H-1B labor condition applications by state, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
Employers with an address in California filed the most LCAs in fiscal years 2025 to 2026: 210,601, or 20.6% of all LCAs.
The five states with the most LCAs filed 574,692, or 56.2% of all LCAs.
LCAs in the United States changed from 594,652 in fiscal year 2025 to 428,696 in fiscal year 2026, to 30 June 2026.
The median offered wage was $156,853 a year in California and $122,221 in the United States.
States by LCAs
| State | Position | LCAs, fiscal year 2025 | LCAs, fiscal year 2026 (to 30 June 2026) | LCAs in all | Share of the United States | Median offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1 | 119,013 | 91,588 | 210,601 | 20.6% | $156,853 |
| Texas | 2 | 71,765 | 51,407 | 123,172 | 12.0% | $105,997 |
| New Jersey | 3 | 54,406 | 36,201 | 90,607 | 8.9% | $109,500 |
| New York | 4 | 47,330 | 35,645 | 82,975 | 8.1% | $125,000 |
| Washington | 5 | 36,402 | 30,935 | 67,337 | 6.6% | $152,100 |
| Illinois | 6 | 29,471 | 19,762 | 49,233 | 4.8% | $123,656 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | 23,447 | 18,012 | 41,459 | 4.1% | $122,553 |
| Pennsylvania | 8 | 20,406 | 14,048 | 34,454 | 3.4% | $115,472 |
| Virginia | 9 | 19,339 | 10,954 | 30,293 | 3.0% | $115,000 |
| Michigan | 10 | 16,820 | 12,158 | 28,978 | 2.8% | $108,535 |
| Florida | 11 | 15,650 | 11,829 | 27,479 | 2.7% | $110,000 |
| Georgia | 12 | 15,781 | 11,117 | 26,898 | 2.6% | $105,997 |
| North Carolina | 13 | 14,294 | 9,150 | 23,444 | 2.3% | $112,986 |
| Maryland | 14 | 15,153 | 8,205 | 23,358 | 2.3% | $94,682 |
| Ohio | 15 | 9,044 | 6,370 | 15,414 | 1.5% | $102,627 |
| Tennessee | 16 | 7,417 | 5,085 | 12,502 | 1.2% | $109,512 |
| Arizona | 17 | 6,244 | 4,912 | 11,156 | 1.1% | $111,072 |
| Minnesota | 18 | 6,651 | 4,345 | 10,996 | 1.1% | $113,875 |
| Missouri | 19 | 6,297 | 4,342 | 10,639 | 1.0% | $112,174 |
| Arkansas | 20 | 5,557 | 3,410 | 8,967 | 0.9% | $135,000 |
| Connecticut | 21 | 4,275 | 3,256 | 7,531 | 0.7% | $114,400 |
| Indiana | 22 | 4,347 | 3,147 | 7,494 | 0.7% | $109,069 |
| Colorado | 23 | 4,244 | 3,081 | 7,325 | 0.7% | $105,000 |
| Wisconsin | 24 | 4,006 | 2,992 | 6,998 | 0.7% | $113,621 |
| Utah | 25 | 2,788 | 2,108 | 4,896 | 0.5% | $115,271 |
| Delaware | 26 | 2,677 | 1,922 | 4,599 | 0.4% | $106,044 |
| Rhode Island | 27 | 2,445 | 2,013 | 4,458 | 0.4% | $135,200 |
| South Carolina | 28 | 2,280 | 1,756 | 4,036 | 0.4% | $89,000 |
| Iowa | 29 | 2,097 | 1,517 | 3,614 | 0.4% | $98,331 |
| Nebraska | 30 | 2,181 | 1,201 | 3,382 | 0.3% | $107,331 |
| District of Columbia | 31 | 2,051 | 1,325 | 3,376 | 0.3% | $102,482 |
| Kansas | 32 | 1,864 | 1,424 | 3,288 | 0.3% | $94,318 |
| Kentucky | 33 | 1,808 | 1,480 | 3,288 | 0.3% | $105,023 |
| Alabama | 34 | 1,751 | 1,329 | 3,080 | 0.3% | $92,538 |
| Oregon | 35 | 1,856 | 1,188 | 3,044 | 0.3% | $113,850 |
| Louisiana | 36 | 1,617 | 1,196 | 2,813 | 0.3% | $92,019 |
| Nevada | 37 | 1,371 | 1,113 | 2,484 | 0.2% | $114,008 |
| Oklahoma | 38 | 1,372 | 964 | 2,336 | 0.2% | $87,597 |
| Idaho | 39 | 1,146 | 855 | 2,001 | 0.2% | $120,000 |
| New Mexico | 40 | 1,048 | 817 | 1,865 | 0.2% | $85,603 |
| New Hampshire | 41 | 826 | 653 | 1,479 | 0.1% | $105,782 |
| South Dakota | 42 | 751 | 517 | 1,268 | 0.1% | $100,000 |
| Guam | 43 | 817 | 384 | 1,201 | 0.1% | $58,282 |
| Mississippi | 44 | 672 | 456 | 1,128 | 0.1% | $77,750 |
| Wyoming | 45 | 763 | 314 | 1,077 | 0.1% | $106,197 |
| North Dakota | 46 | 555 | 406 | 961 | 0.1% | $71,760 |
| West Virginia | 47 | 524 | 396 | 920 | 0.1% | $120,765 |
| Maine | 48 | 451 | 362 | 813 | 0.1% | $108,460 |
| Vermont | 49 | 403 | 237 | 640 | 0.1% | $94,370 |
| Alaska | 50 | 348 | 216 | 564 | 0.1% | $73,758 |
| Hawaii | 51 | 341 | 223 | 564 | 0.1% | $90,000 |
| Montana | 52 | 223 | 198 | 421 | 0.0% | $79,950 |
| Puerto Rico | 53 | 107 | 97 | 204 | 0.0% | $66,622 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 54 | 112 | 46 | 158 | 0.0% | $43,514 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 55 | 48 | 29 | 77 | 0.0% | $51,598 |
| American Samoa | 56 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0.0% | $93,600 |
How the figures were made
The table orders rows by a count of filings. It is not a judgement of an employer, a place or an occupation.
An LCA is a filing. It is not a visa and it is not a job. The state is the state of the employer address on the form.
A median offered wage is shown only where three or more LCAs state a wage. The wage is the annual wage offered on the form, not a wage paid. The counts are from the labor condition application (LCA) disclosure files of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, fiscal years 2025 to 2026. Fiscal year 2026 is not complete: its data end on 30 June 2026.
A program makes this page from the agency files with fixed sentence rules. The methodology tells how records are matched and counted.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was California (210,601).
Other findings
- The 50 employers with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 occupations with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 industries with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- PERM labor certification applications by state, fiscal years 2024 to 2026
Where the figures come from
- OFLC Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Decisions to . Newest file fiscal year 2026, quarter 3. Read , from the committed copy.
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