H-1B sponsorNYFEIN 04-3721439Updated Jul 2026

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for The Nielsen Company (US), LLC. Filed 919 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a NY headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

83.3%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

16.7%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

The Nielsen Company (US), LLC is a New York-based global data and analytics firm active in the H-1B sponsorship program. In FY2026, the company filed 6 H-1B petitions with an 83.3% certification rate and 16.7% withdrawn.

All-time, Nielsen has filed 919 H-1B petitions from 2010 through 2026, achieving a 98.26% certification rate with minimal denials (0.54%) and withdrawals (1.09%). The company's H-1B hiring is heavily concentrated in technology and data roles: Software Developers dominate with 358 filings, followed by Data Scientists (125 filings) and Computer Occupations, All Other (96 filings). Economists and Marketing Managers round out the top five categories with 73 and 35 filings respectively.

Filing volume peaked in 2019 with 162 petitions, then declined sharply through 2021–2022 before recovering modestly in recent years. This pattern suggests a shift in workforce strategy or sponsorship priorities, though the company's strong historical certification rate reflects consistent compliance with H-1B program requirements.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of The Nielsen Company (US), LLC’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	98.3%
Cert-withdrawn	0.1%
Withdrawn	1.1%
Denied	0.5%

Certified98.3%

Cert-withdrawn0.1%

Withdrawn1.1%

Denied0.5%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by The Nielsen Company (US), LLC across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	358
2	15-2051	Data Scientists	125
3	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	96
4	19-3011	Economists	73
5	11-2021	Marketing Managers	35
6	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	23
7	13-2051	Financial and Investment Analysts	21
8	15-2041	Statisticians	21
9	15-2031	Operations Research Analysts	20
10	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	19

Software Developers

358

Data Scientists

125

Computer Occupations, All Other

Economists

Marketing Managers

Computer and Information Systems Managers

Financial and Investment Analysts

Statisticians

Operations Research Analysts

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

H-1B filings by fiscal year

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

Year	Filings
FY2010	32
FY2011	35
FY2012	51
FY2013	60
FY2014	54
FY2015	68
FY2016	113
FY2017	100
FY2018	158
FY2019	162
FY2020	2
FY2021	1
FY2022	3
FY2023	17
FY2024	37
FY2025	20
FY2026	6

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