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Illinois (IL)

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102,506

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91.2%

LCA certification rate

5,429

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Illinois 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 Illinois

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

25,222

23,25192.2%

2024

23,732

21,67291.3%

2023

27,890

25,31590.8%

2022

29,930

26,12287.3%

2021

39,044

35,49290.9%

2020

27,702

26,31295.0%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

5,284

13497.5%

2024

7,368

11898.4%

2023

2,174

10095.6%

2022

7,334

11898.4%

2021

6,880

30595.8%

2020

7,093

1,20585.5%

2019

6,411

2,50271.9%

2018

3,779

2,44260.7%

2017

4,466

81384.6%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

872

499.5%

2024

1,174

0100.0%

2021

818

199.9%

2020

534

0100.0%

2019

736

0100.0%

2018

267

0100.0%

2017

0100.0%

2016

0100.0%

2015

155

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

709

399.6%

2024

1,984

499.8%

2019

1,193

1798.6%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

JPMorgan Chase & Co.553

CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC401

Accenture LLP250

University of Illinois163

The University of Chicago159

Northwestern University110

DFS Corporate Services LLC58

UChicago Argonne LLC55

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers6,610

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1,207

Data Scientists945

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers849

Information Technology Project Managers838

Computer Programmers744

Computer Systems Analysts728

Business Intelligence Analysts619

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