Registered Nurse at Optum — H-1B Wage Level, PERM Record & Green Card Timeline

Optum is UnitedHealth Group's health-services arm, and its H-1B filings — tracked under the United Healthcare Services, Inc. entity in DOL data — show a technology and analytics-first sponsorship pattern (Software Developers, Business Intelligence Analysts, Data Scientists) rather than clinical staffing. Registered Nurse does not appear among Optum's documented H-1B or green card titles. This is consistent with the broader healthcare-industry pattern: RN roles frequently don't meet the H-1B specialty-occupation bachelor's-degree bar, so employers like Optum typically source foreign-trained nurses through the EB-3 Schedule A green card pathway (which skips PERM labor certification) rather than H-1B.

Data Table: Optum H-1B & Green Card Snapshot (occupation-mismatch flagged)

Metric	Value	Source
H-1B LCAs certified, FY2025 (United Healthcare Services entity)	47 certified / 1 cert-withdrawn	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
Green card labor certifications (LC), FY2025	5	DOL OFLC LCA disclosure
H-1B petitions filed/approved, FY2026 YTD	22 filed / 22 approved (100%) / 0 denied	USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub
Top H-1B occupations documented	Software Developers (26), Business Intelligence Analysts (21), Data Scientists (9)	DOL LCA disclosure
Registered Nurse named H-1B or green card title	Not present in occupations reviewed	DOL LCA/PERM disclosure — needs_review, occupation mismatch
Typical RN pathway industry-wide	EB-3 Schedule A green card (no PERM required)	General USCIS/DOL immigration knowledge — needs_review as employer-specific confirmation
EB-2 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Unavailable / Sep 1 2021 / Current	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
EB-3 cutoff (India / China / RoW)	Jan 1 2014 / Jan 1 2022 / Sep 1 2024	DOS Visa Bulletin, August 2026
I-140 / I-485 processing	2.5–30 months (15 business days premium) / 8.5–38 months	USCIS egov.uscis.gov

Data as of August 2026 · sources: DOL OFLC LCA disclosure, USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, DOS Visa Bulletin, egov.uscis.gov

FAQs

Does Optum sponsor H-1B visas for Registered Nurses? No RN-titled H-1B filings appear in the operating entity's documented occupation list — Optum's H-1B sponsorship is concentrated in software, analytics, and data science roles.

How do foreign-trained nurses get hired at Optum? Most commonly through the EB-3 Schedule A green card pathway, which does not require PERM labor certification for registered nurses, or by hiring nurses who are already U.S. work-authorized — not a new H-1B filing.

Does Optum file PERM cases at all? Yes, but only 5 in FY2025 company-wide, none in named clinical titles reviewed in this pull.

What's the realistic wage for an Optum RN role? Not available from H-1B/PERM disclosure data since RN doesn't appear as a filed occupation; check Optum's direct job postings or the national OES median for Registered Nurses (SOC 29-1141) as a general benchmark instead.

If Optum did sponsor a green card for an RN, what would the wait look like? Schedule A EB-3 cases skip PERM but still face the same Visa Bulletin backlog as other EB-3 cases — India's EB-3 final action date is January 1, 2014 as of August 2026.

Why is this page marked needs-review? Because Registered Nurse is not a documented H-1B or PERM occupation for Optum/United Healthcare Services in the data reviewed; this page exists to correct the assumption that Optum is an active H-1B sponsor for nursing roles.

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