As we are just starting H1B FY 2023 Season with Registration process, US Dept of Labor has recently released Q1 FY 2022 Data for H1B LCAs and PERM filings. We have loaded all of that data into our H1BGrader’s Database that already has millions of these datapoints. In this article, we will cover the key highlights from the FY 2022, Q1 filings with DOL for H1B LCAs and PERM.
112K LCAs filed in Q1 FY 2022 – Top Employers for FY 2022
Last year for FY 2021, in Q1 there were 77,300 LCAs filed, compared to this year, it is up by 45.4% and stands at 112,409. This reflects the state of US economy and demand for H1B workers.
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 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | 45.4% |
- Our H1BGrader Database is now updated with H1B LCAs data that was filed anytime between October 1st, 2021 and Dec 31st, 2021 i.e Q1 of Fiscal Year 2022.
- 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 2022 after data refresh for Q1 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 Q1 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 Sponsors (FY 2022 Q1) |
|---|
| Amazon.com Services LLC 3,421 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp 2,578 |
| Microsoft Corporation 2,154 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 2,152 |
| Google LLC 2,094 |
| Ernst & Young US LLP 2,053 |
| Tekorg INC 2,027 |
| Apple INC 1,365 |
| Infosys Limited 1,300 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP 1,148 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 1,046 |
| Facebook INC 988 |
| Capgemini America INC 924 |
| Intel Corporation 919 |
| Wal Mart Associates INC 876 |
| Meta Platforms INC 751 |
| HCL America INC 702 |
| Jpmorgan Chase & CO 697 |
| International Business Machines Corporation 668 |
| Salesforce.com INC 667 |
| Top H1B Job Titles (FY 2022 Q1) |
|---|
| Software Engineer 7,961 |
| Software Developer 4,244 |
| Senior Software Engineer 2,328 |
| SR SQL Database Administrator 2,022 |
| Manager JC 1,106 |
| Senior Systems Analyst JC 830 |
| Architect 764 |
| Data Engineer 743 |
| Assistant Professor 732 |
| Software Development Engineer II 708 |
| Data Scientist 655 |
| Associate 640 |
| Software Development Engineer I 588 |
| Java Developer 570 |
| Software Developer Applications 534 |
| Senior Software Developer 490 |
| SR Software Engineer 468 |
| Business Analyst 463 |
| Devops Engineer 460 |
| Data Analyst 440 |
| Top H1B Cities (FY 2022 Q1) |
|---|
| New York, NY 6,576 |
| Seattle, WA 3,756 |
| San Francisco, CA 3,363 |
| Austin, TX 2,826 |
| Sunnyvale, CA 2,354 |
| San Jose, CA 2,319 |
| Chicago, IL 2,210 |
| Atlanta, GA 2,112 |
| Irving, TX 1,898 |
| Dallas, TX 1,861 |
| Schaumburg, IL 1,840 |
| Mountain View, CA 1,781 |
| Plano, TX 1,755 |
| Redmond, WA 1,716 |
| Houston, TX 1,629 |
| Boston, MA 1,472 |
| Bellevue, WA 1,432 |
| Charlotte, NC 1,377 |
| Santa Clara, CA 1,318 |
| San Diego, CA 1,110 |
33K PERM Labor Certs filed in Q1 FY 2022 – Top GC Employers for FY 2022
If we look at the Green Card related PERM Labor Certification filings, they were 29,159 in Q1 2021, now for FY 2022, they at 33,413 and are up by 14.7% and
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 2022 | Q1 (Oct-Dec) | Q2 (Jan-Mar) | Q3 (Apr-Jun) | Q4 (Jul-Sept) | % Change FY 2021 |
| 33,413 | 33,413 | Not Released | Not Released | Not Released | 14.7% |
Below are the top Green Card employers after data refresh for the full fiscal year 2022
| Top Green Card Sponsors (FY 2022 Q1) |
|---|
| Microsoft Corporation 1,150 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC 999 |
| Google LLC 781 |
| Walmart Associates INC 348 |
| Tata Consultancy Services Limited 331 |
| Linkedin Corporation 324 |
| Apple INC 237 |
| Oracle America INC 237 |
| Cisco Systems INC 225 |
| Salesforce.com 203 |
| JP Morgan Chase CO 176 |
| Intuit 175 |
| Hawaii Care and Cleaning INC 149 |
| Amazon Web Services INC 147 |
| Compunnel Software Group INC 143 |
| Qualcomm Technologies INC 139 |
| Ernst Young US LLP 137 |
| Nvidia Corporation 130 |
| Capgemini America INC 128 |
| Mastech Digital Technologies INC 123 |
What are your thoughts on the Q1 Data for FY 2022 ? Share your inputs in comments.