H-1B activity in Louisiana. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 5,495 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Louisiana, spanning 990 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 97.5% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Louisiana 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 Louisiana H-1B petitions is $117,219. 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 648 petitions at an average of $103,514, followed by Computer Systems Analysts and Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Louisiana is Ochsner Clinic Foundation with 383 petitions at an average offered wage of $117,239, followed by Administrators of the Tulane Educational Fund, IBM Corporation, Louisiana State University and A&M College. Taken together, the 990 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Louisiana. 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, Louisiana ranks #36 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #16 of 55. That's a 20-place gap, Louisiana pays comparatively well per H-1B worker despite a modest share of national petition volume, consistent with a smaller number of high-wage specialist sponsors rather than high-volume staffing firms.