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4,325
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
89.1%
LCA
certification rate
279
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
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LCA
filings by year
// worksite in New Mexico
Fiscal Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
1,306
1,149
88.0%
2024
1,199
1,055
88.0%
2023
1,285
1,157
90.0%
2022
1,110
993
89.5%
2021
1,334
1,191
89.3%
2020
972
879
90.4%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
378
16
95.9%
2024
397
28
93.4%
2023
*
141
3
97.9%
2022
383
9
97.7%
2021
303
7
97.7%
2020
248
5
98.0%
2019
247
28
89.8%
2018
199
98
67.0%
2017
193
23
89.4%
2016
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
1,444
10
99.3%
2024
1,696
0
100.0%
2021
989
0
100.0%
2020
694
0
100.0%
2019
508
0
100.0%
2018
377
0
100.0%
2017
314
0
100.0%
2016
331
15
95.7%
2015
164
15
91.6%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
8
0
100.0%
2024
11
0
100.0%
2019
0
0
—
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
—
Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
Triad National Security, LLC
43
University of New Mexico
43
MAS CHARTER SCHOOLS
29
New Mexico State University
26
Hobbs Municipal Schools
24
Presbyterian Healthcare Services
22
NTESS, LLC
17
City of Clovis Board of Education School District 1
11
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Materials Engineers
106
Software Developers
105
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
67
Physicists
56
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
51
Computer Programmers
50
Physicians, All Other
44
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
39
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Top employer: Triad National Security, LLC →
Top occupation: Materials Engineers →
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
182
6
96.8%
2015
245
18
93.2%
2014
215
8
96.4%
2013
240
15
94.1%
2012
227
9
96.2%
2011
203
11
94.9%
2010
234
7
97.1%
2009
290
20
93.5%
* Source data for this fiscal year is an incomplete snapshot, not a real year-over-year drop.
