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West Virginia (WV)

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1,822

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

87.8%

LCA certification rate

132

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// West 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 West Virginia

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

661

57186.4%

2024

409

35687.0%

2023

445

37884.9%

2022

435

38889.2%

2021

626

54887.5%

2020

422

39092.4%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

149

0100.0%

2024

101

298.1%

2023

197.4%

2022

137

298.6%

2021

118

496.7%

2020

109

3078.4%

2019

114

2482.6%

2018

891.8%

2017

694.0%

2016

114

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

126

0100.0%

2024

185

0100.0%

2021

201

0100.0%

2020

202

0100.0%

2019

130

0100.0%

2018

128

0100.0%

2017

103

0100.0%

2016

0100.0%

2015

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

235

896.7%

2024

270

1295.7%

2019

0100.0%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

West Virginia University Medical Corporation33

West Virginia University19

Fayette Physician Network, Inc.11

University Physicians & Surgeons, Inc.11

Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.11

MARSHALL UNIVERSITY8

MAHANTECH CORPORATION5

West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.5

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary125

General Internal Medicine Physicians76

Physicians, All Other51

Hospitalists24

Software Developers21

Cardiologists18

Surgeons, All Other16

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary14

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