EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / MARYLAND

Maryland (MD)

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76,326

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

89%

LCA certification rate

2,186

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Maryland 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 Maryland

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

7,208

6,32087.7%

2024

7,371

6,43687.3%

2023

9,172

7,93486.5%

2022

8,641

7,52687.1%

2021

12,694

11,54891.0%

2020

9,369

8,69492.8%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,420

9396.3%

2024

3,444

6798.1%

2023

1,443

7794.9%

2022

4,734

12197.5%

2021

5,011

18596.4%

2020

4,092

37191.7%

2019

3,586

1,06277.2%

2018

2,150

47382.0%

2017

3,581

40090.0%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

722

898.9%

2024

785

0100.0%

2021

885

299.8%

2020

564

0100.0%

2019

573

0100.0%

2018

564

0100.0%

2017

480

0100.0%

2016

442

0100.0%

2015

438

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,179

0100.0%

2024

2,918

0100.0%

2019

1,474

2198.6%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED846

University of Maryland College Park146

Johns Hopkins University143

Government Employees Insurance Company (GEICO)92

National Institutes of Health, HHS55

HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE HHMI44

Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.42

Infinite Computer Solutions, Inc.42

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers1,542

Computer Programmers266

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists264

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers263

Computer Systems Analysts206

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects198

Information Technology Project Managers164

Biochemists and Biophysicists162

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