H1B Report
State comparison

Hawaii vs California

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.

State A
Hawaii
HIRank #44
State B
California
CARank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricHawaiiCalifornia
Total filings8,2581,684,275▲
National share %0.09%18.05%▲
Rank nationally#44#1▲
Top sponsorUniversity of HawaiiINFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share22.6%3.2%
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Hawaii
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010787
FY2011655
FY2012725
FY2013615
FY2014602
FY2015598
FY2016557
FY2017552
FY2018539
FY201975
FY2020394
FY2021534
FY2022353
FY2023361
FY2024373
FY2025413
FY2026125
California
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY201063,120
FY201165,699
FY201276,412
FY201383,865
FY201498,525
FY2015115,758
FY2016119,754
FY2017119,409
FY2018128,477
FY201916,784
FY2020116,018
FY2021177,848
FY2022123,097
FY2023123,478
FY2024102,108
FY2025110,926
FY202642,997

Top 5 sponsors — Hawaii

Top 5 sponsors — California

Top 5 occupations — Hawaii

Top 5 occupations — California

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