State comparison

Georgia 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

Georgia and Illinois are both major H-1B sponsorship hubs, but Illinois leads significantly in filing volume. Illinois has filed 428,170 H-1B applications compared to Georgia's 310,027, a difference of over 118,000 filings. This reflects Illinois's larger tech, finance, and professional services sectors, particularly concentrated in the Chicago metropolitan area.

Georgia ranks as a strong second, with substantial H-1B activity driven by Atlanta's growing tech ecosystem, logistics companies, and professional services firms. The state's lower filing count reflects a smaller overall pool of H-1B-sponsoring employers, though both states remain among the top H-1B jurisdictions nationally.

Georgia vs Illinois H-1B filings
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State A

Georgia

GARank #8

State B

Illinois

ILRank #5

Key metrics

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

Metric	Georgia	Illinois
Total filings	310,027	428,170▲
National share %	3.32%	4.59%▲
Rank nationally	#8	#5▲
Top sponsor	CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC	INFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share	3.9%	4.4%
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Georgia

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	9,498
FY2011	10,833
FY2012	12,734
FY2013	13,995
FY2014	17,729
FY2015	23,027
FY2016	24,861
FY2017	22,521
FY2018	23,311
FY2019	2,838
FY2020	19,614
FY2021	28,133
FY2022	23,441
FY2023	24,874
FY2024	22,646
FY2025	22,310
FY2026	7,662

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	8,181

Top 5 sponsors — Georgia

1CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC7,3003.9%
2INFOSYS LIMITED6,5913.5%
3TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED5,8113.1%
4COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP3,9622.1%
5Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.3,8812.0%

Top 5 sponsors — Illinois

1INFOSYS LIMITED11,7364.4%
2TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED9,5403.5%
3CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC8,4213.1%
4COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP6,6402.5%
5Deloitte Consulting LLP5,0251.9%

Top 5 occupations — Georgia

115-1252Software Developers102,821
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts35,024
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other23,856
415-1251Computer Programmers15,192
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers14,418

Top 5 occupations — Illinois

115-1252Software Developers111,510
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts48,852
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other30,839
415-1251Computer Programmers21,463
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers17,760

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