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Georgia (GA)

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46,913

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

93.3%

LCA certification rate

4,749

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Georgia highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

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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 Georgia

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

22,310

20,85693.5%

2024

22,646

20,92592.4%

2023

24,874

22,85191.9%

2022

23,441

21,78192.9%

2021

28,133

26,48894.2%

2020

19,614

18,62695.0%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

3,406

14795.9%

2024

4,355

29293.7%

2023

1,360

14590.4%

2022

3,758

13496.6%

2021

3,294

15695.5%

2020

2,827

71479.8%

2019

2,776

1,20569.7%

2018

2,014

1,13264.0%

2017

2,187

68476.2%

2016

2,535

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

28,469

51298.2%

2024

33,084

18699.4%

2021

29,206

11100.0%

2020

21,710

2100.0%

2019

29,927

0100.0%

2018

34,516

42098.8%

2017

26,858

15399.4%

2016

20,861

29798.6%

2015

18,522

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,617

199.9%

2024

5,262

2099.6%

2019

4,548

60788.2%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Emory University133

Insight Global, LLC99

The University of Georgia66

SAVANNAH CHATHAM COUNTY PUBLIC SCH55

Georgia Institute of Technology53

EDU INFOTECH INTERNATIONAL RESOURCES INC47

Home Depot Management Company LLC45

EFICENS SYSTEMS LLC43

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers7,690

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1,389

Information Technology Project Managers1,092

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers1,083

Computer Systems Analysts845

Computer Programmers732

Data Scientists732

Computer and Information Systems Managers634

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