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South Dakota (SD)

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1,999

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91.7%

LCA certification rate

128

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// South 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 South Dakota

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

518

45788.2%

2024

506

46491.7%

2023

414

38091.8%

2022

329

31395.1%

2021

425

38791.1%

2020

284

27095.1%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

348

897.8%

2024

286

2392.6%

2023

0100.0%

2022

191

299.0%

2021

205

1194.9%

2020

134

596.4%

2019

990.5%

2018

792.1%

2017

198.9%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

680

1498.0%

2024

1,027

0100.0%

2021

899

299.8%

2020

1,076

0100.0%

2019

868

0100.0%

2018

715

1298.3%

2017

445

499.1%

2016

382

0100.0%

2015

411

199.8%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

944

1598.4%

2024

2,124

0100.0%

2019

927

2597.4%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

ULTIMUS SOLUTIONS INC67

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.65

Monument Health Rapid City Hospital, Inc.59

South Dakota State University25

Sanford20

Sanford Clinic12

Sanford School Of Medicine of the University of South Dakota Residency9

Sicangu Oyate Ho, Inc.8

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education47

Physicians, All Other42

Software Developers40

Registered Nurses36

Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists29

Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education26

Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education18

Hospitalists15

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