DOL OFLC, LCA Selected Statistics FY2021

EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION, U.S. DOL OFFICE OF FOREIGN LABOR CERTIFICATION LCA (H-1B, H-1B1, and E-3) Temporary Specialty Occupations Program – Selected Statistics, Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 EOY Review of Positions Certified FY 2021 EOY (% of total certified FY 2021 EOY) 309,011 30.1% 118,397 11.5% 96,688 9.4% 64,602 6.3% 38,930 3.8% 37,919 3.7% 36,638 3.6% 30,239 2.9% 27,227 2.6% 26,770 2.6% 272,186 26.5% 166,935 16.2% 92,454 9.0% 63,737 6.2% 50,217 4.9% 24,748 2.4% 20,217 2.0% Applications Received1 FY Q1 (Oct-Dec) Q2 (Jan-Mar) Q3 (Apr-Jun) Q4 (Jul-Sept) % Change FY 2020 523,447 77,300 137,058 190,101 118,988 -8.3% Applications Processed Determination FY Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Total Processed - Certified 528,902 78,823 131,904 191,599 126,576 507,235 74,263 126,493 185,131 121,348 Top 10 States of Employment - Denied 2,692 502 673 1,000 517 - Withdrawn 18,975 4,058 4,738 5,468 4,711 1,045,621 197,346 312,825 323,670 211,780 1,027,735 193,543 307,285 318,522 208,385 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% California Texas Washington New York Illinois New Jersey Massachusetts North Carolina Pennsylvania Georgia Positions Requested Positions Certified Processed Timely 2.6% 2.9% 3.6% 3.7% 3.8% 6.3% Top States 2.6% 23.5% 9.4% 11.5% 30.1% Top Occupations 26.5% 27.5% 16.2% 9.0% 1.7% 1.8% 2.4% 4.9% 6.2% 1.8% 2.0% California Texas Washington New York Illinois New Jersey Massachusetts North Carolina Pennsylvania Georgia All Other States Software Developers, Apps Computer Occup., All Other Software Dev., Sys. Soft. Elect. Engineers, Exct Comp Comp Systems Analysts Comp. & Info Sys Managers Ops Research Analysts Management Analysts Computer Programmers Statisticians All Other Occupations 1Includes all applications submitted for processing during the reporting period.

2All 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. Software Developers, Applications Computer Occupations, All Other Software Developers, Systems Software Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Information Systems Managers Operations Research Analysts Top 10 Occupations (based on SOC Codes) Management Analysts 18,662 1.8% Computer Programmers 18,134 1.8% Statisticians 17,624 1.7% Infosys Limited 92,100 9.0% Amazon.com Services, LLC Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Apple, Inc. Amazon Web Services, Inc. 83,963 8.2% 53,603 5.2% 38,994 3.8% 25,796 2.5% Microsoft Corporation 19,763 1.9% Oracle America, Inc. 14,412 1.4% HCL America, Inc. 14,070 1.4% Wipro Limited 13,361 1.3% NVIDIA Corporation 13,319 1.3% Top 10 Employers2 (based on unique FEINs) Data as of September 30, 2021. All figures are rounded and calculated based on data submitted by employers for processing.