Mayo Clinic

H-1B & green card sponsor · Headquarters Rochester, MN · Industry: Education

Short answer

Yes, Mayo Clinic sponsors H-1B visas. It had 371 certified H-1B filings in FY2026 so far, with a median salary of $89,253.

H-1B filings · FY2026 so far

371

#86 of 50,637 sponsors

Median salary

$89,253

−29% vs all H-1B ($126,372)

Green cards (PERM) · FY2026 so far

2

certified labor certifications

Most common level

Level II

39% of filings with a level

By fiscal year

H-1B filings

*FY2026 covers Oct 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2026 (9 months).

By fiscal year

Green card (PERM) certifications

Certified PERM cases by decision year, FY2023 onward.

FY2026 so far · all roles · 371 filings

What Mayo Clinic pays H-1B workers

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10th pct
$68,564
25th pct
$75,105
Median
$89,253
75th pct
$167,825
90th pct
$485,106

DOL wage level of filings

  • Level I · entry · 19%
  • Level II · qualified · 39%
  • Level III · experienced · 8%
  • Level IV · fully competent · 33%

Of 369 filings that state a level. Level matters in the wage-weighted H-1B lottery.

FY2026 so far

Top roles Mayo Clinic sponsors

Job titleDOL occupationFilingsMedianMiddle 50%
Clinical Resident Physicians, All Other 104 $85,398 $77,721 – $91,450
Research Fellow Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 52 $68,936 $67,282 – $74,963
Research Associate Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 29 $91,204 $84,323 – $91,204
Clinical Laboratory Technologist Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 10 $79,390 $71,237 – $90,351
Research Technologist Biological Technicians 8 $63,024 $61,578 – $64,318
Research Scientist Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 5 $112,008 $108,819 – $112,396
Associate Consultant I Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 4 $134,000 $128,738 – $136,125
Clinical Lab Technologist Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 4 $95,952 $92,778 – $97,058

FY2026 so far worksites

Where they work

CityFilingsMedian
Rochester, MN196$89,036
Jacksonville, FL55$85,398
Scottsdale, AZ35$85,134
Phoenix, AZ18$108,468
Eau Claire, WI15$336,751
Mankato, MN12$347,692
La Crosse, WI11$383,136
Austin, MN6$92,670

Worker positions on FY2026 so far filings

Who Mayo Clinic files for

New hires34%

126 — Includes new graduates moving from OPT

Extensions of current workers34%

125 — Continuing H-1B employment with Mayo Clinic

Transfers from other employers14%

54 — People switching to Mayo Clinic from another H-1B employer

Amended petitions9%

33 — Usually a new location or role

Already on an H-1B elsewhere? 14% of positions are transfers from other employers, so Mayo Clinic does hire people mid-H-1B.

PERM labor certification

Green card sponsorship

Fiscal yearCertifiedDeniedWithdrawnMedian days to decision
FY20231601269
FY2024301381
FY20251020490
FY2026 so far201500

PERM is the first government step for most EB-2 and EB-3 green cards. Nationally, PERM decisions take a median of 398 days right now — see live PERM times.

Not H-1B dependent

H-1B workers are below DOL's dependency threshold.

No willful-violator flag

No DOL finding of willful wage violations on its filings.

Not debarred

Not on DOL's PERM / H-2A / H-2B debarment list.

Immigration law firms used

Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy LLP · Fredrikson & Byron PA · Dorsey & Whitney LLP

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Questions about Mayo Clinic H-1B sponsorship

Does Mayo Clinic sponsor H-1B visas?

Yes. Mayo Clinic had 371 certified H-1B labor condition applications in FY2026 so far, ranking #86 among all U.S. sponsors.

What is the H-1B salary at Mayo Clinic?

The median is $89,253; the middle half of filings fall between $75,105 and $167,825. The most-filed title, Clinical Resident, has a median of $85,398.

Does Mayo Clinic sponsor green cards?

Mayo Clinic had 2 certified PERM labor certifications in FY2026 so far. PERM is the first government step for most employment-based green cards. That is down from 16 at its recent peak.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification LCA and PERM disclosure data, decisions through Jun 30, 2026. Salaries are annualized base wages from the filing and exclude bonus and stock. A certified LCA is not an approved H-1B petition. Updated Oct 4, 2026.