H1B Report
State comparison

MP 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
MP
MPRank #54
State B
California
CARank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricMPCalifornia
Total filings2,3781,684,275▲
National share %0.03%18.05%▲
Rank nationally#54#1▲
Top sponsorCHINESE BIBLE CHURCH INTERNATIONAL INC.INFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share7.5%3.2%
Top occupationAccountants and AuditorsSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

MP
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY201054
FY201172
FY2012376
FY201391
FY2014174
FY201580
FY2016177
FY2017350
FY2018338
FY201910
FY202097
FY2021124
FY202256
FY2023123
FY202476
FY2025151
FY202629
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 — MP

Top 5 sponsors — California

Top 5 occupations — MP

Top 5 occupations — California

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