H1B Report
State leaderboard · FY2026

Top H-1B States FY2026

US states ranked by worksite-state filing volume. The ranking reflects where H-1B workers actually work, not where the sponsoring employer is incorporated. Top 3 states alone absorb 40% of the program.

Top 15 states

Geographic concentration of US H-1B filings.

59 ranked entries

#EntityFilings
1California (CA)1,727,358
2Texas (TX)1,026,223
3New York (NY)801,603
4New Jersey (NJ)544,088
5Illinois (IL)438,152
6Washington (WA)422,396
7Massachusetts (MA)347,025
8Georgia (GA)317,771
9Florida (FL)302,281
10Pennsylvania (PA)296,830
11North Carolina (NC)278,273
12Michigan (MI)253,745
13Virginia (VA)253,562
14Ohio (OH)210,176
15Maryland (MD)147,708
16Arizona (AZ)141,524
17Minnesota (MN)129,651
18Connecticut (CT)124,904
19Missouri (MO)105,780
20Colorado (CO)98,360
21Tennessee (TN)93,894
22Indiana (IN)89,962
23Wisconsin (WI)85,275
24Oregon (OR)72,694
25District of Columbia (DC)57,202
26Arkansas (AR)50,108
27Delaware (DE)47,627
28Utah (UT)45,733
29Iowa (IA)44,149
30South Carolina (SC)43,291
31Kentucky (KY)38,440
32Kansas (KS)37,496
33Rhode Island (RI)29,799
34Louisiana (LA)29,738
35Alabama (AL)28,896
36Nebraska (NE)28,573
37Oklahoma (OK)26,495
38New Hampshire (NH)25,508
39Nevada (NV)24,207
40New Mexico (NM)16,682
41Idaho (ID)12,732
42Mississippi (MS)12,424
43Maine (ME)9,400
44Hawaii (HI)8,435
45West Virginia (WV)8,245
46North Dakota (ND)7,683
47GU (GU)7,351
48South Dakota (SD)5,740
49Vermont (VT)5,234
50Alaska (AK)3,939
51Puerto Rico (PR)3,409
52Montana (MT)3,234
53Wyoming (WY)2,701
54MP (MP)2,404
55Virgin Islands (VI)1,069
56MH (MH)10
57PW (PW)10
58FM (FM)5
59AS (AS)5

Methodology

Counted on the WORKSITE_STATE field of each LCA, not the employer’s headquarters. Filings without a 2-letter state code (out-of-format entries) are excluded.