There is so much of action happening in the H1B visa world in the last few weeks. USCIS announced the H1B FY 2024 lottery numbers and they had a whopping 780K H1B registrations filed by applicants for FY 2024 season. Based on their data, there are so many applicants with more than one H1B registration filed on behalf of them. We will have to see how USCIS will handle fraud during this fiscal year.
Now coming to H1B LCA and Green Card PERM Data, US Department of Labor released their FY 2023 Q2 data couple of weeks ago and we have loaded that data to H1BGrader.com for you to review . In this article, we will cover the key insights from the FY 2023 Q2 data like top employers, job titles, etc.
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133K H1B LCAs filed in Q2 FY 2023, 17% Decline
If we look at the H1B LCA stats, same time for the last year, FY 2022, Q2 there were 155,108 H1B LCAs filed with US Dept of Labor. Now, comparing that with current FY 2023, Q2 data, there is a big decline of 17% in the H1B LCA filings.
Last year, we reported that there was a 24.8% increase in H1B LCAs when we reported the FY 2022 Q2 data. The data clearly indicates that the job market for H1B holders is not that great as there is a decline in the total LCAs filed.
Below are the total counts of LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL so far this fiscal year(FY) 2023.
| Total FY 2023 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2022 |
| 221,912 | 88,767 | 133,145 | Not Released | Not Released | -17% |
- Our H1BGrader Database is now updated with H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2022 and March 31st, 2023 i.e Q2 of Fiscal Year 2023.
- If your employer has shared any of the details, you can verify the same using H1B LCA Search
Note: The Data Refresh is only for Q2 2023 from the US Dept of Labor related H1B LCAs and PERM Labor Certs. USCIS does not release quarterly data anymore, they only release data once a year. You can read our Data Refresh Status to know more
Top 20 H1B Employers, Job Titles, Cities as of Q2, FY 2023
Below are the top 20 employers for for FY 2023, Q1.
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2023 Q2) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 8,267 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 8,147 |
| Google LLC 7,226 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 5,628 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 3,701 |
| Microsoft Corporation 3,583 |
| Intel Corporation 2,678 |
| Infosys Limited 2,559 |
| Qualcomm Technologies INC 2,405 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 2,396 |
| Apple INC 2,257 |
| Meta Platforms INC 1,768 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 1,612 |
| HCL America INC 1,513 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 1,490 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 1,376 |
| Capgemini America INC 1,261 |
| Accenture LLP 1,247 |
| Amazon Development Center US INC 1,116 |
| Salesforce INC 1,113 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2023 Q2) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 16,077 |
| Software Developer 7,481 |
| Senior Software Engineer 3,956 |
| Accountants and Auditors Kbgfjg 2,464 |
| Manager JC 2,455 |
| Assistant Professor 2,346 |
| Software Development Engineer I 2,185 |
| Software Development Engineer II 1,595 |
| Architect 1,419 |
| Associate 1,183 |
| Analyst 1,165 |
| Data Engineer 1,079 |
| Data Scientist 997 |
| Software Developers Kbgfjg 958 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 941 |
| Research Scientist 863 |
| Computer Systems Analysts Kbgfjg 828 |
| Financial and Investment Analysts Kbgfjg 805 |
| Staff Software Engineer 793 |
| SR Software Engineer 784 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2023 Q2) |
|---|
| New York, NY 12,434 |
| Seattle, WA 7,179 |
| San Francisco, CA 5,944 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 5,277 |
| Austin, TX 5,174 |
| San Jose, CA 4,608 |
| Chicago, IL 4,149 |
| Mountain View, CA 3,988 |
| Atlanta, GA 3,571 |
| San Diego, CA 3,479 |
| Irving, TX 3,324 |
| Dallas, TX 3,253 |
| Houston, TX 3,075 |
| Boston, MA 3,059 |
| Bellevue, WA 2,998 |
| Redmond, WA 2,972 |
| Plano, TX 2,878 |
| Charlotte, NC 2,796 |
| Santa Clara, CA 2,785 |
| Jersey City, NJ 2,056 |
33K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q2 FY 2023, 1.4% Increase in Applications
If we look at the Green Card related PERM Labor Certification filings, they were 32,261 in Q2 2022. If we compare the same for Q2, FY 2023, they stand at 33,749 and are up by a meagre 1.47%. If we look at the average increase, it has also come down to 13.5% increase. Same time last year it was about 23.7% increase in the PERM filings.
When we looked at Q1 data for FY 2023, we saw a big increase in PERM filings, but now, if we look at the absolute filings, they are slightly up by under 2%. This clearly indicates that employers are not willing to do PERM processing as they have either done some layoffs in the last 6 months and they cannot justify PERM applications.
We may further see a decline in the PERM filings, if the state of the market continue as it looks now. Below are the total Labor Certifications filed in the DOL PERM Program for Green Card processing so far until Q2 FY 2023.
| FY 2023 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2022 |
| 74,579 | 40,826 | 33,749 | Not Released | Not Released | 13.5% |
Top Green Card Sponsors (PERM) until Q2 FY 2023
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for the fiscal year 2023, Q1
| Top Green Card Sponsors (FY 2023 Q2) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 1,890 |
| Google LLC 1,461 |
| Microsoft Corporation 1,426 |
| Facebook INC 960 |
| Intel Corporation 907 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 727 |
| Apple INC 679 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation 509 |
| Wayne Farms LLC 407 |
| Wipro Limited 391 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 363 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 345 |
| Oracle America INC 343 |
| Walmart Associates INC 335 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 303 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 303 |
| GDI Services INC 287 |
| FPL Food LLC 285 |
| Accenture LLP 283 |
| National Healthcare Corporation 273 |
What are your thoughts on the Q2 Data for FY 2023 ? Share your inputs in comments.
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