H1B Report
US stateWARank #4Updated May 2026

H-1B sponsorship in Washington

223,014 H-1B Labor Condition Applications were filed for worksites in Washington across the covered fiscal years. State concentration ratios and top sponsors below.

Total filings
223,014
Rank #4 nationally
National share
5.8%
of US H-1B filings
Top sponsor share
16.3%
AMAZON.COM SERVI…
Top occupation
15-1252
Software Developers
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Top sponsoring employers

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

#EmployerFilingsShare
1AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (WA)15,58816.3%
2Microsoft Corporation14,97815.6%
3AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (VA)14,63915.3%
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (WA)
15,588
Microsoft Corporation
14,978
AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (VA)
14,639

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most for worksites in Washington.

Software Developers
111,135
Data Scientists
18,965
Computer Occupations, All …
16,379
Computer and Information S…
8,915
Operations Research Analysts
4,928
Computer Systems Analysts
4,675
Software Quality Assurance…
4,426
Computer and Information R…
2,906
Accountants and Auditors
2,761
Industrial Engineers
1,853

Filings by fiscal year

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

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