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Mississippi (MS)

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2,600

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

85.4%

LCA certification rate

264

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Mississippi 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 Mississippi

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

898

78687.5%

2024

827

69483.9%

2023

818

67081.9%

2022

807

66081.8%

2021

1,012

90088.9%

2020

778

68187.5%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

223

697.4%

2024

244

498.4%

2023

394.5%

2022

176

398.3%

2021

169

0100.0%

2020

167

696.5%

2019

159

2287.8%

2018

107

1885.6%

2017

104

793.7%

2016

153

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

5,551

5899.0%

2024

6,164

1999.7%

2021

6,215

499.9%

2020

5,345

5099.1%

2019

2,753

34488.9%

2018

3,150

0100.0%

2017

3,401

0100.0%

2016

2,177

0100.0%

2015

2,823

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,434

0100.0%

2024

1,806

0100.0%

2019

1,310

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Mississippi State University41

University of Mississippi29

University of Mississippi Medical Center26

Jackson Public School District19

Wilkinson County Office of Superintendent Education8

University of Southern Mississippi6

Vicksburg Warren School District6

Grenada School District5

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers90

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education82

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary79

Industrial Engineers30

Physicians, All Other25

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education22

Mechanical Engineers22

Computer Systems Analysts19

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