EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / VIRGINIA

Virginia (VA)

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65,910

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

93.4%

LCA certification rate

3,769

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Virginia 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 Virginia

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

15,711

14,64493.2%

2024

15,165

14,14393.3%

2023

16,711

15,47092.6%

2022

17,103

15,86192.7%

2021

21,729

20,34593.6%

2020

16,803

15,92994.8%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

7,516

16997.8%

2024

7,740

14698.1%

2023

1,921

18191.4%

2022

8,455

13698.4%

2021

3,414

15695.6%

2020

2,979

42087.6%

2019

3,633

1,27474.0%

2018

2,995

1,52666.2%

2017

2,446

72077.3%

2016

2,776

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

23,646

38598.4%

2024

21,102

14599.3%

2021

14,644

1399.9%

2020

16,137

5299.7%

2019

16,529

0100.0%

2018

14,902

1100.0%

2017

9,671

0100.0%

2016

9,025

0100.0%

2015

7,012

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

9,199

3199.7%

2024

23,969

1899.9%

2019

17,109

9099.5%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Amazon.com Services LLC4,408

Amazon Data Services, Inc173

Capital One, National Association139

Capital One Services, LLC130

The University of Virginia88

Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University74

Portsmouth Public Schools61

CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.47

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers5,461

Data Scientists931

Computer Programmers719

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers539

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects519

Information Technology Project Managers433

Computer Systems Analysts385

Business Intelligence Analysts360

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