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Physicians, Pathologists

Occupation · SOC 2018 29-1222 · United States

SOC 2018 code
29-1222
Share of U.S. applications
0.01%
Applications on record
753
FY2025
216
Median offered wage
$250,000
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$250,000certified 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 Physicians, Pathologists (SOC 29-1222). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Physicians, Pathologists

108216FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
108216FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202215
FY2023151
FY2024159
FY2025216
FY2026*212
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*19913
FY202520214
FY20241572
FY20231510
FY2022150
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. H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Lifetime Cancer Screening Center, Inc16
  2. University Physicians & Surgeons, Inc.16
  3. Northwell Health14
  4. Memorial Sloan-kettering Cancer Center13
  5. Indiana University13
  6. University of Pittsburgh Physicians12
  7. Temple University Hospital, Inc12
  8. The University of Kansas Medical Center12
  9. University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC11
  10. UPMC Medical Education11
  11. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.11
  12. Associated Pathologists II, P.C.11
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).

Physicians, Pathologists: applications by worksite state

1+3+7+14+24+
1+3+7+14+24+
Data table
StateApplications
NY73
PA62
IL39
MA38
WV36
KS33
FL31
TN28
IN25
OH25
VA24
AL24
TX24
LA17
AR17
DC16
MN16
GA16
KY15
WI15
NM14
MI13
CA13
NE13
ND12
MD11
AZ10
NC10
OK8
IA7
VT7
NH7
MO7
WA6
PR4
NJ4
MT4
DE4
RI4
OR4
SC3
CT3
CO2
SD2
MS2
ID1
NV1
HI1
UT1
AK1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ51
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH34
  3. Pittsburgh, PA29
  4. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN25
  5. Memphis, TN-MS-AR22
  6. Kansas City, MO-KS22
  7. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD22
  8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV21
  9. Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH21
  10. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN19
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 $250,000; middle half $200,884 to $307,080 · median prevailing wage $144,413 (marker) · 536 applications.

$60k$140k$220k$300k$380k
$60k$140k$220k$300k$380k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I116
  2. Level II172
  3. Level III62
  4. Level IV61
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Pathologist154
  2. Assistant Professor67
  3. Physician28
  4. Resident Physician16
  5. Associate Pathologist14
  6. Resident13
  7. Staff Pathologist13
  8. Physician (pathologist)12
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.

  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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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