State comparison

Florida vs Illinois

H-1B filing geography compared side-by-side. Volume, national share, top sponsoring employers and most-filed occupations. Built from the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report.

Summary

Florida and Illinois differ significantly in H-1B sponsorship activity. Illinois has filed 428,170 H-1B petitions all-time, while Florida has filed 294,620—a gap of roughly 134,000 filings. This reflects Illinois's concentration of tech hubs (especially in the Chicago area) and financial services, whereas Florida's economy relies more heavily on tourism, hospitality, and real estate.

Both states sponsor H-1B workers across similar occupations—software developers, engineers, nurses, and financial analysts—but the volume and pace differ. Illinois has sustained higher petitioning over the filing period, while Florida's H-1B labor market remains more selective. Neither state releases public wage or certification data at the state level without aggregation, so direct prevailing wage or approval rate comparison requires access to individual LCA records.

Florida vs Illinois H-1B filings
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State A

Florida

FLRank #9

State B

Illinois

ILRank #5

Key metrics

National share is each state’s portion of total US H-1B filings.

Metric	Florida	Illinois
Total filings	302,281	438,152▲
National share %	3.16%	4.58%▲
Rank nationally	#9	#5▲
Top sponsor	INFOSYS LIMITED	INFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share	3.4%	4.3%
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B demand in each state.

Florida

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	15,130
FY2011	15,230
FY2012	16,370
FY2013	15,285
FY2014	17,644
FY2015	20,402
FY2016	20,850
FY2017	21,815
FY2018	23,174
FY2019	2,725
FY2020	17,210
FY2021	24,009
FY2022	19,623
FY2023	20,526
FY2024	17,975
FY2025	20,089
FY2026	14,224

Illinois

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	17,542
FY2011	18,596
FY2012	22,351
FY2013	24,513
FY2014	27,412
FY2015	32,770
FY2016	35,186
FY2017	32,082
FY2018	31,959
FY2019	4,058
FY2020	27,702
FY2021	39,044
FY2022	29,930
FY2023	27,890
FY2024	23,732
FY2025	25,222
FY2026	18,163

Top 5 sponsors — Florida

1INFOSYS LIMITED6,0323.4%
2TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED5,9943.4%
3Deloitte Consulting LLP5,3803.0%
4UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA3,3281.9%
5COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP3,1821.8%

Top 5 sponsors — Illinois

1INFOSYS LIMITED11,9854.3%
2TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED9,6923.5%
3CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC8,5883.1%
4COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP6,8022.4%
5Deloitte Consulting LLP5,1031.8%

Top 5 occupations — Florida

115-1252Software Developers80,475
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts26,970
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other20,285
415-1251Computer Programmers12,081
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers10,838

Top 5 occupations — Illinois

115-1252Software Developers114,240
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts49,700
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other31,663
415-1251Computer Programmers21,879
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers18,143

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