H-1B sponsorWIFEIN 39-0509570Updated Jul 2026

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company. Filed 539 disclosures between FY2011 and FY2026 from worksites with a WI headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

78.0%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

6.0%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

2.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company is a Wisconsin-based insurance company that has emerged as an active H-1B sponsor in recent years. In FY2026, the company filed 50 H-1B applications with a 78% certification rate, continuing a significant increase in sponsorship activity since 2023.

Across all filings since 2011, Northwestern Mutual has submitted 539 H-1B applications with an 85.16% overall certification rate, 1.86% withdrawn, and 0.37% denied. The company's H-1B strategy is heavily concentrated in technology roles: Software Developers account for 304 filings (56% of total), followed by Data Scientists (64 filings), Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (40 filings), and Computer and Information Systems Managers (15 filings). This hiring pattern reflects the company's technology transformation and digital innovation initiatives.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	85.2%
Cert-withdrawn	12.6%
Withdrawn	1.9%
Denied	0.4%

Certified85.2%

Cert-withdrawn12.6%

Withdrawn1.9%

Denied0.4%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	304
2	15-2051	Data Scientists	64
3	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	40
4	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	31
5	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	15
6	15-1212	Information Security Analysts	13
7	17-2112	Industrial Engineers	11
8	13-1082	Project Management Specialists	7
9	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	6
10	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	5

Software Developers

304

Data Scientists

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

Computer Occupations, All Other

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Information Security Analysts

Industrial Engineers

Project Management Specialists

Operations Research Analysts

Financial and Investment Analysts

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2011	1
FY2013	1
FY2014	4
FY2015	5
FY2016	3
FY2017	14
FY2018	43
FY2019	55
FY2020	6
FY2021	5
FY2022	2
FY2023	58
FY2024	149
FY2025	143
FY2026	50

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