H1B Report
US stateNHRank #38Updated May 2026

H-1B sponsorship in New Hampshire

9,897 H-1B Labor Condition Applications were filed for worksites in New Hampshire across the covered fiscal years. State concentration ratios and top sponsors below.

Total filings
9,897
Rank #38 nationally
National share
0.3%
of US H-1B filings
Top sponsor share
12.8%
COGNIZANT TECHNO…
Top occupation
15-1252
Software Developers
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Top sponsoring employers

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

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUT…
459
Fidelity Technology Group,…
306
Trustees of Dartmouth Coll…
116

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most for worksites in New Hampshire.

Software Developers
4,191
Computer Occupations, All …
795
Software Quality Assurance…
404
Computer Systems Analysts
326
Data Scientists
307
Industrial Engineers
282
Physicians, All Other
256
Computer and Information S…
154
Biological Science Teacher…
137
Electrical Engineers
131

Filings by fiscal year

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

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