Notes: “Total H-2B workers” represents the author’s estimate based on the number of new visas issued by the U.S. State Department, plus the number of H-2B workers approved for continuing employment with the same employer (i.e., visa extensions or extensions of status), plus the number of H-2B workers with approved petitions to change employers, as reported in the USCIS H-2B Employer Data Hub. It is possible that some H-2B workers may have an approved petition for new employment in the same fiscal year as an approved petition for changing employers, which would lead to those workers being counted twice in the data.