H-1B activity in Iowa. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 7,809 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Iowa, spanning 1,396 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 97.7% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Iowa 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 Iowa H-1B petitions is $111,583. 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 1,967 petitions at an average of $104,738, followed by Computer Systems Engineers/Architects and Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Iowa is The University of Iowa with 979 petitions at an average offered wage of $130,962, followed by Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Rockwell Collins Inc, Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp. Taken together, the 1,396 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Iowa. 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, Iowa ranks #31 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #31 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Iowa more than in most states.