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North Carolina (NC)

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47,173

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

93.7%

LCA certification rate

4,430

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// North Carolina 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 North Carolina

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

22,261

20,79893.4%

2024

21,021

19,45592.6%

2023

24,281

22,46692.5%

2022

21,680

20,32793.8%

2021

27,391

25,88294.5%

2020

20,828

19,81795.1%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,800

7997.3%

2024

4,111

7698.2%

2023

1,088

5495.3%

2022

3,810

8397.9%

2021

3,708

13096.6%

2020

3,121

36089.7%

2019

3,221

99576.4%

2018

1,584

38880.3%

2017

2,250

38785.3%

2016

2,678

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

37,400

26399.3%

2024

37,735

3199.9%

2021

32,682

22399.3%

2020

31,678

1,60695.2%

2019

41,712

7100.0%

2018

37,679

10699.7%

2017

25,823

1399.9%

2016

23,875

3199.9%

2015

20,525

2199.9%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,206

0100.0%

2024

5,529

16097.2%

2019

3,141

3199.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

IBM Corporation501

BOFA SECURITIES, INC.140

DUKE UNIVERSITY UNIV MED CTR AFFIL82

NC STATE UNIVERSITY71

BANK OF AMERICA N.A.69

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL48

Wayne County Public Schools44

Red Hat, Inc.43

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers8,337

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1,764

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers1,061

Information Technology Project Managers932

Computer Programmers790

Computer Systems Analysts776

Data Scientists561

Database Administrators423

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