EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / WASHINGTON

Washington (WA)

······

72,951

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

95.2%

LCA certification rate

3,361

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Washington 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 Washington

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

36,307

34,66895.5%

2024

34,089

32,47295.3%

2023

37,614

35,46994.3%

2022

38,067

35,89594.3%

2021

44,510

42,45695.4%

2020

32,427

31,29896.5%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,863

4598.5%

2024

3,101

5098.4%

2023

527

3294.3%

2022

4,529

8898.1%

2021

9,132

21997.7%

2020

8,358

30896.4%

2019

7,445

63792.1%

2018

5,341

36893.6%

2017

5,218

28994.8%

2016

3,757

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

28,268

4999.8%

2024

28,575

4399.8%

2021

27,463

45698.4%

2020

24,887

12699.5%

2019

24,821

1999.9%

2018

29,999

11100.0%

2017

15,659

0100.0%

2016

12,015

0100.0%

2015

11,329

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

825

0100.0%

2024

3,995

5298.7%

2019

4,555

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

Microsoft Corporation1,394

University of Washington98

Expedia, Inc.65

Battelle Memorial Institute50

T-Mobile USA, Inc.43

Washington State University41

Lenora Systems, Inc31

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center30

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers17,586

Data Scientists1,901

Information Technology Project Managers1,901

Computer and Information Systems Managers1,311

Business Intelligence Analysts1,299

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects1,086

Computer and Information Research Scientists728

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers720

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