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H-1B Data by Metro Area
H-1B petition activity by metropolitan area, drawn live from Department of Labor LCA disclosures. Pick a metro to see its sponsors, occupations, and salary trends.
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113 metropolitan areas with H-1B filings
| Metro Area | Petitions | Employers | Avg. Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York-Newark-Jersey City | 180,690 | 20,735 | $424,199 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington | 143,294 | 13,243 | $305,028 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara | 137,834 | 7,292 | $391,067 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | 102,561 | 5,257 | $300,290 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley | 96,851 | 10,621 | $427,766 |
| Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown | 59,765 | 7,263 | $283,527 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta | 56,425 | 6,647 | $333,315 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton | 49,500 | 6,149 | $331,025 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin | 49,241 | 6,653 | $260,689 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria | 44,259 | 6,904 | $312,664 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land | 36,615 | 6,655 | $442,798 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim | 36,478 | 7,389 | $319,312 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn | 29,677 | 3,301 | $273,007 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia | 26,056 | 3,491 | $267,589 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler | 25,714 | 3,825 | $272,590 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington | 24,721 | 3,195 | $322,976 |
| Raleigh-Cary | 20,654 | 3,500 | $205,363 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad | 19,299 | 2,180 | $314,344 |
| Columbus | 16,428 | 2,066 | $372,679 |
| Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington | 13,287 | 2,092 | $296,005 |
| Denver-Aurora-Lakewood | 12,694 | 2,410 | $371,260 |
| Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater | 12,597 | 2,146 | $320,698 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | 12,539 | 1,487 | $275,235 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill | 11,521 | 1,200 | $392,014 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach | 11,474 | 3,050 | $429,413 |
| Pittsburgh | 8,936 | 1,301 | $345,383 |
| St. Louis | 8,557 | 1,491 | $268,711 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels | 8,003 | 1,616 | $303,711 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers | 7,484 | 719 | $339,685 |
| Cincinnati | 7,098 | 1,210 | $167,937 |
| Hartford-East Hartford-Middletown | 7,094 | 713 | $411,255 |
| Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro | 6,855 | 1,192 | $267,221 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom | 6,846 | 1,333 | $357,870 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford | 6,686 | 1,545 | $242,834 |
| Memphis | 6,226 | 737 | $218,294 |
| Salt Lake City | 6,084 | 986 | $184,212 |
| Jacksonville | 5,957 | 1,100 | $278,374 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson | 5,859 | 1,052 | $290,466 |
| Richmond | 5,561 | 1,191 | $179,466 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson | 4,829 | 760 | $242,045 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha | 4,475 | 588 | $185,421 |
| Kansas City | 4,331 | 1,145 | $216,070 |
| Ann Arbor | 4,078 | 489 | $143,495 |
| Louisville-Jefferson County | 4,063 | 769 | $365,788 |
| Rochester | 3,524 | 443 | $327,534 |
| Omaha-Council Bluffs | 3,433 | 576 | $360,624 |
| Madison | 3,419 | 551 | $247,654 |
| Cleveland-Elyria | 3,328 | 493 | $336,416 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise | 3,240 | 942 | $371,451 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy | 2,840 | 867 | $288,286 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk | 2,546 | 581 | $244,884 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle | 2,442 | 606 | $314,890 |
| Birmingham-Hoover | 2,248 | 294 | $218,974 |
| Providence-Warwick | 2,214 | 338 | $114,992 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga | 2,166 | 401 | $320,084 |
| Oklahoma City | 2,051 | 416 | $435,495 |
| Greensboro-High Point | 1,872 | 369 | $586,984 |
| New Haven-Milford | 1,871 | 216 | $276,741 |
| Bloomington | 1,863 | 360 | $309,683 |
| Boulder | 1,772 | 277 | $213,298 |
| Boise City | 1,690 | 176 | $448,519 |
| College Station-Bryan | 1,670 | 145 | $171,871 |
| Tallahassee | 1,643 | 491 | $283,076 |
| Tucson | 1,568 | 321 | $213,251 |
| Champaign-Urbana | 1,517 | 250 | $372,722 |
| Columbia | 1,486 | 290 | $449,546 |
| Grand Rapids-Kentwood | 1,453 | 330 | $254,229 |
| Reno | 1,444 | 315 | $278,513 |
| Albuquerque | 1,386 | 264 | $1,321,750 |
| New Orleans-Metairie | 1,380 | 179 | $185,498 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario | 1,349 | 462 | $194,019 |
| Gainesville | 1,331 | 222 | $115,889 |
| Tulsa | 1,071 | 277 | $447,781 |
| Syracuse | 877 | 183 | $103,493 |
| Greenville-Anderson | 873 | 249 | $106,308 |
| Ithaca | 867 | 114 | $293,060 |
| Lansing-East Lansing | 847 | 70 | $89,036 |
| Urban Honolulu | 835 | 239 | $774,465 |
| Lincoln | 813 | 178 | $197,468 |
| Dayton-Kettering | 783 | 248 | $487,766 |
| Colorado Springs | 772 | 213 | $367,444 |
| Des Moines-West Des Moines | 748 | 233 | $104,392 |
| Fort Collins | 735 | 148 | $103,106 |
| Athens-Clarke County | 734 | 92 | $1,644,708 |
| Ames | 718 | 80 | $441,543 |
| Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton | 703 | 177 | $105,051 |
| Wichita | 701 | 200 | $111,189 |
| Lubbock | 698 | 107 | $578,863 |
| Topeka | 686 | 115 | $791,122 |
| Stockton | 676 | 270 | $135,058 |
| Winston-Salem | 664 | 139 | $101,980 |
| Blacksburg-Christiansburg | 660 | 73 | $279,034 |
| Sioux Falls | 654 | 94 | $302,065 |
| Springfield | 629 | 204 | $408,605 |
| Lafayette | 606 | 122 | $401,275 |
| Fort Wayne | 597 | 203 | $108,120 |
| Kennewick-Richland | 597 | 41 | $539,529 |
| Warsaw | 589 | 103 | $732,214 |
| Montgomery | 586 | 214 | $132,107 |
| Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News | 583 | 211 | $624,733 |
| Fargo | 580 | 88 | $1,155,184 |
| El Paso | 578 | 155 | $753,586 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara | 578 | 102 | $394,294 |
| Akron | 570 | 139 | $120,492 |
| Jackson | 556 | 76 | $125,465 |
| Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville | 552 | 148 | $873,112 |
| Fresno | 547 | 188 | $141,642 |
| Augusta-Richmond County | 521 | 62 | $150,011 |
| State College | 519 | 3 | $325,670 |
| Morgantown | 516 | 45 | $169,386 |
| Portsmouth | 506 | 102 | $546,124 |
| Corvallis | 500 | 47 | $543,272 |
| Spokane-Spokane Valley | 291 | 84 | $113,777 |