H-1B sponsorCARank #69Updated Jun 2026

VMWARE, INC.

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for VMWARE, INC.. Filed 6,004 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2024 from worksites with a CA headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Rank #69 · FY2024

Certified

83.3%

unconditional · FY2024

Withdrawn

16.7%

withdrawn rate · FY2024

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2024

Summary

VMware, Inc. is a California-based software and virtualization company. From 2010 to 2024, VMware filed 6,004 H-1B petitions, with a 5.68% certification rate overall. In FY2024, the company filed only 6 petitions, with 83.3% certified—a dramatic decline from its historical peak of 1,063 filings in 2019. The sharp drop reflects broader changes in the company's hiring strategy or organizational structure since its 2023 acquisition by Broadcom.

VMware's H-1B hiring has been heavily concentrated in software development roles. Software Developers (SOC 15-1252) account for 3,979 of the 6,004 filings (66%), followed by Mechanical Engineers (376), Computer Occupations (233), and Software QA Analysts (155). Marketing Managers and other non-technical roles round out the top five. The company's filing volume surged from 2017 to 2019, peaking at over 1,000 annual petitions, before dropping sharply to under 150 filings per year from 2020 onward.

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Outcome breakdown

Share of VMWARE, INC.’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Certified97.1%

Cert-withdrawn1.7%

Withdrawn1.2%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by VMWARE, INC. across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	3,979
2	17-2141	Mechanical Engineers	376
3	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	233
4	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	155
5	11-2021	Marketing Managers	130
6	11-3021	Computer and Information Systems Managers	104
7	15-1221	Computer and Information Research Scientists	76
8	15-2051	Data Scientists	75
9	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	57
10	13-1082	Project Management Specialists	43

Software Developers

3,979

Mechanical Engineers

376

Computer Occupations, All Other

233

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers

155

Marketing Managers

130

Computer and Information Systems Managers

104

Computer and Information Research Scientists

Data Scientists

Computer Systems Analysts

Project Management Specialists

Filings by fiscal year

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

Year	Filings
FY2010	216
FY2011	321
FY2012	370
FY2013	364
FY2014	520
FY2015	449
FY2016	516
FY2017	914
FY2018	920
FY2019	1,063
FY2020	40
FY2021	132
FY2022	96
FY2023	77
FY2024	6

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