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North Dakota (ND)

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1,733

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

90%

LCA certification rate

164

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// North Dakota 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 Dakota

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

562

49788.4%

2024

503

44488.3%

2023

529

48190.9%

2022

428

38590.0%

2021

590

54091.5%

2020

333

30391.0%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

180

796.3%

2024

155

895.1%

2023

592.5%

2022

137

596.5%

2021

106

496.4%

2020

297.6%

2019

594.8%

2018

791.4%

2017

297.1%

2016

594.3%

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,518

1998.8%

2024

2,206

299.9%

2021

1,310

199.9%

2020

1,401

0100.0%

2019

867

0100.0%

2018

759

799.1%

2017

660

599.2%

2016

662

1198.4%

2015

728

399.6%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

429

0100.0%

2024

943

0100.0%

2019

401

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY28

University of North Dakota27

New Town Public School District 111

Altru Health System9

TATE TOPA TRIBAL SCHOOL7

Three Affiliated Tribes Head Start6

Aldevron, LLC5

ST LUKES HOMES INC5

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists75

Registered Nurses45

Software Developers32

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education23

Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education23

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary21

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education21

Physicians, All Other19

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