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2,062
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
90.4%
LCA
certification rate
150
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
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// Maine highlighted
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LCA
filings by year
// worksite in Maine
Fiscal Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
498
447
89.8%
2024
490
423
86.3%
2023
561
499
88.9%
2022
403
353
87.6%
2021
697
642
92.1%
2020
503
484
96.2%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
128
7
94.8%
2024
143
4
97.3%
2023
*
28
0
100.0%
2022
131
4
97.0%
2021
218
12
94.8%
2020
134
7
95.0%
2019
120
10
92.3%
2018
121
4
96.8%
2017
104
5
95.4%
2016
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
623
5
99.2%
2024
767
0
100.0%
2021
554
112
83.2%
2020
400
15
96.4%
2019
503
0
100.0%
2018
243
0
100.0%
2017
333
1
99.7%
2016
476
0
100.0%
2015
358
0
100.0%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
980
0
100.0%
2024
1,928
0
100.0%
2019
768
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
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Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
Eastern Maine Medical Center
23
University of Maine
18
The Jackson Laboratory
13
RITE PROS, INC
9
MaineHealth
7
Colby College
5
Cary Medical Center
5
BATES COLLEGE
4
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Software Developers
70
Registered Nurses
43
Hospitalists
26
Physicians, All Other
24
Radiologists
16
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists
14
Molecular and Cellular Biologists
11
General Internal Medicine Physicians
11
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Top employer: Eastern Maine Medical Center →
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
99
3
97.1%
2015
107
10
91.5%
2014
117
19
86.0%
2013
134
8
94.4%
2012
105
3
97.2%
2011
137
4
97.2%
2010
106
10
91.4%
2009
130
69
65.3%
* Source data for this fiscal year is an incomplete snapshot, not a real year-over-year drop.
