H-1B activity in Puerto Rico. U.S. Department of Labor disclosure data shows 421 Labor Condition Applications filed on behalf of H-1B workers in Puerto Rico, spanning 183 distinct employers. DOL certified these petitions at a 91.7% rate, meaning the prevailing-wage and working-conditions attestations cleared preliminary review before USCIS took over final adjudication. That volume gives Puerto Rico 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 Puerto Rico H-1B petitions is $89,900. 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 20 petitions at an average of $98,703, followed by Marketing Managers and Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary.

Who does the sponsoring. The top H-1B sponsor in Puerto Rico is Ernst & Young US LLP with 26 petitions at an average offered wage of $191,234, followed by University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Campus, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez Campus, Liberty Communications of Puerto Rico LLC. Taken together, the 183 employers active in the state form a concrete picture of which industries and company sizes rely on H-1B sponsorship inside Puerto Rico. 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, Puerto Rico ranks #53 of 55 states. By average offered wage, it ranks #52 of 55. The two ranks are close, volume and pay move together in Puerto Rico more than in most states.