Role Filing Pattern
Pastor appears as a limited H-1B LCA job title in the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 public LCA records. These filings are not visa approvals, job openings, or hiring counts.
Pastor H-1B LCA Filings
SOC Code: 21-2011.00
SOC Category: Clergy
LCA FY2024-FY2026 · PERM FY2024-FY2025 · USCIS Employer Data Hub 2023 · BLS OEWS May 2023
Updated 2026-05-23
Pastor (SOC 21-2011.00, Clergy) appears as a limited H-1B LCA role across the available FY2024-FY2026 dataset, with 40 filing records. Filed base wages span $40,500 to $77,724 from the 10th to 90th percentile, with a median of $66,607. These are filed LCA records for this role, not visa approvals, hires, or open roles, and the figures generally exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Median Salary
$66,607
H-1B LCA Filings
40LCA records
Top 10% Salary
$77,724
LCA filings are not visa approvals or open roles — see why this matters
Public filing data is normalized for browsing. LCA filings are not visa approvals or job openings, PERM filings are not individual green-card success rates, and salary figures generally use the lower bound of filed wage ranges and exclude equity, bonus, and benefits.
Employer Concentration
The strongest employer filing concentration for this role comes from Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Gulf States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Kentucky-Tennessee Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, OHIO CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, and SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. Use this as a filing-volume signal, not as a guarantee of current hiring or petition outcomes.
Location Pattern
Filed worksites for this role are concentrated in places such as Nashville, TN, Louisville, KY, Tulsa, OK, Statesville, NC, and Birmingham, AL. City-level wage differences can reflect seniority, worksite rules, employer mix, and local labor market differences.
Salary Caveat
The median shown here is a filed base wage signal from public LCA records. It generally excludes equity, bonus, benefits, and compensation changes after filing.
Salary Distribution (Base)
LCA filingsQuartile breakdown of filed annual base wages.
Min$40,500
P25$48,000
Median$66,607
P75$67,614
Max$77,724
Top Employers by LCA Filings
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Filed Wage by City
- Tulsa, OK$67,6142
- Midland, TX$65,0001
- Alpena, MI$64,3321
- Doraville, GA$63,5041
- Louisville, KY$62,8362
- Birmingham, AL$58,2421
- Nashville, TN$52,6862
- Statesville, NC$51,3761
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the median filed H-1B LCA wage for a Pastor?
The median filed base salary for Pastor H-1B LCA records is $66,607 per year.
How many Pastor H-1B LCA filings are in this dataset?
There are 40 Labor Condition Applications filed for the Pastor role in the available dataset.
Which employers file H-1B LCAs for Pastor?
Top employers filing LCAs for Pastor include: Michigan Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Gulf States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Kentucky-Tennessee Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
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