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State comparison

North Dakota 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
North Dakota
NDRank #46
State B
California
CARank #1

Key metrics

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

MetricNorth DakotaCalifornia
Total filings7,4751,684,275▲
National share %0.08%18.05%▲
Rank nationally#46#1▲
Top sponsorNORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITYINFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share10.6%3.2%
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

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
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 — North Dakota

Top 5 sponsors — California

Top 5 occupations — North Dakota

Top 5 occupations — California

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