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4,302
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
93.6%
LCA certification rate
370
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
Where this fits nationally
// Rhode Island highlighted
AK
Alaska
ME
Maine
WA
Washington
MT
Montana
ND
North Dakota
MN
Minnesota
WI
Wisconsin
MI
Michigan
VT
Vermont
NH
New Hampshire
OR
Oregon
ID
Idaho
WY
Wyoming
SD
South Dakota
IA
Iowa
IL
Illinois
IN
Indiana
OH
Ohio
NY
New York
MA
Massachusetts
RI
Rhode Island
CA
California
NV
Nevada
UT
Utah
CO
Colorado
NE
Nebraska
KS
Kansas
MO
Missouri
KY
Kentucky
WV
West Virginia
PA
Pennsylvania
NJ
New Jersey
CT
Connecticut
AZ
Arizona
NM
New Mexico
OK
Oklahoma
AR
Arkansas
TN
Tennessee
VA
Virginia
MD
Maryland
DE
Delaware
HI
Hawaii
TX
Texas
LA
Louisiana
MS
Mississippi
AL
Alabama
GA
Georgia
SC
South Carolina
NC
North Carolina
DC
District of Columbia
FL
Florida
LCA filings by year
// worksite in Rhode Island
Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
1,356
1,265
93.3%
2024
1,286
1,188
92.4%
2023
1,803
1,653
91.7%
2022
1,777
1,647
92.7%
2021
2,777
2,635
94.9%
2020
2,242
2,139
95.4%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
439
6
98.7%
2024
421
4
99.1%
2023
59
3
95.2%
2022
346
1
99.7%
2021
423
9
97.9%
2020
260
11
95.9%
2019
263
27
90.7%
2018
190
15
92.7%
2017
178
3
98.3%
2016
185
5
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2024
2
0
100.0%
2021
1
0
100.0%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
67
0
100.0%
2024
242
0
100.0%
2019
205
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
—
Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
CVS Shared Services Resources LLC
71
CVS Rx Services Inc.
63
Brown University
35
Caremark LLC
31
Aetna Resources LLC
31
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
29
University of Rhode Island
17
LIFESPAN PHYSICIAN GROUP INC.
16
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Software Developers
440
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
71
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
67
Information Technology Project Managers
52
Data Scientists
46
Computer Programmers
35
Computer and Information Systems Managers
24
Physicians, All Other
23
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
97.4%
2015
161
11
93.6%
2014
238
14
94.4%
2013
239
7
97.2%
2012
239
11
95.6%
2011
172
12
93.5%
2010
193
7
96.5%
2009
296
14
95.5%