As like in every quarter, US Department of Labor(DOL) released Q3 data for Fiscal Year(FY) 2021 in August 2021 for H1B LCAs and Labor filings related to PERM Program. Similar to previous quarters, we have also updated FY 2021 Q3 Data in our H1B Sponsors and Green Card Sponsors Database. In this article, we will quickly summarize some insights and what was added related to Q3 data.
Note : The Data Refresh is only for Q3 Data from 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 Referesh Status to know more
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190K LCAs filed in Q3 FY 2021 – Top Employers for FY 2021
Below are the total LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL so far this year.
| Total FY 2021 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2020 |
| 404,459 | 77,300 | 137,058 | 190,101 | — | -11.8% |
- Our H1BGrader Databse now includes all H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2020 and June 30th, 2021.
- If your employer has shared any of the details, you can verify the same using H1B LCA Search
- Below are the top 20 employers for FY 2021 after data refresh for Q3. Similarly, we have top 20 job titles and top 20 cities for H1B below as well.
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2021, until Q3) |
|---|
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 9,393 |
| Google LLC 7,564 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 7,170 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC 6,580 |
| Microsoft Corporation 5,405 |
| Facebook INC 4,439 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 4,424 |
| Infosys Limited 4,223 |
| Apple INC 3,210 |
| HCL America INC 2,993 |
| Accenture LLP 2,877 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 2,721 |
| Intel Corporation 2,679 |
| Capgemini America INC 2,550 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 2,385 |
| Wipro Limited 2,252 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 2,134 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 1,941 |
| Tekorg INC 1,809 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 1,645 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2021 until Q3) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 27,000 |
| Software Developer 18,499 |
| Senior Software Engineer 6,332 |
| Assistant Professor 3,785 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 3,512 |
| Manager JC 3,308 |
| Architect 2,669 |
| Associate 2,393 |
| Analyst 2,260 |
| Data Scientist 2,200 |
| Senior Software Developer 2,036 |
| Java Developer 1,930 |
| SR SQL Database Administrator 1,757 |
| Data Engineer 1,717 |
| Business Analyst 1,645 |
| Developer 1,531 |
| Programmer Analyst 1,525 |
| Vice President 1,440 |
| SR Software Engineer 1,404 |
| Software Developer Applications 1,391 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2021 until Q3) |
|---|
| New York, NY 21,297 |
| San Francisco, CA 10,765 |
| Seattle, WA 8,952 |
| San Jose, CA 8,096 |
| Austin, TX 7,712 |
| Chicago, IL 7,477 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 7,470 |
| Mountain View, CA 6,273 |
| Atlanta, GA 6,235 |
| Houston, TX 5,906 |
| Irving, TX 5,566 |
| Boston, MA 5,002 |
| Plano, TX 4,939 |
| Dallas, TX 4,877 |
| Redmond, WA 4,831 |
| Santa Clara, CA 4,585 |
| Charlotte, NC 4,269 |
| San Diego, CA 3,794 |
| Bellevue, WA 3,655 |
| Jersey City, NJ 3,312 |
31K Labor Certs filed in Q3 FY 2021 – Top GC Employers for FY 2021
Below are the total Labor Certifications filed in the DOL PERM Program for Green Card processing so far this year until Q3 FY 2021.
| FY 2021 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2020 |
| 84,600 | 29,159 | 23,955 | 31,486 | — | -5.3% |
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for 2021 Q3
| Top Green Card (PERM LCs ) Sponsors FY 2021 until Q3 |
|---|
| Microsoft Corporation 3,193 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC 2,872 |
| Google LLC 2,185 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1,307 |
| Apple INC 829 |
| Intel Corporation 580 |
| Infosys LTD 494 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 492 |
| Nvidia Corporation 466 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 412 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 411 |
| Wipro Limited 407 |
| HCL America INC 399 |
| Capgemini America INC 386 |
| Walmart Associates INC 343 |
| Oracle America INC 311 |
| Cisco Systems INC 293 |
| Salesforce.com 275 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 273 |
| Adobe INC 272 |
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