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Kansas
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6,852
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
92.7%
LCA
certification rate
802
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
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LCA
filings by year
// worksite in Kansas
Fiscal Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
2,286
2,125
93.0%
2024
2,141
1,981
92.5%
2023
2,257
2,071
91.8%
2022
2,379
2,208
92.8%
2021
3,029
2,816
93.0%
2020
2,178
2,026
93.0%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
512
17
96.8%
2024
530
6
98.9%
2023
*
222
7
96.9%
2022
506
8
98.4%
2021
401
12
97.1%
2020
459
56
89.1%
2019
443
126
77.9%
2018
329
79
80.6%
2017
346
73
82.6%
2016
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
694
3
99.6%
2024
1,296
1
99.9%
2021
772
8
99.0%
2020
664
2
99.7%
2019
496
0
100.0%
2018
443
0
100.0%
2017
374
0
100.0%
2016
403
0
100.0%
2015
464
3
99.4%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
405
0
100.0%
2024
621
0
100.0%
2019
606
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
—
Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
U S D 501 TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
47
THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER
44
The University of Kansas
31
Unified School District 457
27
Black & Veatch Corporation
25
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT NO 480 LIBERAL
24
Kansas State University
24
Terracon Consultants, Inc.
15
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Software Developers
619
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
110
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
80
Mechanical Engineers
67
Information Technology Project Managers
65
Computer Programmers
58
Data Scientists
49
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
49
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Top employer: U S D 501 TOPEKA PUBLIC SCHOOLS →
Top occupation: Software Developers →
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
352
87
80.2%
2015
343
19
94.8%
2014
402
39
91.2%
2013
422
79
84.2%
2012
382
28
93.2%
2011
398
37
91.5%
2010
350
34
91.1%
2009
455
82
84.7%
* Source data for this fiscal year is an incomplete snapshot, not a real year-over-year drop.
