EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / FLORIDA

Florida (FL)

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55,235

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

92.5%

LCA certification rate

5,910

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Florida highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

WAWashington

MTMontana

NDNorth Dakota

MNMinnesota

WIWisconsin

MIMichigan

VTVermont

NHNew Hampshire

OROregon

IDIdaho

WYWyoming

SDSouth Dakota

IAIowa

ILIllinois

INIndiana

OHOhio

NYNew York

MAMassachusetts

RIRhode Island

CACalifornia

NVNevada

UTUtah

COColorado

NENebraska

KSKansas

MOMissouri

KYKentucky

WVWest Virginia

PAPennsylvania

NJNew Jersey

CTConnecticut

AZArizona

NMNew Mexico

OKOklahoma

ARArkansas

TNTennessee

VAVirginia

MDMaryland

DEDelaware

HIHawaii

TXTexas

LALouisiana

MSMississippi

ALAlabama

GAGeorgia

SCSouth Carolina

NCNorth Carolina

DCDistrict of Columbia

FLFlorida

LCA filings by year

// worksite in Florida

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

20,089

18,39291.6%

2024

17,975

16,50491.8%

2023

20,526

18,69391.1%

2022

19,623

18,15092.5%

2021

24,009

22,52093.8%

2020

17,210

16,21294.2%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

3,894

12596.9%

2024

3,826

13196.7%

2023

1,125

10791.3%

2022

3,915

11397.2%

2021

3,090

11596.4%

2020

3,137

65282.8%

2019

3,410

1,19374.1%

2018

2,129

94069.4%

2017

2,840

57283.2%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

66,194

59299.1%

2024

66,512

41899.4%

2021

60,204

42199.3%

2020

49,084

37399.2%

2019

48,988

46999.1%

2018

40,993

48698.8%

2017

32,110

18899.4%

2016

27,413

44098.4%

2015

20,143

3699.8%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

7,012

2199.7%

2024

13,643

32497.7%

2019

6,752

7099.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC.308

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA132

PWC ADVISORY SERVICES LLC122

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI92

KFORCE INC.82

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY68

Management Health Systems, LLC63

MANAGEMENT HEALTH SYSTEMS LLC DBA62

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers5,532

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects914

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers768

Information Technology Project Managers680

Computer and Information Systems Managers557

Computer Systems Analysts554

Data Scientists491

Computer Programmers448

Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE