H-1B activity in North Dakota. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 1,679 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in North Dakota, spanning 312 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 95.5% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives North Dakota 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 North Dakota H-1B petitions is $92,566. 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 287 petitions at an average of $62,257, followed by Software Developers and Registered Nurses.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in North Dakota is North Dakota State University with 156 petitions at an average offered wage of $68,745, followed by University of North Dakota, Sanford, Sanford Health. Taken together, the 312 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside North Dakota. 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, North Dakota ranks #44 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #50 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in North Dakota more than in most states.