial Hospital318
  4. Marshfield Clinic306
  5. Cleveland Clinic Foundation302
  6. The UNIV. of ALA. at Birmingham (uab)301
  7. Rochester General Hospital279
  8. Northeast Medical Group, Inc.269
  9. Sanford Clinic North269
  10. Eastern Maine Medical Center269
  11. Apogee Medical Group, Delaware, Inc.220
  12. Apogee Medical Group, North Carolina, PC209
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 state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

General Internal Medicine Physicians: applications by worksite state

2+201+458+751+1,215+
2+201+458+751+1,215+
Data table
StateApplications
PA2,837
NY2,510
OH2,345
MA2,164
IL1,749
CA1,723
FL1,466
MI1,454
TX1,423
WI1,375
IN1,229
CT1,215
NC1,116
MD1,107
WA1,078
AZ1,073
VA989
AL968
IA968
MO947
KY799
GA751
OR717
ME688
MN683
WV640
NM604
AR595
LA565
SC541
DE512
KS459
ND458
TN455
NJ441
NH417
RI404
MS375
SD310
OK262
NE261
CO239
NV201
WY169
MT117
DC111
HI76
ID47
UT45
VT41
GU26
AK23
VI2
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,454
  2. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD980
  3. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH843
  4. Cleveland, OH767
  5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN685
  6. Springfield, MA644
  7. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD588
  8. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA529
  9. Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI514
  10. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ465
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $240,164; middle half $200,000 to $285,000 · median prevailing wage $168,875 (marker) · 3,613 applications.

$60k$135k$210k$285k$360k
$60k$135k$210k$285k$360k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I957
  2. Level II1,198
  3. Level III380
  4. Level IV215
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Hospitalist Physician3,955
  2. Hospitalist3,609
  3. Internal Medicine Physician2,855
  4. Physician1,779
  5. Internist1,134
  6. Nephrologist560
  7. Physician (internal Medicine)481
  8. Primary Care Physician459
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Albuquerque, NM
  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Bakersfield-Delano, CA
  • Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
  • Bangor, ME
  • Birmingham, AL
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
  • Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Cleveland, OH
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Fresno, CA
  • Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA
  • Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
  • Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
  • Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN
  • Iowa City, IA
  • Kansas City, MO-KS
  • Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Medford, OR
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
  • Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
  • Modesto, CA
  • Morgantown, WV
  • New Haven, CT
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Peoria, IL
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
  • Pittsfield, MA
  • Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
  • Richmond, VA
  • Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA
  • Rochester, NY
  • Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Sioux Falls, SD-MN
  • Springfield, MA
  • St. Louis, MO-IL
  • Stockton-Lodi, CA
  • Sunbury, PA
  • Syracuse, NY
  • Toledo, OH
  • Tucson, AZ
  • Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
  • Waterbury-Shelton, CT
  • Worcester, MA
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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