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Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Metropolitan area (Census CBSA 42660) · United States

Applications on record
522,105
FY2025
40,663
FY2026 to 30 June
31,360
Share of U.S. total
4.31%
Median offered wage (LCA)
$156,900
Median wage$156,900certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

Applications by fiscal year — Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

23k46kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
23k46kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200811,805
FY200910,279
FY201011,300
FY201115,792
FY201215,546
FY201315,761
FY201420,792
FY201523,266
FY201628,417
FY201729,055
FY201833,951
FY201934,813
FY202038,106
FY202136,992
FY202245,919
FY202339,439
FY202438,849
FY202540,663
FY2026*31,360
Fiscal yearH-2AH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*243527,6233,678
FY2025343534,9835,611
FY2024293932,9715,810
FY2023244729,8259,543
FY2022214336,8838,972
FY2021172526,76810,182
FY2020151731,3646,710
FY2019172828,7596,009
FY2018132125,5408,377
FY201792724,0624,957
FY201691821,8636,527
FY20159520,3042,948
FY20146016,5934,193
FY20130014,3501,411
FY20120012,0863,460
FY20110010,4095,383
FY20100010,1511,149
FY2009009,686593
FY20080010,2271,578
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications for jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

Applications by employer
  1. Microsoft Corporation126,638
  2. Amazon.com Services LLC58,335
  3. Amazon Corporate LLC19,595
  4. Amazon.com Services, Inc.15,310
  5. Infosys Limited13,318
  6. Facebook, Inc.11,597
  7. Amazon Web Services, Inc.10,809
  8. Google LLC10,291
  9. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc.7,347
  10. Expedia, Inc.6,005
  11. HCL America, Inc.5,919
  12. T-mobile USA, Inc.5,233
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and routes

SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.

Occupations
  1. Software Developers246,685
  2. Computer Occupations, All Other47,496
  3. Computer Systems Analysts37,357
  4. Computer and Information Systems Managers14,802
  5. Data Scientists11,333
  6. Operations Research Analysts9,595
  7. Computer Programmers8,998
  8. Statisticians8,274
  9. Computer and Information Research Scientists7,819
  10. Network and Computer Systems Administrators5,478
Visa routes
  1. H-1B404,312
  2. PERM labour certification97,091
  3. E-3 (Australia)7,696
  4. H-1B1 (Singapore)1,273
  5. H-1B1 (Chile)1,015
  6. H-2B non-agricultural workers340
  7. H-2A agricultural workers227
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $156,900; middle half $129,000 to $184,000 · median prevailing wage $136,843 (marker) · 94,492 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Primary crop on H-2A applications
  1. General Farm Workers15
  2. Vegetables11
  3. Nursery and Greenhouse Workers9
  4. General Farmworker4
  5. Apples2
  6. Nursery2
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Cities

Worksite cities in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA with their own pages.

Applications by city
  1. Seattle, WA205,666
  2. Redmond, WA155,689
  3. Bellevue, WA95,867
  4. Bothell, WA14,867
  5. Kirkland, WA12,239
  6. Issaquah, WA8,999
  7. Renton, WA4,113
  8. Everett, WA3,742
  9. Tacoma, WA2,270
  10. Lynnwood, WA1,813
  11. Kent, WA1,653
  12. Federal Way, WA1,622
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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