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H-1B

U.S. visa route · Department of Labor stage

Programme
H-1B
Applications on record
9,357,701
FY2025
580,623
Change FY2024→FY2025
+6.2%
Certified (last three years)
99.4%
Median offered wage
$118,400
Certified99.4%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Department of Labor decisions on H-1B applications by federal fiscal year (October to September). The FY2010 disclosure file does not state the visa class; its applications are counted under all labor condition applications, not here.

H-1B: applications by fiscal year

325k649kFY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
325k649kFY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008399,211
FY2009343,224
FY20100
FY2011352,214
FY2012408,024
FY2013433,603
FY2014508,676
FY2015605,670
FY2016633,940
FY2017610,304
FY2018639,519
FY2019649,083
FY2020564,251
FY2021515,241
FY2022610,883
FY2023529,476
FY2024546,807
FY2025580,623
FY2026*426,952
Fiscal yearLCA
FY2026*426,952
FY2025580,623
FY2024546,807
FY2023529,476
FY2022610,883
FY2021515,241
FY2020564,251
FY2019649,083
FY2018639,519
FY2017610,304
FY2016633,940
FY2015605,670
FY2014508,676
FY2013433,603
FY2012408,024
FY2011352,214
FY20100
FY2009343,224
FY2008399,211
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest employers

All years.

Applications by employer
  1. Infosys Limited235,967
  2. Tata Consultancy Services Limited167,944
  3. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp136,072
  4. Microsoft Corporation107,676
  5. Ernst & Young U.S. LLP100,383
  6. Deloitte Consulting LLP99,092
  7. Amazon.com Services LLC89,926
  8. Wipro Limited81,950
  9. Google LLC81,085
  10. Accenture LLP76,937
  11. HCL America, Inc.59,060
  12. Capgemini America Inc56,326
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where

Worksite state and metropolitan area.

H-1B by worksite state

22+8,446+31k+90k+274k+
22+8,446+31k+90k+274k+
Data table
StateApplications
CA1,764,915
TX1,060,086
NY798,450
NJ600,356
IL465,580
WA424,350
MA364,754
GA335,376
FL317,632
PA315,544
NC288,096
VA274,497
MI271,013
OH223,173
MD160,663
AZ147,053
MN137,068
CT134,913
MO112,032
CO99,976
TN98,096
IN95,419
WI90,322
OR73,581
DC60,594
AR52,201
DE51,891
IA46,864
UT46,073
SC45,375
KY40,974
KS40,805
LA32,469
RI31,221
AL30,870
NE30,000
OK28,316
NH27,563
NV24,064
NM17,494
MS13,268
ID13,191
ME9,950
WV8,735
HI8,446
ND8,078
GU7,273
SD5,870
VT5,712
AK3,817
PR3,495
MT3,143
WY2,836
MP2,320
VI1,246
AS22
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,208,857
  2. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA654,250
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX553,444
  4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA519,822
  5. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA404,312
  6. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN391,181
  7. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA352,190
  8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH325,594
  9. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV325,063
  10. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta, GA310,642
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Occupations and pay

SOC 2018 occupation; offered annual wage on certified applications (LCA and PERM programmes).

Occupations
  1. Software Developers2,482,906
  2. Computer Systems Analysts976,164
  3. Computer Occupations, All Other755,469
  4. Computer Programmers602,581
  5. Accountants and Auditors152,853
  6. Mechanical Engineers147,607
  7. Management Analysts147,427
  8. Financial and Investment Analysts134,790
  9. Operations Research Analysts129,373
  10. Computer and Information Systems Managers128,237

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

Median $118,400; middle half $90,418 to $155,418 · median prevailing wage $105,414 (marker) · 1,517,290 applications.

$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
$60k$95k$130k$165k$200k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I287,568
  2. Level II600,319
  3. Level III293,480
  4. Level IV240,262
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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