The Department of Labor (DOL), announced which were the occupations for foreigners, most requested by employers in the United States during the first three quarters of fiscal year 2022.
In the first three quarters of fiscal year 2022, the DOL's Office of Labor Certification for Aliens processed 510,943 applications for H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 visas. Of the visas processed, a total of 483 thousand 244 visas were certified, 111 thousand 734 during the first quarter of the fiscal year (October-December), 144 thousand 372 in the second (January-March) and 227 thousand 138 in the third (April). -June).
The DOL published this report that only considers the visas corresponding to temporary occupation programs in labor specialties, that is, the H-1B, H-1B1 and E-3 visas. Although most of them correspond to the first category, the H-1B.
The same document details the states with the most jobs for foreign skilled workers. For example, California was the state with the most labor certifications in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2022, with more than 235 thousand, followed by Texas with more than 112 thousand and Washington with more than 86 thousand.
On the other hand, when it comes to the professions most in demand by employers, the position of Software developers, applications with around 233,000 visas approved, that is, more than 26% of all visas. The second most requested occupation in software developers, software systems, with 78 thousand 309 and 9% of the total.
The third position with the most approved visas was computer-related occupations with 74 thousand 10. Electronic engineering ranked fourth with 50 thousand 383 and finally computer systems analyst Obtained 46 thousand 536 visas.
Other prominent positions are computer systems engineering or architecture, operations analysis and research, computer and information systems management, management analysis, and business intelligence analysis.
