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Human Resources Specialists

Occupation · SOC 2018 13-1071 · United States

SOC 2018 code
13-1071
Share of U.S. applications
0.14%
Applications on record
16,976
FY2025
1,167
Median offered wage
$78,000
Certified (last three years)
97.9%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$78,000certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Human Resources Specialists (SOC 13-1071). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Human Resources Specialists

7771,553FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
7771,553FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY200860
FY2009132
FY2010523
FY2011417
FY201253
FY2013135
FY20141,174
FY20151,346
FY20161,553
FY20171,511
FY20181,405
FY20191,337
FY20201,017
FY2021962
FY20221,215
FY2023973
FY20241,090
FY20251,167
FY2026*906
Fiscal yearCW-1H-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*40700202
FY202511946219
FY202460942142
FY202340829140
FY2022101,067147
FY202110803158
FY2020190859139
FY20191101,172154
FY2018001,208197
FY2017001,401110
FY2016011,382170
FY2015001,27274
FY2014001,1704
FY2013001305
FY2012013319
FY20110036849
FY20100047251
FY2009009735
FY200800060
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 in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. Amazon.com Services LLC348
  2. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP293
  3. Collabera Inc.237
  4. Bytedance Inc.146
  5. Cummins Inc.116
  6. Facebook, Inc.113
  7. Iris Software, Inc.103
  8. Wipro Limited92
  9. Cyberthink Inc89
  10. U.S. Tech Solutions, Inc.88
  11. Microsoft Corporation86
  12. Pyramid Consulting, Inc.85
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Human Resources Specialists: applications by worksite state

1+7+29+81+298+
1+7+29+81+298+
Data table
StateApplications
CA3,573
NJ2,636
NY2,542
TX1,604
WA690
VA640
FL635
GA570
IL547
MA445
MI311
PA298
NC289
MD223
OH209
CT183
IN158
MN137
CO123
AZ118
TN118
DC116
MO81
AL77
UT74
WI56
KY54
MP45
NV44
SC44
DE43
OR43
OK29
AR27
IA22
HI19
NH19
LA17
NE16
KS12
WV11
MS7
ID7
AK7
ME7
ND6
SD6
PR5
WY5
VT4
NM4
RI4
GU3
MT1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ4,783
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA1,246
  3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA1,101
  4. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA932
  5. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX844
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV813
  7. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA680
  8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN519
  9. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA501
  10. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX428
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 $78,000; middle half $62,300 to $110,880 · median prevailing wage $71,448 (marker) · 2,503 applications.

$40k$70k$100k$130k$160k
$40k$70k$100k$130k$160k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I638
  2. Level II977
  3. Level III495
  4. Level IV457
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Technical Recruiter2,105
  2. Human Resources Specialist1,652
  3. HR Specialist690
  4. Human Resource Specialist457
  5. Recruiter253
  6. HR Generalist198
  7. Human Resources Generalist175
  8. Human Resources Specialists173
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area

Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.

  • Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA
  • Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
  • Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC
  • Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
  • Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
  • Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
  • Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI
  • Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
  • Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
  • Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
  • Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
  • Raleigh-Cary, NC
  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
  • Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ
  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
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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