DOL OFLC, H-2B Selected Statistics FY2025

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DOL OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION H-2B Temporary Non-Agricultural Program – Selected Statistics, Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Applications Received1 FY 25 Q1 (Oct-Dec) Q2 (Jan-Mar) Q3 (Apr-Jun) Q4 (Jul-Sept) % Change from FY 2024 17,530 2,897 10,573 398 3,662 4.7% Applications Processed2 Determinations FY 25 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Processed 17,553 1,658 8,350 4,156 3,389 13,850 1,370 6,562 3,078 2,840 1,221 2,396 86 156 103 29 279 1,502 7 467 577 34 319 214 16 319,205 42,301 147,511 64,069 65,324 232,434 34,112 101,482 43,890 52,950 57.4% 85.2% 62.4% 5.5% 91.2% - Certified - Denied - Withdrawn - Rejected Positions Requested Positions Certified Processed Timely2 Top States 69% 10% 9% Texas Florida North Carolina Colorado Louisiana All Other States 4% 4% 4% Top 10 Occupations (based on SOC Codes) Top Occupations 41% 38% Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners Forest and Conservation Workers Cooks, Restaurant Amusement and Recreation Attendants 7% All Other Occupations 3% 5% 6% 1Includes all applications submitted for processing during the reporting period. 2Percent of applications processed no later than 30 days before the start date of need. 3All calculations are aggregated based on the unique FEIN submitted by the employer. Multiple appearances of the same employer name may occur when associated with multiple FEINs.

Top 10 Employers3 (based on unique FEINs) Review of Positions Certified FY 2025 (% of total certified FY 2025) Top 10 States of Employment Texas Florida North Carolina Colorado Louisiana Michigan Ohio Pennsylvania New York South Carolina 22,594 21,482 10,215 10,198 8,397 7,817 7,447 7,342 7,093 6,987 9.7% 9.2% 4.4% 4.4% 3.6% 3.4% 3.2% 3.2% 3.1% 3.0% Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 89,013 38.3% 15,727 6.8% Forest and Conservation Workers 13,756 Cooks, Restaurant 11,110 5.9% 4.8% Amusement and Recreation Attendants 9,622 4.1% Construction Laborers 8,847 Fast Food and Counter Workers 8,408 3.8% 3.6% Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers Waiters and Waitresses Janitors and Cleaners ABC Professional Tree Services, Inc. Progressive Solutions LLC Genuine Builders, Inc. Landscape Workshop LLC Vivint, LLC Brightview Landscapes, LLC Alpha Services LLC Strongwood Forestry, Inc. Global Work Services LLC Westward Seafood, Inc. 8,109 3.5% 7,100 4,200 3.1% 1.8% 2,103 0.9% 2,073 1,899 1,840 1,262 1,178 884 856 833 812 0.9% 0.8% 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.3% Data as of September 30, 2025. All figures are rounded and calculated based on data submitted by employers for processing.