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United States

Destination country · work visas

Applications on record
12,123,413
FY2025
786,530
FY2026 to 30 June
589,187
Employer pages
168,023
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa programmes, federal fiscal years.

Applications by fiscal year

398k795kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
398k795kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008484,461
FY2009399,575
FY2010432,953
FY2011441,414
FY2012492,003
FY2013497,109
FY2014602,692
FY2015721,910
FY2016789,885
FY2017740,732
FY2018795,324
FY2019793,262
FY2020701,770
FY2021667,664
FY2022766,665
FY2023700,576
FY2024719,701
FY2025786,530
FY2026*589,187
RouteFY2025All years
H-1B580,6239,357,701
E-3 (Australia)10,344172,686
H-1B1 (Chile)2,24020,799
H-1B1 (Singapore)1,61419,304
PERM labour certification147,0561,769,123
H-2A agricultural workers24,526227,725
H-2B non-agricultural workers17,553183,837
CW-1 (Northern Mariana Islands)2,57429,657
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where

Worksite state, all years.

Applications by worksite state

1,661+20k+49k+118k+348k+
1,661+20k+49k+118k+348k+
Data table
StateApplications
CA2,280,544
TX1,321,944
NY1,069,361
NJ760,997
IL566,252
WA551,598
MA454,226
FL440,166
GA426,311
PA385,296
VA352,791
NC348,089
MI341,445
OH274,618
MD203,220
AZ180,263
MN166,144
CT159,564
MO141,037
CO137,507
TN127,432
WI117,625
IN117,599
OR98,400
DC74,179
AR71,981
KY70,998
UT67,770
LA65,570
SC65,240
DE63,073
IA62,553
KS56,739
AL48,944
NE42,658
OK41,087
RI36,296
NH35,286
NV34,799
MP29,311
ID28,950
ND24,393
MS24,363
NM23,637
ME19,676
SD16,990
MT12,808
HI12,590
WV11,758
VT10,516
GU9,819
WY7,521
AK7,200
PR5,498
VI1,661
Largest cities
  1. New York City, NY722,520
  2. San Francisco, CA264,290
  3. Houston, TX240,203
  4. San Jose, CA207,366
  5. Seattle, WA205,683
  6. Chicago, IL204,506
  7. Atlanta, GA179,810
  8. Sunnyvale, CA167,630
  9. Austin, TX165,425
  10. Redmond, WA155,700
  11. Dallas, TX140,534
  12. Mountain View, CA138,682
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsors

All years.

Applications by employer
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Tata Consultancy Services Limited180,382
  3. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  4. Microsoft Corporation155,369
  5. Deloitte Consulting LLP109,385
  6. Amazon.com Services LLC109,377
  7. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP107,853
  8. Google LLC100,642
  9. Wipro Limited89,106
  10. Accenture LLP80,805
  11. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  12. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  13. Intel Corporation61,185
  14. Capgemini America Inc60,859
  15. Apple Inc.60,673
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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