US stateMERank #44Updated May 2026

H-1B sponsorship in Maine

3,152 H-1B Labor Condition Applications were filed for worksites in Maine across the covered fiscal years. State concentration ratios and top sponsors below.

Total filings

3,152

Rank #44 nationally

National share

0.1%

of US H-1B filings

Top sponsor share

10.4%

Eastern Maine Me…

Top occupation

15-1252

Software Developers

Summary

Maine has filed 3,152 H-1B petitions across its workforce. Eastern Maine Medical Center is the largest sponsor with 119 filings (10.37% of the state total), followed by the University of Maine with 79 filings and Avant Healthcare Professionals with 59 filings. The concentration among these top three employers reflects Maine's reliance on healthcare and academic institutions for H-1B sponsorship.

Software Developer roles dominate H-1B filings in Maine, accounting for 615 petitions. This is followed by Physicians (All Other) with 331 filings, indicating strong demand for both technology talent and healthcare professionals. Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers (151 filings), Data Scientists (114 filings), and other computer occupations (112 filings) round out the top occupations, showing that technology roles represent a significant portion of Maine's H-1B activity.

Maine's H-1B sponsorship profile reflects a state economy centered on healthcare delivery and growing IT services demand, with employer concentration in large medical centers and universities.

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Top sponsoring employers

Highest-volume H-1B sponsors with worksites in Maine. Share % is each sponsor’s portion of the state’s total filings.

#	Employer	Filings	Share
1	Eastern Maine Medical Center	119	10.4%
2	University of Maine	79	6.9%
3	Avant Healthcare Professionals, LLC.	59	5.1%

Eastern Maine Medical Center

119

University of Maine

Avant Healthcare Professio…

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most for worksites in Maine.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	15-1252	Software Developers	615
2	29-1229	Physicians, All Other	331
3	15-1253	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	151
4	15-2051	Data Scientists	114
5	15-1299	Computer Occupations, All Other	112
6	17-2112	Industrial Engineers	75
7	29-1141	Registered Nurses	65
8	15-1211	Computer Systems Analysts	62
9	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	58
10	29-2011	Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	58

Software Developers

615

Physicians, All Other

331

Software Quality Assurance…

151

Data Scientists

114

Computer Occupations, All …

112

Industrial Engineers

Registered Nurses

Computer Systems Analysts

Medical Scientists, Except…

Medical and Clinical Labor…

Filings by fiscal year

Maine H-1B filing volume year over year — a hiring-demand signal for the state, not headcount.

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