H1B Report
State comparison

New Jersey vs GU

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
New Jersey
NJRank #4
State B
GU
GURank #47

Key metrics

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

MetricNew JerseyGU
Total filings534,2127,194
National share %5.72%0.08%
Rank nationally#4#47
Top sponsorCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPCORE TECH INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
Top sponsor share3.3%8.2%
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersCivil Engineers

Filings by fiscal year

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

New Jersey
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY201022,533
FY201123,613
FY201227,861
FY201329,795
FY201436,783
FY201547,664
FY201648,372
FY201742,571
FY201840,743
FY20194,478
FY202031,318
FY202141,952
FY202233,547
FY202334,837
FY202429,700
FY202529,182
FY20269,263
GU
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010450
FY2011349
FY2012319
FY2013295
FY2014263
FY2015503
FY2016321
FY2017341
FY2018280
FY201942
FY2020288
FY2021649
FY2022621
FY2023729
FY2024690
FY2025805
FY2026249

Top 5 occupations — New Jersey

Top 5 occupations — GU

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