H-1B activity in Montana. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 782 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Montana, spanning 204 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 95.9% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Montana 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 Montana H-1B petitions is $104,939. 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 Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists, which alone accounts for 113 petitions at an average of $68,301, followed by Registered Nurses and Software Developers.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Montana is Montana State University with 79 petitions at an average offered wage of $66,980, followed by Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC, Billings Clinic, University of Montana. Taken together, the 204 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Montana. 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, Montana ranks #51 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #44 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Montana more than in most states.