Like every quarter, the US Department of Labor(DOL) released Q4 data for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021 in November 2021 for H1B LCAs and Labor filings related to Green Card PERM Program. Similar to previous quarters, we have updated FY 2021 Q4 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 Q4 data.
Note: The Data Refresh is only for Q4 2021 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
119K LCAs filed in Q4 FY 2021 – Top Employers for FY 2021
Below are the total LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL so far this fiscal year 2021.
| Total FY 2021 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2020 |
| 523,447 | 77,300 | 137,058 | 190,101 | 118,988 | -8.3% |
- Our H1BGrader Database now includes all H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2020 and September 30th, 2021 i.e full Fiscal Year of 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 full fiscal year 2021 after data refresh for Q4. Similarly, we have top 20 job titles and top 20 cities for H1B below as well.
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2021) |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 12,651 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 9,813 |
| Google LLC 9,177 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC 9,024 |
| Microsoft Corporation 7,210 |
| Facebook INC 5,865 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 5,658 |
| Infosys Limited 5,598 |
| Apple INC 4,176 |
| HCL America INC 4,100 |
| Accenture LLP 3,811 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 3,721 |
| Intel Corporation 3,359 |
| Capgemini America INC 3,351 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 3,244 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 2,913 |
| Wipro Limited 2,840 |
| Tekorg INC 2,754 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 2,703 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 2,224 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2021) |
| Software Engineer 34,243 |
| Software Developer 23,180 |
| Senior Software Engineer 8,491 |
| Assistant Professor 4,826 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 4,666 |
| Manager JC 4,582 |
| Architect 3,739 |
| Associate 3,086 |
| Analyst 2,889 |
| Data Scientist 2,862 |
| Senior Software Developer 2,699 |
| SR SQL Database Administrator 2,698 |
| Java Developer 2,409 |
| Data Engineer 2,257 |
| Business Analyst 2,081 |
| Software Developer Applications 1,967 |
| Developer 1,910 |
| Vice President 1,897 |
| Programmer Analyst 1,881 |
| SR Software Engineer 1,857 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2021) |
| New York, NY 27,705 |
| San Francisco, CA 13,978 |
| Seattle, WA 12,038 |
| San Jose, CA 10,547 |
| Austin, TX 10,322 |
| Chicago, IL 9,765 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 9,531 |
| Atlanta, GA 8,360 |
| Mountain View, CA 7,775 |
| Houston, TX 7,662 |
| Irving, TX 7,327 |
| Plano, TX 6,679 |
| Boston, MA 6,589 |
| Dallas, TX 6,570 |
| Redmond, WA 6,316 |
| Santa Clara, CA 5,812 |
| Charlotte, NC 5,782 |
| Bellevue, WA 4,941 |
| San Diego, CA 4,909 |
| Jersey City, NJ 4,401 |
36K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q4 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 the full fiscal year until FY 2021.
| FY 2021 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2020 |
| 120,660 | 29,159 | 23,956 | 31,518 | 36,027 | 4.8% |
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for the full fiscal year 2021
| Top Green Card (PERM LCs ) Sponsors FY 2021 |
| Microsoft Corporation 4,693 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC 4,675 |
| Google LLC 2,970 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 1,792 |
| Apple INC 1,165 |
| Intel Corporation 1,119 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 747 |
| Capgemini America INC 573 |
| Nvidia Corporation 563 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 544 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 538 |
| Salesforce.com 514 |
| Walmart Associates INC 507 |
| Oracle America INC 504 |
| Infosys LTD 502 |
| HCL America INC 410 |
| Wipro Limited 410 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 403 |
| Epam Systems INC 382 |
| Cisco Systems INC 376 |
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