EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / TENNESSEE

Tennessee (TN)

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18,029

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

92.7%

LCA certification rate

1,533

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Tennessee 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 Tennessee

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

6,968

6,46592.8%

2024

6,300

5,82092.4%

2023

7,023

6,46492.0%

2022

7,041

6,51492.5%

2021

9,457

8,75392.6%

2020

6,443

6,07994.4%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,502

3597.7%

2024

1,478

2598.3%

2023

426

2295.1%

2022

1,394

2198.5%

2021

1,248

3297.5%

2020

1,165

12790.2%

2019

1,539

17989.6%

2018

1,224

11491.5%

2017

819

3196.4%

2016

848

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

4,854

9898.0%

2024

4,811

1100.0%

2021

3,793

0100.0%

2020

3,162

5398.4%

2019

2,331

599.8%

2018

708

0100.0%

2017

624

0100.0%

2016

474

0100.0%

2015

550

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

1,036

1099.0%

2024

1,971

0100.0%

2019

1,084

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Cummins Inc.170

ST JUDE CHILDRENS RESEARCH HOSPITA121

THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE101

Federal Express Corporation88

UT BATTELLE LLC ORNL83

UBS Business Solutions US LLC54

Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare50

Vanderbilt University47

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers1,815

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects309

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers298

Information Technology Project Managers248

Biochemists and Biophysicists235

Business Intelligence Analysts228

Data Scientists204

Computer Systems Analysts202

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