Chart: The vast majority of H-1B employers employ very few H‑1B workers: Share of H-1B employers with one to five petitions approved by USCIS, fiscal year 2019

Table 4

The vast majority of H-1B employers employ very few H‑1B workers: Share of H-1B employers with one to five petitions approved by USCIS, fiscal year 2019

Description		Number/share
Number of H-1B employers with at least one approved petition		53,377
Number of H-1B employers with one to five approved petitions		45,651
Share of H-1B employers with one to five approved petitions		86%

Notes: H-1B petition approvals include approved petitions for initial and continuing employment. Petitions are approved by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

Source: Authors’ analysis of USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, fiscal year 2019 data

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