DOL OFLC, LCA Selected Statistics FY2023

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) 2023 Applications Received1 FY23 Q1 (Oct-Dec) Q2 (Jan-Mar) Q3 (Apr-Jun) Q4 (Jul-Sept) % Change FY 2022 524,430 88,767 133,145 180,533 121,985 -12.9% Applications Processed Deter- mination Total Processed FY22 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 543,573 97,168 132,077 186,389 127,939 - Certified 508,096 87,670 123,562 177,519 119,345 Top 10 States of Employment - Denied 2,624 392 538 1,151 543 -Withdrawn 32,853 9,106 7,977 7,719 8,051 Positions Requested Positions Certified Processed Timely 942,013 172,908 306,845 271,604 190,656 925,187 170,146 302,581 266,187 186,273 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% Top States 37% 28% 13% 7% 11% 4% Top Occupations 44% 36% 7% 4% 4% 5% Top 10 Occupations (based on SOC Codes) California Texas Washington New York Illinois All Other States Electronics Engineers Computer Systems Analysts Information Technology Project Managers Computer Systems Engineers/Architects All Other Occupations Top 10 Employers2 (based on unique FEINs) Review of Positions Certified FY 2023 (% of total certified FY 2023) California Texas Washington New York Illinois New Jersey Massachusetts North Carolina Georgia Virginia 262,252 28.3% 116,948 12.6% 105,284 11.4% 61,120 6.6% 35,380 3.8% 35,029 3.8% 29,812 3.2% 28,701 3.1% 25,259 2.7% 24,047 2.6% Software Developers 332,898 36.0% Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Computer Systems Analysts Information Technology Project Managers Computer Systems Engineers/Architects Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers Computer and Information Systems Managers Operations Research Analysts Business Intelligence Analysts 66,684 7.2% 41,607 4.5% 39,311 4.2% 34,731 3.8% 25,315 2.7% 21,519 2.3% 20,257 2.2% 17,664 1.9% Data Scientists 16,647 1.8% Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. 71,018 7.7% Infosys Limited 39,790 4.3% Amazon Web Services, Inc. 22,354 2.4% NVIDIA Corporation 19,383 2.1% Grandison Management, Inc. Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. 17,600 1.9% 16,661 1.8% Oracle America, Inc. 14,460 1.6% Cisco Systems, Inc. Microsoft Corporation 14,064 14,020 1.5% 1.5% Software Developers Amazon.com Services LLC 93,695 10.1% 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. Data as of September 30, 2023.

All figures are rounded and calculated based on data submitted by employers for processing.