Who sponsors visas

Before a US company can hire a worker on an H-1B visa, it files a Labor Condition Application with the Department of Labor. Those filings are public. This page ranks the employers that file the most, shows which roles and states they file for, and what wage they commit to pay.

Source: US Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification, LCA disclosure data. An application is a request to hire, not a visa. Where an employer matches a company on our board, the row links to it and shows its open jobs.

417,721
certified applications
52,637
employers
$126k
median wage

Certified applications per month, FY2023 to FY2026.

Top sponsors

Employers ranked by certified H-1B applications in the fiscal year.

Rows with an arrow match a company on our board. Click one to see its page.

The biggest sponsors over time

Certified applications per fiscal year for the five largest filers of FY2026.

Roles, states and wages by employer

Wages are the annual rate the employer filed. Median across its applications.

Employers
Employer Applications Median wage Main role Main state Open jobs
Amazon.com Services LLC 13,712$159kSoftware DevelopersWA1,609
Google LLC 7,339$193kSoftware DevelopersCA1
Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp H-1B dependent5,767$111kInformation Technology Project ManagersTXn/a
Apple Inc. 5,619$172kSoftware DevelopersCA359
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 5,275$156kAccountants and AuditorsTXn/a
Meta Platforms, Inc H-1B dependent5,150$214kSoftware DevelopersCA3
Microsoft Corporation 5,107$177kSoftware DevelopersWAn/a
Infosys Limited H-1B dependent4,557$93kInformation Technology Project ManagersTX1
Tata Consultancy Services Limited H-1B dependent2,891$92kInformation Technology Project ManagersTXn/a
Tesla, Inc. 2,809$150kValidation EngineersCA15
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2,744$160kSoftware DevelopersNY6
Deloitte Consulting LLP 2,617$143kSoftware DevelopersTX14
Fidelity Technology Group, LLC d/b/a Fidelity Investments 2,564$128kSoftware DevelopersNC2
Amazon Web Services, Inc. 2,440$156kSoftware DevelopersWA1,609
Amazon Development Center U.S., Inc. 2,434$163kSoftware DevelopersWA1,609
NVIDIA Corporation H-1B dependent2,424$186kSoftware DevelopersCA268
Wal-mart Associates, Inc. 2,246$147kSoftware DevelopersAR2
Grandison Management, Inc. 1,978$74kOccupational TherapistsILn/a
Compunnel Software Group, Inc H-1B dependent1,940$113kSoftware DevelopersTXn/a
Wipro Limited H-1B dependent1,813$106kInformation Technology Project ManagersTXn/a
Intel Corporation 1,745$134kElectronics Engineers, Except ComputerOR97
Capgemini America Inc H-1B dependent1,676$131kSoftware DevelopersTXn/a
Salesforce, Inc. 1,569$197kSoftware DevelopersCA198
Accenture LLP 1,462$146kComputer Systems AnalystsTX2
HCL America Inc H-1B dependent1,362$121kInformation Technology Project ManagersTX2
TT Commerce & Global Services LLC H-1B dependent1,331$189kSoftware DevelopersCAn/a
IBM Corporation 1,229$130kComputer Systems AnalystsTXn/a
PayPal, Inc. H-1B dependent1,187$170kSoftware DevelopersCA35
Amazon Data Services, Inc 1,187$148kSoftware DevelopersWA1,609
Cisco Systems, Inc. 1,183$153kSoftware DevelopersCAn/a
Mphasis Corporation H-1B dependent1,145$122kComputer ProgrammersTXn/a
LTIMindtree Limited H-1B dependent1,126$101kSoftware DevelopersTXn/a
Citibank, N.A. 1,104$158kSoftware DevelopersTXn/a
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 1,071$130kSoftware DevelopersNYn/a
LinkedIn Corporation 1,046$179kSoftware DevelopersCAn/a
Adobe Inc. 1,028$185kSoftware DevelopersCA36
Capital One Services, LLC 835$143kSoftware DevelopersVA289
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. H-1B dependent807$154kElectronics Engineers, Except ComputerCA1
Deloitte & Touche LLP 769$102kAccountants and AuditorsCA14
Oracle America, Inc. 766$142kSoftware DevelopersTX273
PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC 745$181kOperations Research AnalystsNYn/a
Randstad Digital, LLC 718$130kSoftware DevelopersTX30
Cummins Inc. 706$100kMechanical EngineersIN1
eBay Inc. H-1B dependent681$192kSoftware DevelopersCAn/a
Uber Technologies, Inc. 657$195kSoftware DevelopersCAn/a
Boston Consulting Group, Inc. 655$190kManagement AnalystsNY4
Ford Motor Company 648$126kSoftware DevelopersMI21
Deloitte Tax LLP 636$97kAccountants and AuditorsCA14
Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc. 630$162kSoftware DevelopersNY101
Intuit Inc. 604$181kSoftware DevelopersCA6

