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Cleveland Clinic Foundation

#687 H-1B sponsor of 76,738#33 Hospitals & health systems sponsor of 51156% roles at wage level III and IV
H-1B Visa Sponsorship 2026

Hospitals & health systems Β· H-1B sponsor Β· FY2017–2026

🏒 Cleveland, OH HQ🌐 ccf.org

Does Cleveland Clinic Foundation sponsor H-1B visas and green cards?

Yes. Cleveland Clinic Foundation has filed 828 H-1B LCAs and 208 PERM green-card cases with the U.S. Department of Labor between FY2017 and FY2026. In FY2025–2026 Cleveland Clinic Foundation filed 267 H-1B LCAs at a median base salary of $100,000, about 18% below the national H-1B median of $121,966 for the same period, and 29 green-card cases were decided.

H-1B filings
828
(FY2017–2026)
Median base pay
$100k
from 267 filings (FY2025–2026)
Pay vs market
-18%
below national median ($122k, FY2025–2026)
Green-card (PERM) filings
208
(FY2017–2026)

H-1B pay & filings by year

Median base salary (line) and H-1B filing volume (bars), by fiscal year

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Cleveland Clinic Foundation H-1B LCA filings and median base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearH-1B LCA filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)122$74k
FY2025145$200k
FY202497$97k
FY2023104$100k
FY202288$71k
FY202139$60k
FY202039$57k
FY201959$69k
FY201862$170k
FY201773$185k

A fiscal year marked partial is still in progress, so its total is lower than a complete year and the two are not comparable.

H-1B wage floor & filing outcomes

What this employer pays against the DOL legal minimum, how senior the roles are, and how the filings were decided

Pay vs the legal floor
$90k
35% above the $67k prevailing wage
Role seniority (wage levels)
56% senior
7722076295
LCA decisions
89.3% certified
739 of 828 filings
Withdrawn 79 Β· Denied 10
USCIS I-129 petition outcomes Β· FY2017–2023
Approved1 petitions
Denied0 petitions
LCA filings by type
New employment344 filings41.5%
Transfers in155 filings18.7%
Renewals329 filings39.7%

Green-card (PERM) pay & filings by year

Median green-card offer (line) and PERM filing volume (bars), by fiscal year †

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Cleveland Clinic Foundation green-card (PERM) filings and median offered wage by fiscal year
Fiscal yearPERM filingsMedian base salary
FY2026 (partial)8$318k
FY202521$228k
FY20247$97k
FY20239$203k
FY202213$213k
FY202129$205k
FY202026$210k
FY201924$203k
FY201845$170k
FY201726$173k

Green-card route and outcomes

Visa held when the green card was filed
H-1B167O-13H-42J-12PAROLEE2E-31F-11TPS1
Green-card wage
$200k
median of 208 cases
$145k–$307k typical
PERM decisions
96.6% certified
201 of 208 filings
Withdrawn 5 Β· Denied 2

Worker backgrounds Β· FY2017–2024

Where their green-card (PERM) workers studied & came from

Countries of citizenship
India72China21Canada12Pakistan11Syria9
Top schools
Acharya Nagarjuna University2Auburn University2Baba Farid University of Health Sciences2Case Western Reserve University2Kasturba Medical College2
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Fields of study
Medicine124Biostatistics6Applied Statistics3Electrical Engineering3Medicine and Surgery3
Degrees
Other131Master's38Bachelor's5Doctorate5

Patents

Granted
590
US patents
Published, not yet granted
676
applications
Most recent grant
July 19, 2016
Top area
Diagnosis; surgery; identification146
Other top areas
Filters implantable into blood vessels; prostheses100Electrotherapy; magnetotherapy; radiation therapy64Preparations for medical47Devices for introducing media40

Pay against the local market

Cleveland Clinic Foundation’s 10 most-filed occupations and metros. Its median base salary is 83% of the local BLS median for the same work.

OccupationMetroFilingsCleveland Clinic Foundation payLocal BLS median‑vs market
Physicians, All OtherCleveland, OH122$168,812$217,54078%
Medical ScientistsCleveland, OH40$68,172$79,47086%
StatisticiansCleveland, OH21$71,486$80,70089%
Pediatricians, GeneralCleveland, OH9$263,871$210,130126%
Physicians, All OtherAkron, OH8$66,675$213,90031%
Data ScientistsCleveland, OH6$104,723$96,470109%
PhysicistsCleveland, OH4$94,100$225,93042%
Biological Science Teachers, PostsecondaryCleveland, OH3$115,524$60,320192%
Dentists, GeneralCleveland, OH3$66,609$146,90045%
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All OtherAkron, OH2$57,493$53,390108%

About Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Cleveland Clinic Foundation is a hospital and health system based in Cleveland, OH.

Name (DOL filings)
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Listed
Private
Sponsoring since
FY2017 or earlier
Headquarters
Cleveland, United States
Industry
Hospitals & health systems
Employees (US, est)
68,206 (2024)
Revenue (IRS Form 990)
$9.7B (FY2024)
Median base
$90,000
Website
ccf.org

Cleveland Clinic Foundation pays a median H-1B base of $90,000 across FY2017–2026, about 30% below the typical Hospitals & health systems sponsor.

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