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Missouri (MO)

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16,977

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91%

LCA certification rate

1,625

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Missouri 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 Missouri

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

6,378

5,80891.1%

2024

5,759

5,22090.6%

2023

6,867

6,20190.3%

2022

7,082

6,20487.6%

2021

10,167

9,44092.8%

2020

8,228

7,58792.2%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,234

5096.1%

2024

1,351

3297.7%

2023

368

1296.8%

2022

1,221

3497.3%

2021

1,097

2797.6%

2020

1,047

15187.4%

2019

1,437

36879.6%

2018

837

22179.1%

2017

867

12187.8%

2016

943

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

459

299.6%

2024

861

0100.0%

2021

570

2795.5%

2020

317

797.8%

2019

1,283

0100.0%

2018

1,011

0100.0%

2017

778

0100.0%

2016

702

0100.0%

2015

541

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,868

4697.6%

2024

3,473

10097.2%

2019

2,546

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Washington University197

The Curators of the University of Missouri129

Mastercard Technologies, LLC30

Hazelwood School District29

SSM Health Care Group25

Bayer Research and Development Services LLC18

Charter Communications, Inc.18

BlueRibbon Global Technologies LLC18

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers2,106

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists306

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects265

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers230

Information Technology Project Managers200

Computer Systems Analysts158

Computer Programmers144

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary128

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