Physician (Hospitalist) H-1B wages

Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026. Most are classified as Hospitalists (SOC 29-1229.02).

Employers filed 157 wage applications for Physician (Hospitalist) jobs from July 2025 to June 2026, across 53 employers. The median offered wage was $276,640, 23.8% above the government's prevailing wage for the job. USACS Medical Group Ltd. filed the most (37, median $276,640).

Filings
157
Positions covered
283
Employers
53
Median offered
$276,640
Median prevailing wage
$228,322
Filings since FY2020
1,006
Median offer change since FY2020
+16%
Physician (Hospitalist), all employers157 filings, July 2025 to June 2026
$276,640Median wage employers told the government they would pay
$239,200 to $300,000Where the middle half of the filings fall
$228,322Prevailing wage: the legal minimum for these jobs

Offered wage since 2020

The median wage offered for Physician (Hospitalist) jobs rose 16%, from $240,000 in fiscal 2020 to $278,023 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 22.1% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 196 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$120k$160k$200k$240k$280k$320k$240k$230k$250k$250k$270k$270k$278k124202082202119620221662023155202416720251162026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

Physician (Hospitalist) by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)116$278,023+2.8%$228,322+22.1%
2025167$270,400no change$228,758+19.3%
2024155$270,400+8.2%$176,935+25.4%
2023166$250,000no change$149,011+45.6%
2022196$250,000+8.7%$188,739+36.2%
202182$230,000−4.2%$161,585+33.8%
2020124$240,000n/a$169,416+38.4%

Employers that file for this title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

EmployerFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
USACS Medical Group Ltd.37$276,640+15.2%
Rochester General Hospital14$178,714+0.5%
SSM Health Care Group6$229,600+98.7%
Cogent Healthcare of Macon, LLC6$272,126+24.6%
Good Samaritan Regional Health Center5$310,000+29.6%
BHS Physicians Network, Inc.5$278,720+22.1%
The Unity Hospital of Rochester5$171,829at the minimum
Canton-Potsdam Hospital5$239,200at the minimum
West Virginia University Medical Corporation4$267,055+311.1%
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Association4$338,000+41.3%
Hartford HealthCare Medical Group, Inc.4$234,600+114.4%
Geisinger Clinic4$234,273+251.3%
Queen'S University Medical Group3$295,451at the minimum
Wellspan Medical Group3$285,000+25.8%
Bayview Physician Services3$275,000+15.0%
Lahey Clinic, Inc.3$332,785+0.2%
Dean Health Systems, Inc.2$358,153+49.7%
NewStat PLLC2$249,600+4.3%
Riverside Physician Services, Inc. (D/B/A Riverside Medical Group)2$310,000+198.2%
Reid Physician Associates, Inc.2$320,000+157.5%
PeaceHealth2$375,402at the minimum
Lawrence General Hospital2$299,458+102.9%
MMH Physicians2$291,550+129.8%
Independent Hospitalist Physicians PLLC2$191,500+52.1%
La Magna Health, PLLC2$300,000+9.0%

Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 53. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.

Where Physician (Hospitalist) jobs are filed

WorksiteFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailing
Rochester, NY17$171,829at the minimum
Cumberland, MD9$291,200+15.2%
Potsdam, NY7$239,200at the minimum
Macon, GA6$272,126+24.6%
St. Louis, MO6$229,600+98.7%
Mount Vernon, IL5$310,000+29.6%
Carson City, NV4$260,000+18.3%
Chestertown, MD4$260,000+17.0%
Honolulu, HI4$295,451at the minimum
Morgantown, WV4$267,055+311.1%
New Bern, NC4$276,640+28.8%
Silver Spring, MD4$239,200+14.8%
Yakima, WA4$338,000+41.3%
Burlington, MA3$332,785+0.2%
Harlingten, TX3$278,720+22.1%
Scranton, PA3$234,273+251.3%
Tulsa, OK3$280,800+141.6%
Bridgeport, CT2$291,200+21.7%
Elizabeth City, NC2$280,800+30.7%
Ephrata, PA2$285,000+25.8%
Harlingen, TX2$252,000+10.4%
Hartford, CT2$230,000+185.3%
Jackson, MI2$191,500+52.1%
Janesville, WI2$358,153+49.7%
Knoxville, TN2$249,600+4.3%

Seniority of the jobs filed

Level I, entry23%
Level II, qualified35%
Level III, experienced34%
Level IV, fully competent7%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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