H1B Report
State comparison

New Jersey vs Mississippi

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
Mississippi
MSRank #42

Key metrics

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

MetricNew JerseyMississippi
Total filings534,21212,030
National share %5.72%0.13%
Rank nationally#4#42
Top sponsorCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center
Top sponsor share3.3%10.2%
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

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
Mississippi
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010681
FY2011648
FY2012645
FY2013668
FY2014678
FY2015792
FY2016839
FY2017745
FY2018760
FY2019123
FY2020778
FY20211,012
FY2022807
FY2023818
FY2024827
FY2025898
FY2026311

Top 5 occupations — New Jersey

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