As many of you know, USCIS received a crazy 484K H1B Registrations for FY 2023 Season. Many companies are either filing LCAs are already filed them. US Dept of Labor has recently released Q2 FY 2022 Data for H1B LCAs and PERM filings. We have cleaned up and loaded all of the Q2 data to our H1BGrader’s LCA and PERM Database that already has millions of these datapoints. This article covers some of the highlights and top 20 employers for H1B and PERM for Q2 FY 2022.
Employers filed 155K H1B LCAs in Q2 FY 2022
During FY 2021, combine LCA filings for Q1 and Q2, stood at 214,358 (137,058+77,300). Now, that number, compared to this year for FY 2022, it is up by 24.8% and stands at 267,517 for Q1 + Q2 (112,409+155,108). The increase in filings indicate a strong demand for H1B workers in the US.
Below are the total counts of LCAs (includes H1B, H1B1 & E3) that were filed with DOL so far this fiscal year 2022.
| Total FY 2022 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2021 |
| 112,409 | 112,409 | 155,108 | Not Released | Not Released | 24.8% |
- We have updated our H1BGrader Database now with H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2021 and March 31st, 2022 i.e Q1 and Q2 of Fiscal Year 2022.
- You can verify any of the LCAs filed during this period now using our H1B LCA Search
- Below are the top 20 employers for full fiscal year 2022 after data refresh for Q2 Similarly, you can check the top 20 job titles and top 20 cities for H1B below as well.
Note: The Data Refresh is only for Q2 2022 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 H1B Visa Employers for FY 2022 until Q2
| Top H1B Sponsors (FY 2022 Q2) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 8,211 |
| Google LLC 8,012 |
| Microsoft Corporation 5,931 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 5,522 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 5,468 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 4,725 |
| Intel Corporation 3,044 |
| Infosys Limited 2,688 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 2,512 |
| Apple INC 2,482 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 2,408 |
| Meta Platforms INC 2,365 |
| Tekorg INC 2,235 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 1,784 |
| Capgemini America INC 1,765 |
| HCL America INC 1,609 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 1,452 |
| Qualcomm Technologies INC 1,425 |
| Salesforce.com INC 1,414 |
| Cisco Systems INC 1,339 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2022 Q2) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 20,189 |
| Software Developer 8,656 |
| Senior Software Engineer 5,128 |
| Manager JC 2,475 |
| SR SQL Database Administrator 2,224 |
| Assistant Professor 2,126 |
| Analyst 1,763 |
| Associate 1,706 |
| Architect 1,682 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 1,634 |
| Data Scientist 1,512 |
| Software Development Engineer II 1,506 |
| Software Development Engineer I 1,424 |
| Data Engineer 1,359 |
| Accountants and Auditors Kbgfjg 1,184 |
| Software Developer Applications 1,167 |
| SR Software Engineer 1,084 |
| Software Engineer II 1,031 |
| Java Developer 1,009 |
| Senior Software Developer 991 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2022 Q2) |
|---|
| New York, NY 14,329 |
| Seattle, WA 8,305 |
| San Francisco, CA 7,362 |
| Austin, TX 6,318 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 6,036 |
| San Jose, CA 5,397 |
| Mountain View, CA 5,114 |
| Chicago, IL 4,841 |
| Atlanta, GA 4,724 |
| Dallas, TX 4,049 |
| Redmond, WA 4,021 |
| Irving, TX 3,867 |
| Plano, TX 3,592 |
| Boston, MA 3,583 |
| Houston, TX 3,569 |
| Bellevue, WA 3,410 |
| Santa Clara, CA 3,185 |
| Charlotte, NC 2,991 |
| San Diego, CA 2,945 |
| Jersey City, NJ 2,355 |
Total 32K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q2 FY 2022 – Top GC Employers for FY 2022
If we look at the total Green Card related PERM Labor Certification filings for 2021 until Q2, they were 53,115. Now, for FY 2022, until Q2, they stand at 65,705. Compared to last year, they are up by 23.7%. This also clearly indicates, they could not really find qualified US workers to fill the jobs and need foreign workers.
Below are the total Labor Certifications filed in the DOL PERM Program for Green Card processing so far for the fiscal year until Q2 FY 2022.
| FY 2022 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2021 |
| 33,413 | 33,413 | 32,261 | Not Released | Not Released | 23.7% |
Top Green Card Sponsoring Employers for FY 2022 until Q2
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for Q2 2022
| Top Green Card / PERM Sponsors for FY 2022 – Q2 |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 2,661 |
| Microsoft Corporation 1,850 |
| Google LLC 1,412 |
| Infosys LTD 1,337 |
| Facebook INC 606 |
| Walmart Associates INC 549 |
| Linkedin Corporation 508 |
| Apple INC 505 |
| Cisco Systems INC 457 |
| Salesforce.com 451 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 409 |
| Oracle America INC 392 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 371 |
| Prestigious Placement 353 |
| Management Health Systems LLC DBA Medpro 330 |
| HCL America INC 303 |
| Hawaii Care and Cleaning INC 299 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 285 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 275 |
| Nvidia Corporation 245 |
What are your thoughts on the Q2 Data for FY 2022 ? Share your inputs in comments.