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Massachusetts (MA)

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83,048

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91.5%

LCA certification rate

4,587

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

21,465

19,50590.9%

2024

20,751

18,71290.2%

2023

24,526

21,92289.4%

2022

24,386

22,11490.7%

2021

32,891

30,57993.0%

2020

22,851

21,49594.1%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

4,784

9398.1%

2024

5,801

9398.4%

2023

1,209

6195.2%

2022

5,757

13097.8%

2021

7,927

31996.1%

2020

5,246

48791.5%

2019

6,910

1,55681.6%

2018

5,048

87585.2%

2017

4,050

31492.8%

2016

4,390

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

100

397.1%

2024

139

0100.0%

2021

0100.0%

2020

0100.0%

2019

0100.0%

2017

0100.0%

2016

0100.0%

2015

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,353

1399.0%

2024

2,441

399.9%

2019

1,598

399.8%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP, INC.262

Fidelity Technology Group, LLC169

Harvard University110

GENERAL HOSP CORP D/B/A MASS GENERAL HOSP108

RANDSTAD DIGITAL, LLC101

Massachusetts Institute of Technology99

UMASS CHAN MEDICAL SCHOOL99

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute98

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers4,385

Data Scientists811

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers687

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists550

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects541

Information Technology Project Managers535

Business Intelligence Analysts527

Biochemists and Biophysicists522

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