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New Jersey (NJ)

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229,909

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

94%

LCA certification rate

6,132

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// New Jersey 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 New Jersey

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

29,182

27,37193.8%

2024

29,700

27,62193.0%

2023

34,837

32,53693.4%

2022

33,547

31,58194.1%

2021

41,952

39,75694.8%

2020

31,318

29,70094.8%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

7,639

26896.6%

2024

11,108

36096.9%

2023

4,371

29793.6%

2022

11,963

37497.0%

2021

18,624

1,10994.4%

2020

10,842

2,17483.3%

2019

11,610

5,26468.8%

2018

8,896

5,16363.3%

2017

10,711

2,59980.5%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

655

0100.0%

2024

1,022

2497.7%

2021

1,015

0100.0%

2020

887

0100.0%

2019

669

0100.0%

2018

486

0100.0%

2017

413

0100.0%

2016

368

0100.0%

2015

394

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

840

0100.0%

2024

1,818

0100.0%

2019

1,896

199.9%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Ernst & Young U.S. LLP705

Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited401

TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS), INC293

WIPRO LIMITED257

THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY150

COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC126

BLACKROCK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC.108

L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED90

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers8,178

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects2,328

Information Technology Project Managers1,726

Computer Programmers1,358

Computer Systems Analysts1,126

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers1,105

Data Scientists999

Business Intelligence Analysts871

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