As everyone is gearing up for the upcoming H1B Visa 2025 season with the introduction of the new rules that changes the way H1B Lottery is conducted, US Department of Labor released its first quarter data for H1B LCA and PERM data for Fiscal Year(FY) 2024 season. Also, USCIS has released the full year Data for H1B petition approvals for FY 2023 season.
In this article, we will review the trends in the Q1 Data for H1B FY 2024 such as top jobs titles, to companies, top cities, top states, and other stats for the same. Also, as part of our regular data refresh schedule, we have updated our H1BGrader.com data with the Q1 FY 2024 Data and USCIS full year data for FY 2023.
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85K H1B LCAs filed in Q1 of FY 2024, Drop of 23% filings compared to 2022
If we look at the data for Q1 of FY 2024 and compare that with previous year, Q1 of FY 2023, there was a slight dip in the total H1B LCAs filed. The H1B LCA filings dropped from 88,767 to 85,882, which comes to about 3.25% drop in filings.
But, if we compare the current quarter data with filings from Q1 of FY 2022, the situation looks worst as there were 112,409 H1B LCA filed during that period. If we compare that data with current quarter data, the H1B LCA dropped by about 23.6%
This 23.6% decline in the last two years indicates that the jobs situation did not improve for H1B Visa holders. The demand for high skilled workers did not really increase in the last two years.
Below are the total counts of LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL for the full fiscal year(FY) 2023.
| Total FY 2024 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2023 |
| 85,882 | 85,882 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | -3.3% |
- Our H1BGrader.com Database is also updated with H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2023, and December 31st, 2023 i.e Q1 Data for Fiscal Year 2024.
- If your employer has shared any of the details, you can verify the same using H1B LCA Search
Note: The Data Refresh from US Dept of Labor is mainly for H1B LCAs and PERM Labor Certs. USCIS Data release cycles are not consistently done every quarter like DOL. In the current release, USCIS released their full year FY 2023 H1B approvals data. You can read our Data Refresh Status to learn more on what data is updated with the current update.
Top 20 H1B Employers, Job Titles, Cities for Q1 Fiscal Year 2024
Below are the top 20 employers for Q1 Fiscal Year 2024.
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2024 – Q1) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 3,129 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 2,562 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 1,635 |
| Microsoft Corporation 1,535 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1,224 |
| Google LLC 1,181 |
| Meta Platforms INC 1,013 |
| Infosys Limited 1,005 |
| Capgemini America INC 756 |
| Apple INC 743 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 703 |
| IBM Corporation 683 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 672 |
| HCL America INC 602 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 598 |
| Intel Corporation 595 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 528 |
| Salesforce INC 513 |
| Fidelity Technology Group LLC 482 |
| Amazon Development Center US INC 448 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2024 – Q1) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 6,298 |
| Software Developer 5,054 |
| Senior Software Engineer 1,545 |
| Software Development Engineer II 960 |
| Assistant Professor 935 |
| Data Engineer 768 |
| Manager JC Computer Systems Engineers Architects 652 |
| Accountants and Auditors Kbgfjg 632 |
| Architect 543 |
| Java Developer 527 |
| Business Analyst 474 |
| Devops Engineer 449 |
| Data Scientist 437 |
| Associate 385 |
| Data Analyst 384 |
| Senior Software Developer 378 |
| Software Developers Kbgfjg 336 |
| Staff Software Engineer 335 |
| SR Software Engineer 334 |
| Project Manager 332 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2024 – Q1) |
|---|
| New York, NY 4,506 |
| Seattle, WA 2,501 |
| Austin, TX 2,031 |
| San Francisco, CA 1,893 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 1,753 |
| San Jose, CA 1,709 |
| Irving, TX 1,675 |
| Plano, TX 1,650 |
| Atlanta, GA 1,613 |
| Dallas, TX 1,609 |
| Chicago, IL 1,587 |
| Houston, TX 1,521 |
| Redmond, WA 1,469 |
| Bellevue, WA 1,344 |
| Charlotte, NC 1,226 |
| Santa Clara, CA 1,174 |
| Boston, MA 1,145 |
| Mountain View, CA 942 |
| Alpharetta, GA 906 |
| Jersey City, NJ 861 |
If you are looking to move around different states, having an idea about the H1B jobs by state would be a great one. Below table shows the H1B LCA data by states for Q1, FY 2024.
Top 10 States of H1B Employment for Q1 FY 2024
| US State Name | Total H1B LCAs | Percentage of H1B Jobs |
| California | 34,172 | 23.3% |
| Texas | 22,281 | 15.2% |
| Washington | 16,467 | 11.2% |
| New York | 12,508 | 8.5% |
| North Carolina | 5,937 | 4.0% |
| New Jersey | 5,684 | 3.9% |
| Georgia | 4,397 | 3% |
| Massachusetts | 4,326 | 2.9% |
| Illinois | 4,289 | 2.9% |
| Florida | 3,866 | 2.6% |
41K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q1 FY 2024, an increase of 1.62%
The Q1 data of PERM for FY 2024 indicates an increase of about 1.62% in filings. During Q1 of FY 2023, there were about 40,826, compared to now in Q1 of FY 2024, the filings stood at 41,487
The PERM filings looked very stable, and the change of less than 2% does not indicate much. We can only assess that companies continue to prioritize their H1B visa employees and are processing their Green Card applications. Things do seem a lot better than FY 2022 season, when there were about 33,413 filings only in Q1 2022
Below are the total Labor Certifications filed in the DOL PERM Program for Green Card processing until Q3 FY 2023.
| Â FY 2024 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | Â % Change FY 2023 |
| 41,487 | 41,487 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | 1.62% |
Top Green Card Sponsors (PERM) for Q1 Fiscal Year 2024
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for the Q1 of FY 2024
| Top Green Card Sponsors (FY 2024 – Q1) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 1,352 |
| Google LLC 1,151 |
| Meta Platforms INC 474 |
| Microsoft Corporation 432 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation 402 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 278 |
| Amazon Development Center US INC 242 |
| Apple INC 224 |
| Morgan Truck Body LLC 219 |
| Health Care Facilities Staffing LLC 218 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 216 |
| Intel Corporation 208 |
| Management Health Systems LLC DBA Medpro 196 |
| Capgemini America INC 176 |
| Nvidia Corporation 175 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 146 |
| Wipro Limited 138 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 136 |
| Wayne Farms LLC 126 |
| Cisco Systems INC 122 |
USCIS Full Year FY 2023 Data Released
USCIS also released their full-year H1B Petitions filing data for FY 2023. If you are not clear about the difference between H1B DOL Data for LCA vs. USCIS data, read the article: H1B LCAs Approvals from US DOL vs. H1B Petition Approvals from USCIS
| Top H1B Employers as per USCIS H1B Petitions (FY 2023 Full Year) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLCÂ 11,316 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 7,658 |
| Infosys Limited 7,349 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 6,916 |
| Google LLCÂ 5,464 |
| Microsoft Corporation 4,793 |
| Apple INCÂ 3,821 |
| Meta Platforms INCÂ 3,371 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & COÂ 3,067 |
| Capgemini America INCÂ 2,831 |
| HCL America INCÂ 2,713 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 2,689 |
| Wal Mart Associates INCÂ 2,524 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 2,508 |
| IBM Corporation 2,508 |
What are your thoughts on the Q1 Data for FY 2024 and the full year data of USCIS for FY 2023? What’s your take on the Job Market compared with the data? Add your thoughts in comments section below