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Louisiana (LA)

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6,307

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

89%

LCA certification rate

441

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Louisiana 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 Louisiana

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

1,750

1,54088.0%

2024

1,601

1,40487.7%

2023

1,910

1,56982.1%

2022

1,778

1,61991.1%

2021

2,277

2,11893.0%

2020

1,455

1,33291.5%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

454

1097.8%

2024

444

1297.4%

2023

126

695.5%

2022

526

1198.0%

2021

441

1297.4%

2020

287

4187.5%

2019

330

3789.9%

2018

330

4588.0%

2017

238

2590.5%

2016

304

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

11,142

1299.9%

2024

10,199

0100.0%

2021

10,702

1399.9%

2020

9,667

3100.0%

2019

8,307

2100.0%

2018

6,810

1100.0%

2017

5,969

1100.0%

2016

6,120

2299.6%

2015

6,662

3099.6%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

3,530

1799.5%

2024

6,634

899.9%

2019

4,030

1100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Ochsner Clinic Foundation66

TULANE UNIVERSITY59

Louisiana State University and A&M College44

LOUISIANA CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER17

LSU HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER AT SHREVEPORT17

University of Louisiana at Lafayette14

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System, Inc.14

Lycee Francais de la Nouvelle Orleans, Inc.11

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers198

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary154

Hospitalists73

Physicians, All Other63

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists61

Computer Systems Analysts48

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers46

Registered Nurses39

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