H1B Report
State comparison

New Jersey vs North Dakota

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
North Dakota
NDRank #46

Key metrics

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

MetricNew JerseyNorth Dakota
Total filings534,2127,475
National share %5.72%0.08%
Rank nationally#4#46
Top sponsorCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPNORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY
Top sponsor share3.3%10.6%
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
North Dakota
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010366
FY2011403
FY2012446
FY2013469
FY2014490
FY2015575
FY2016544
FY2017454
FY2018497
FY201969
FY2020333
FY2021590
FY2022428
FY2023529
FY2024503
FY2025562
FY2026217

Top 5 occupations — New Jersey

Top 5 occupations — North Dakota

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