EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / NEW YORK

New York (NY)

······

162,174

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

92.2%

LCA certification rate

10,683

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// New York 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 York

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

50,305

46,08891.6%

2024

45,271

41,09890.8%

2023

50,649

45,82890.5%

2022

47,736

43,88891.9%

2021

67,785

63,31793.4%

2020

46,888

44,24694.4%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

11,321

30897.4%

2024

12,202

22998.2%

2023

2,213

11495.1%

2022

10,700

21198.1%

2021

9,726

38696.2%

2020

9,092

68093.0%

2019

11,167

1,82286.0%

2018

9,442

1,69084.8%

2017

7,262

74190.7%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

6,402

4399.3%

2024

6,162

1100.0%

2021

5,507

2699.5%

2020

5,164

699.9%

2019

4,773

2899.4%

2018

4,420

1100.0%

2017

4,032

0100.0%

2016

3,017

799.8%

2015

2,959

699.8%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,232

1799.2%

2024

5,250

2199.6%

2019

3,824

9797.5%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC508

Citibank, N.A.296

McKinsey & Company, Inc. United States222

BLOOMBERG LP216

GOLDMAN SACHS SERVICES LLC171

Columbia University155

STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO147

Morgan Stanley Services Group Inc.146

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers8,803

Financial and Investment Analysts3,918

Data Scientists1,881

Financial Quantitative Analysts1,791

Accountants and Auditors1,573

Lawyers1,548

Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists1,439

Business Intelligence Analysts1,324

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