H1B Report
H-1B salary guideSOC 29-1216Rank #70Updated Jun 2026

General Internal Medicine Physicians

H-1B prevailing-wage data for General Internal Medicine Physicians (SOC 29-1216). Based on 11,846 Labor Condition Applications filed with the US Department of Labor.

Median wage
$239,200
P50 · FY2026
P25 wage
$155,501
lower quartile · FY2026
P75 wage
$276,968
upper quartile · FY2026
Filings
220
Rank #70 · FY2026

Wage by DOL prevailing-wage level

P25 / P50 / P75 of offered annual wage at each PW_WAGE_LEVEL. Level I = entry, Level IV = expert — the I-to-IV gap is the career runway.

LevelNP25MedianP75
Level I1,201$63,545$75,205$220,000
Level II1,232$168,246$215,000$250,000
Level III448$192,912$220,000$250,000
Level IV314$198,557$242,928$276,755
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75): 4 levels
Wage by level (P25 / median / P75)
LevelP25MedianP75
Level I$63,545$75,205$220,000
Level II$168,246$215,000$250,000
Level III$192,912$220,000$250,000
Level IV$198,557$242,928$276,755

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings for this SOC, with the local median wage.

#StateFilingsMedian
1PA1,618$62,534
2CA794$216,200
3NY634$170,000
4OH613$67,564
5MA599$158,970
6FL556$170,000
7IL494$165,000
8MI441$160,353
9CT383$82,522
10MD332$192,000

Top sponsoring employers

Who actually files most for this role.

Median wage by fiscal year

How the typical offered wage for this SOC has drifted across fiscal years.

Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010$150k
FY2011$155k
FY2012$155k
FY2013$168k
FY2014$173k
FY2015$165k
FY2016$175k
FY2017$180k
FY2018$190k
FY2019$198k
FY2020$180k
FY2021$200k
FY2022$202k
FY2023$185k
FY2024$200k
FY2025$200k
FY2026$239k
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