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Wednesday, February 15, 2017

2016 H1B Visa Petitions For Each State - Ranked by Number of Petitions

According to the Department of Home Security (DHS), H1B visas are granted to the following categories of applicants:
  1. Specialty Occupations
  2. DOD Researcher and Development Project Worker
  3. Fashion Model
I must admit that I was not aware of the current "carnage" and screaming shortages in the fashion model market. Maybe your guess would be better than mine regarding the identity and the interests of the lobby groups who "helped" our government define the above categories; however, the current non-resident worker employment policy of the U.S. are practiced, based upon the H1B categories mentioned above.
(see: https://www.uscis.gov/working-united-states/temporary-workers/h-1b-specialty-occupations-dod-cooperative-research-and-development-project-workers-and-fashion-models).

The table below lists the number of H1B visa petitions submitted by US employers in fiscal year 2016, organized by State rank. The Number of LCA column reflects the number of Labor Condition Application(LCA) filed for H1B Visas. . This number includes new, renewed and transferred LCAs. 

Note that in some cases the visa sponsors (employers) specify a salary range, instead of a single numerical salary value. In such case the Average Salary column reflects the average proffered salary on the LCA application or the attached Form 9035. 

Click on the embedded links to get further breakdown of the information (Courtesy of:  http://www.myvisajobs.com/Reports/2017-H1B-Visa-Category.aspx?T=WS)

RankWork StateNumber of LCA *Average Salary
1California119,744$100,542
2Texas68,460$79,940
3New York58,660$92,567
4New Jersey48,365$78,908
5Illinois35,177$81,842
6Massachusetts24,887$87,638
7Georgia24,859$79,504
8Pennsylvania23,376$84,692
9Washington23,146$102,779
10Michigan20,966$77,545
11Florida20,848$78,039
12Virginia18,902$81,852
13North Carolina18,845$82,486
14Ohio16,342$80,292
15Maryland10,739$81,851
16Connecticut10,034$86,838
17Minnesota9,938$83,414
18Arizona9,732$83,345
19Missouri7,971$78,011
20Wisconsin7,046$82,666
21Colorado6,501$85,639
22Indiana6,399$81,569
23Tennessee5,652$79,330
24Oregon4,718$86,092
25District of Columbia4,134$86,293
26Delaware3,521$84,892
27Arkansas3,406$78,780
28South Carolina2,952$78,275
29Iowa2,940$83,365
30Utah2,887$79,034
31Kansas2,768$84,216
32Kentucky2,624$83,644
33Rhode Island2,457$86,683
34Louisiana2,191$88,751
35Alabama2,053$80,989
36Oklahoma2,015$74,551
37Nebraska2,014$83,223
38New Hampshire1,906$84,485
39Nevada1,396$86,596
40New Mexico1,039$95,587
41Idaho887$79,349
42Mississippi839$97,002
43Maine687$104,311
44West Virginia617$114,471
45Hawaii557$77,837
46North Dakota544$103,572
47Vermont366$81,878
48South Dakota347$84,426
49Alaska201$84,652
50Montana191$88,029
51Wyoming137$102,661

Your comments are welcome.

--Dr. Flywheel

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