As most of you know, USCIS announced that they would start H1B FY 2024 season in March 2023 and many employers are already rushing to file the H1B registrations as well for this year quota. Recently, US Dept of Labor released the public disclosure data for H1B LCA and PERM data related to Green Cards for Q1, FY 2023.
We have loaded the latest data to our H1B Sponsors database, including the PERM data. In this article, we will cover the key insights from the data and top employers as well.
88K LCAs filed in Q1 FY 2023, 21% Drop in H1B LCAs
During the last year for FY 2022, in Q1 there were 112,409 H1B LCAs that were filed with US Dept of Labor. If we compare that with the current FY 2023, Q1 data, there is a huge drop of 21% in the H1B LCA filings.
Same time, last year, we reported that there was a 45.4% increase in H1B LCAs. With the drop of 21% in LCAs compared to last year, it is a clear indication of the layoffs in the tech sector from late last year and why many are not getting tech jobs.
Below are the total counts of LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL so far this fiscal year 2023.
| Total FY 2023 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2022 |
| 88,767 | 88,767 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | -21% |
- Our H1BGrader Database is now updated with H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2022 and Dec 31st, 2022 i.e Q1 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 Q1 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 from FY 2023 Q1
Below are the top 20 employers for for FY 2023, Q1.
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2023 Q1) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 2,990 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 2,648 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 2,220 |
| Microsoft Corporation 1,754 |
| Google LLC 1,696 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1,663 |
| Infosys Limited 1,462 |
| Apple INC 1,273 |
| Meta Platforms INC 1,030 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 999 |
| Intel Corporation 903 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 838 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 772 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 705 |
| Accenture LLP 691 |
| HCL America INC 681 |
| Qualcomm Technologies INC 630 |
| Capgemini America INC 558 |
| Cisco Systems INC 458 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 395 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2023 Q1) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 6,183 |
| Software Developer 3,436 |
| Senior Software Engineer 1,906 |
| Manager JC 1,196 |
| Assistant Professor 880 |
| Software Development Engineer II 818 |
| Architect 630 |
| Accountants and Auditors Kbgfjg 599 |
| Software Development Engineer I 521 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 501 |
| Data Engineer 465 |
| Data Scientist 392 |
| Manager 384 |
| Research Scientist 379 |
| Software Engineer III 378 |
| Staff Software Engineer 367 |
| SR Software Engineer 354 |
| Associate 342 |
| Lead Software Engineer 342 |
| Senior Software Developer 341 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2023 Q1) |
|---|
| New York, NY 4,588 |
| Seattle, WA 2,767 |
| San Francisco, CA 2,301 |
| Austin, TX 2,182 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 2,061 |
| Chicago, IL 1,707 |
| San Jose, CA 1,701 |
| Irving, TX 1,652 |
| Atlanta, GA 1,556 |
| Dallas, TX 1,442 |
| Mountain View, CA 1,433 |
| Plano, TX 1,397 |
| Redmond, WA 1,370 |
| Houston, TX 1,338 |
| Charlotte, NC 1,323 |
| Bellevue, WA 1,288 |
| Boston, MA 1,180 |
| San Diego, CA 1,059 |
| Santa Clara, CA 1,055 |
| Cupertino, CA 909 |
41K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q1 FY 2023, Increase of 22.2% Applications
If we look at the Green Card related PERM Labor Certification filings, they were 33,413 in Q1 2022, now for FY 2023, they stand at 40,826 and are up by 22.2%
It is very interesting trend to see that the H1B LCAs have decreased, but the PERM filings have increased. It could be that the wage determinations were done earlier in the year and many employers already committed to the Green Card Process. So, they could not turn them back and probably went ahead. That is what we can assume. We may see this trend reverse in the next quarter as economy is not great and many jobs are lost.
Below are the total Labor Certifications filed in the DOL PERM Program for Green Card processing so far the full fiscal year until FY 2022.
| FY 2023 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2022 |
| 40,826 | 40,826 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | 22.2% |
Top Green Card Sponsors (PERM) for FY 2023, Q1
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for the fiscal year 2023, Q1
| Top Green Card Sponsors (FY 2023 Q1) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 1,163 |
| Intel Corporation 670 |
| Microsoft Corporation 581 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 523 |
| Google LLC 460 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corporation 340 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 260 |
| Apple INC 251 |
| Skilled IN Management 238 |
| Wipro Limited 211 |
| Amazon Development Center US INC 208 |
| National Healthcare Corporation 192 |
| Walmart Associates INC 189 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 182 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 170 |
| Facebook INC 160 |
| Oracle America INC 136 |
| Paypal INC 125 |
| Accenture LLP 115 |
| Case Farms Processing INC 109 |
What are your thoughts on the Q1 Data for FY 2023 ? Share your inputs in comments.