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Surgeons, All Other

Occupation · SOC 2018 29-1249 · United States

SOC 2018 code
29-1249
Share of U.S. applications
0.02%
Applications on record
1,925
FY2025
580
Median offered wage
$325,000
Certified (last three years)
99.3%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$325,000certified 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 Surgeons, All Other (SOC 29-1249). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Surgeons, All Other

290580FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
290580FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY202280
FY2023418
FY2024432
FY2025580
FY2026*415
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*37837
FY202552753
FY20244248
FY20234180
FY2022800
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. Cleveland Clinic Foundation78
  2. Emory University44
  3. University of Pittsburgh Physicians36
  4. Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Inc.29
  5. Medical University of South Carolina and Affiliates28
  6. Duke University Health System27
  7. Columbia University26
  8. University of Alabama Health Services Foundation, PC25
  9. Mayo Clinic24
  10. University of Washington24
  11. UPMC Medical Education24
  12. University of Rochester21
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).

Surgeons, All Other: applications by worksite state

1+10+23+37+52+
1+10+23+37+52+
Data table
StateApplications
NY221
PA128
OH121
MA100
FL80
IL71
GA66
TX65
WA60
MI56
CA52
AZ50
NC48
MN47
WI43
KY42
VA41
MO41
WV41
AL38
SC37
CO35
LA32
IA29
AR29
CT27
OR27
TN27
NM25
OK24
IN23
NJ22
ME20
DE20
UT19
MD17
ND13
KS12
MS12
DC11
NH10
RI10
NV8
NE7
AK4
MT3
HI3
SD3
WY2
VT2
PR1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ144
  2. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH92
  3. Cleveland, OH83
  4. Pittsburgh, PA61
  5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA47
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN43
  7. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL42
  8. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD41
  9. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA38
  10. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX36
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 $325,000; middle half $100,000 to $470,000 · median prevailing wage $115,128 (marker) · 1,277 applications.

$60k$205k$350k$495k$640k
$60k$205k$350k$495k$640k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I261
  2. Level II288
  3. Level III116
  4. Level IV193
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. General Surgeon181
  2. Assistant Professor85
  3. Surgeon51
  4. Vascular Surgeon48
  5. Physician48
  6. Resident45
  7. Cardiothoracic Surgeon43
  8. Neurosurgeon31
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.

  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Cleveland, OH
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Pittsburgh, PA
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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