H-1B activity in Connecticut. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 21,103 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Connecticut, spanning 2,947 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 98% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Connecticut a measurable footprint in the national H-1B program and a data-backed view of where foreign specialty-occupation workers are being placed on U.S. soil.

What employers are paying. The average offered wage on Connecticut H-1B petitions is $116,564. Because each LCA must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the specific role and worksite, this figure reflects genuine pay commitments rather than aspirational market surveys, and it varies with the mix of occupations, wage levels (I through IV), and metropolitan areas active in the state. The single most-sponsored occupation is Software Developers, which alone accounts for 4,141 petitions at an average of $124,514, followed by Computer Systems Engineers/Architects and Computer Systems Analysts.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Connecticut is Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp with 2,622 petitions at an average offered wage of $99,728, followed by Yale University, Infosys Limited, Asml US, LP. Taken together, the 2,947 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Connecticut. Because the data comes directly from DOL LCA disclosures (public record), each figure is auditable down to the individual petition, a meaningful contrast with anecdotal labor-market reporting.

Volume vs. pay, do they agree? By petition volume, Connecticut ranks #19 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #18 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Connecticut more than in most states.