Plain words for this website
Use this page when a sponsor profile, search result, company type page, or role guide uses a term that is not obvious. The meanings here explain how the word is used on Healthcare Visa Pay.
These are the pay words used on sponsor profiles, search results, and role/state guides.
A public employer filing that lists a sponsor, role, work location, and pay amount for a visa-related job. Salary records are the main pay records this site uses for pay comparison.
Use carefully: A salary record is not a job opening and does not prove that a worker was hired.
Salary records the U.S. Department of Labor marked certified in the public file. Certified means the filing passed that labor paperwork step.
Use carefully: It does not mean the visa was approved or that the job still exists.
Salary records that match the role, state, or filter you selected. For example, a sponsor may have many records, but only some match Physical Therapy in New York.
Use carefully: Use matching records when you want a fairer pay comparison for one role or state.
Also shown as: Worker positions in matching records
The number of worker positions listed in the most recent published salary data. One salary record can cover one position or many positions, so this number can be higher than the number of records.
Use carefully: This is not the number of open jobs. Do not add work location rows to count positions, because the same positions can appear in more than one work location row.
Also shown as: Middle salary, Median pay
The middle salary number in a group of records. Half of the records are above this number and half are below it.
Use carefully: Small groups can move a lot. Compare the role, state, and worker-position scope before trusting one number.
Also shown as: Middle pay for main role
The pay number used in sponsor comparison tables for the sponsor's most common role and state in the salary records.
Use carefully: If you work in a different role or state, compare the matching records instead.
The pay range for the middle half of the salary records. Very low and very high records sit outside this range.
Use carefully: This range is more useful when there are enough records for the same role and state.
Also shown as: Yearly equivalent
A yearly version of pay. If a record lists hourly pay, this site converts it to a yearly estimate so it can be compared with salary records.
Use carefully: Actual pay can depend on hours, overtime, shift rules, and contract terms.
A wage level for a job and location. The government uses it to help check that foreign worker pay does not undercut similar U.S. workers.
Use carefully: It is a required wage comparison, not always the exact pay a worker was offered.
These words describe the sponsor and the company information shown on sponsor pages.
The employer or company named in a public visa-related record. A sponsor may be a hospital, clinic, staffing company, lab, or another healthcare employer.
Use carefully: A sponsor in the most recent published records is not a promise that the company is hiring or sponsoring today.
A page on this site for one sponsor. It brings together salary records, common roles, work states, company type, work locations, and similar sponsors.
A simple label for what kind of sponsor this is, such as agency / staffing, hospital / health system, clinic / practice, or lab / diagnostics.
Use carefully: Company type is different from the exact place where a worker may report to work.
Also shown as: Company info sources, Based on company information and public records
This means the sponsor's public label or company type was checked against public sources, such as the sponsor's website or other public company information.
Use carefully: It is a research note, not an endorsement of the sponsor.
Also shown as: Staffing company
A sponsor that may place workers at another healthcare facility. The agency may be the legal employer, while the daily work happens somewhere else.
Use carefully: Ask who signs the contract, who controls the work schedule, and where you will actually work.
Also shown as: Direct employers only
A non-staffing sponsor, such as a hospital, clinic, lab, or health system. The sponsor and the workplace may be the same organization.
Use carefully: Still ask where the job is performed and what company name appears in the paperwork.
A healthcare sponsor that does not fit neatly into a more specific public company type, such as hospital, clinic, lab, home health, or staffing.
Use carefully: Open the sponsor profile and source notes before assuming what kind of workplace it is.
These words explain where the public records say work may happen.
Also shown as: Workplace, Location
The city, state, or facility location listed for where the job may be performed.
Use carefully: Some records list more than one work location for the same workers.
Also shown as: Where the records point, Top states
The U.S. state listed in salary records for the sponsor or role. It helps show where the sponsor has filed records.
Use carefully: A state count does not prove the sponsor directly operates every listed workplace.
Also shown as: Workplace names, Another workplace listed
A salary record may name a workplace that is different from the sponsor name. This can happen when a staffing, placement, client, or facility relationship is involved.
Use carefully: Ask who employs you, who manages you, and where you will work before relying on this field.
The legal or filing name used in the government record. It may be longer or less familiar than the public name workers recognize.
These words describe extra record history shown in lists, role guides, and source pages beside the main salary records.
Also shown as: H-1B, H-1B1, E-3
The visa category shown in a sample salary record. On this site, salary records can include H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3 work visa filings.
Use carefully: A salary record is only a labor paperwork step. It is not the final visa decision.
Public records connected to employer-sponsored permanent residence paperwork. They can show that a sponsor has green-card-related history.
Use carefully: A green card-related record on this site is not a promise that a future worker will get a green card.
Also shown as: Wage records
Extra wage records from visa or green card paperwork. They show wage amounts used for immigration paperwork, separate from the salary records used for the main pay comparison.
Use carefully: They are not job offers. Use them as background only.
Also shown as: Filing type, Green card process wage records, H-1B wage records, H-1B1 wage records, E-3 wage records
The program connected to one of these other wage records. It helps explain whether the wage record is tied to a green card process or a temporary work visa category.
Use carefully: The program is not the same as a final visa or green card approval.
Also shown as: Data quarter
The time period for the government files used on the site, such as FY2026 Q2. It helps show how current the records are.
The records on this site are historical public filings. They can help with research, but they are not open jobs, job offers, legal advice, or visa approval promises.
This glossary uses plain wording. The official program pages below explain the government records in more detail.