Roles they file for

Most common occupations in FY2026 to date, by certified applications.

  • 1 Software Developers 125,127
  • 2 Information Technology Project Managers 30,501
  • 3 Business Intelligence Analysts 28,053
  • 4 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 13,481
  • 5 Computer Programmers 11,066
  • 6 Computer and Information Systems Managers 8,639
  • 7 Computer Systems Analysts 8,550
  • 8 Validation Engineers 8,548
  • 9 Mechanical Engineers 7,640
  • 10 Financial and Investment Analysts 7,255
  • 11 Accountants and Auditors 6,314
  • 12 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 6,185
  • 13 Electrical Engineers 5,553
  • 14 Operations Research Analysts 5,479
  • 15 Management Analysts 5,294

What those roles pay

Median annual wage filed, same occupations.

  • 1 Software Developers $144k
  • 2 Information Technology Project Managers $119k
  • 3 Business Intelligence Analysts $125k
  • 4 Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers $108k
  • 5 Computer Programmers $95k
  • 6 Computer and Information Systems Managers $208k
  • 7 Computer Systems Analysts $109k
  • 8 Validation Engineers $111k
  • 9 Mechanical Engineers $110k
  • 10 Financial and Investment Analysts $143k
  • 11 Accountants and Auditors $97k
  • 12 Electronics Engineers, Except Computer $157k
  • 13 Electrical Engineers $127k
  • 14 Operations Research Analysts $115k
  • 15 Management Analysts $130k

Where the jobs are

Worksite state of certified applications in FY2026 to date. Hover a state for its count and median wage.

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  • 1 CA 82,020
  • 2 TX 61,776
  • 3 NY 35,960
  • 4 WA 27,843
  • 5 NJ 18,450
  • 6 IL 17,459
  • 7 NC 15,743
  • 8 GA 14,930
  • 9 MA 14,858
  • 10 FL 13,094

Methodology

What an application is

A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the first step to an H-1B visa. The employer states the role, the worksite and the wage it will pay. The Department of Labor certifies it. Then the employer files a petition with USCIS, which decides on the visa. This page counts certified LCAs. It does not count visas issued, and one application can cover several workers. The worker positions per employer are in the data, the ranking uses applications.

What we count

We keep applications with status Certified and Certified-Withdrawn. H-1B only. We skip H-1B1 and E-3. A fiscal year runs from 1 October to 30 September. A year marked "to date" is partial until DOL publishes its Q4 file. DOL files hold one quarter each, or the year so far, and we merge them by decision date. Employers with fewer than 5 certified applications in a year count in the totals but have no row.

Wages

The wage is the lower bound of the rate the employer filed, turned into a yearly figure (hourly times 2,080, weekly times 52, monthly times 12). Values under $20,000 or over $2,000,000 a year are dropped as entry errors. A filed wage is a floor the employer promises, not what the worker earns.

Matching to the board

We match the employer name to a company on the board after we drop words like Inc and LLC. A name that starts with a board company name also matches, for example Amazon.com Services LLC matches Amazon. Some matches will be wrong or missing. Staffing and consulting firms often file for workers placed at other companies, so the employer is not always the place you would work.

Refreshed weekly. DOL publishes a new file each quarter.