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Pennsylvania (PA)

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62,255

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

92.3%

LCA certification rate

3,676

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

15,987

14,45390.4%

2024

15,274

13,81790.5%

2023

18,176

16,58491.2%

2022

17,896

16,41691.7%

2021

26,091

24,44693.7%

2020

19,778

18,76194.9%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

3,226

8197.6%

2024

4,091

6898.4%

2023

961

4995.1%

2022

4,425

7298.4%

2021

4,216

16796.2%

2020

3,630

27093.1%

2019

4,341

80084.4%

2018

3,583

89380.0%

2017

3,073

36389.4%

2016

3,066

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

781

199.9%

2024

1,114

0100.0%

2021

1,231

0100.0%

2020

811

0100.0%

2019

706

299.7%

2018

533

0100.0%

2017

433

0100.0%

2016

226

0100.0%

2015

161

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

4,282

2099.5%

2024

7,273

0100.0%

2019

3,909

3599.1%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Deloitte Consulting LLP185

UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA154

Deloitte & Touche LLP152

University of Pittsburgh128

Deloitte Tax LLP91

The Pennsylvania State University72

SAP America, Inc.70

DUBOIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER65

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers4,537

Computer Systems Analysts768

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers692

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects636

Information Technology Project Managers521

Computer Programmers423

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists409

Computer and Information Systems Managers401

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