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2025 Top H-1B Work State Report

Most Common Work States, Salaries, and Job Trends for H-1B Visa sponsorship.

Rank	Work State	Number of LCA ^*	Average Salary
1	California	80,190	$159,592
2	Texas	65,625	$114,063
3	New York	36,046	$141,237
4	Washington	25,838	$152,091
5	New Jersey	23,801	$120,657
6	Illinois	18,929	$118,297
7	Georgia	17,849	$114,121
8	Massachusetts	16,639	$126,658
9	North Carolina	16,298	$117,875
10	Florida	14,093	$111,233
11	Pennsylvania	11,979	$116,747
12	Virginia	11,885	$117,856
13	Michigan	11,767	$107,789
14	Ohio	9,388	$109,931
15	Arizona	7,686	$116,351
16	Maryland	5,716	$115,307
17	Minnesota	5,400	$110,676
18	Connecticut	4,956	$121,151
19	Tennessee	4,776	$109,316
20	Colorado	4,731	$124,101
21	Missouri	4,565	$109,376
22	Indiana	4,174	$107,015
23	Oregon	3,804	$128,531
24	Wisconsin	3,589	$112,657
25	Utah	2,375	$105,773

26	Arkansas	2,353	$117,292
27	South Carolina	2,320	$111,434
28	District of Columbia	2,192	$124,907
29	Delaware	2,133	$119,434
30	Iowa	1,852	$119,636
31	Kentucky	1,764	$123,818
32	Kansas	1,707	$107,472
33	Alabama	1,545	$118,129
34	Nevada	1,370	$123,816
35	Nebraska	1,343	$105,146
36	Louisiana	1,259	$125,974
37	Oklahoma	1,040	$115,164
38	New Hampshire	1,012	$124,794
39	Rhode Island	966	$121,030
40	New Mexico	943	$113,660
41	Idaho	603	$111,873
42	Mississippi	594	$115,346
43	Guam	476	$69,562
44	South Dakota	412	$102,851
45	Maine	388	$144,434
46	North Dakota	332	$93,188
47	West Virginia	295	$186,315
48	Hawaii	293	$122,283
49	Alaska	283	$89,851
50	Wyoming	282	$98,408
51	Vermont	258	$105,335
52	Montana	215	$109,568
53	Puerto Rico	121	$91,882
54	Northern Mariana Islands	64	$53,556
55	U.S. Virgin Islands	16	$59,573

The above report lists the top Work States submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2024. The H1B Visa Petitions is the number of Labor Condition Application(LCA) for H1B Visa. . The number includes new, renew and transfer of LCA. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on LCA or Form 9035. Sometimes the visa sponsors(employers) does not enter a specific salary, but a salary range. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary.

For Example, the first record on this report means that in fiscal 2025 80,190 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are California. The average salary of those 80,190 LCA is $159,592.

*: The number of LCA includes renewed, transferred and cap-exempt LCA. Department of Labor(DOL) typically certifies more than 3 times the number of foreign work requests than the number of H-1B visas issued by USCIS.

A new LCA is needed if the foreigner worker changes his or her work location(even within the same state and same company), because the prevailing wage of the position depends on geographic location. However, if the new location is within the same Metropolitan Statistical Area or normal commuting distance, no new LCA is needed.