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Iowa (IA)

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7,617

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91.4%

LCA certification rate

654

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Iowa 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 Iowa

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

2,387

2,17391.0%

2024

2,344

2,03086.6%

2023

2,754

2,44088.6%

2022

2,540

2,34692.4%

2021

3,809

3,55293.3%

2020

2,902

2,75094.8%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

529

1796.9%

2024

505

1098.1%

2023

170

895.5%

2022

519

1896.6%

2021

456

1297.4%

2020

481

7686.4%

2019

616

23872.1%

2018

421

16272.2%

2017

406

4889.4%

2016

415

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,106

2299.0%

2024

1,955

199.9%

2021

1,883

15092.6%

2020

1,644

0100.0%

2019

1,501

699.6%

2018

3,842

399.9%

2017

3,085

499.9%

2016

2,261

1999.2%

2015

1,555

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

548

0100.0%

2024

2,422

499.8%

2019

532

1098.2%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

The University of Iowa120

Genesis Health System40

Iowa State University of Science and Technology38

Siri Consultancy Service, Inc.18

SANAV TECHNOLOGIES LLC16

Rockwell Collins Inc.14

Great River Health System, Inc.11

Maharishi International University11

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers593

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists97

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects95

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers77

Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other73

Mechanical Engineers52

Information Technology Project Managers50

Data Scientists49

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