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753
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
91.6%
LCA certification rate
92
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
Where this fits nationally
// Montana highlighted
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Florida
LCA filings by year
// worksite in Montana
Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
221
200
90.5%
2024
261
233
89.3%
2023
272
252
92.6%
2022
224
208
92.9%
2021
310
289
93.2%
2020
159
144
90.6%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
84
2
97.7%
2024
90
4
95.7%
2023
33
0
100.0%
2022
63
1
98.4%
2021
60
1
98.4%
2020
41
1
97.6%
2019
39
4
90.7%
2018
22
3
88.0%
2017
47
2
95.9%
2016
49
3
94.2%
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
1,230
15
98.8%
2024
1,288
6
99.5%
2021
818
0
100.0%
2020
764
1
99.9%
2019
287
0
100.0%
2018
231
24
90.6%
2017
188
0
100.0%
2016
117
0
100.0%
2015
126
2
98.4%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
432
4
99.1%
2024
897
0
100.0%
2019
358
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
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Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
Montana State University
15
Fair Isaac Corporation
11
Billings Clinic
8
University of Montana
7
Northeast Montana Health Services, Inc.
6
Northern Montana Health Care, Inc.
3
Dahl Memorial Healthcare, Inc.
2
Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital
2
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
35
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
13
Soil and Plant Scientists
12
Software Developers
9
Registered Nurses
9
Mechanical Engineers
9
Civil Engineers
8
Physicians, All Other
7
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
2015
37
1
97.4%
2014
31
3
91.2%
2013
30
3
90.9%
2012
24
5
82.8%
2011
33
4
89.2%
2010
28
6
82.4%
2009
42
2
95.5%