Disclosure data consists of selected information extracted from nonimmigrant and immigrant application tables within the Office of Foreign Labor Certification's case management systems. The data sets provide public access to the latest quarterly and annual data in easily accessible formats for the purpose of performing in-depth longitudinal research and analysis. Each data set is cumulative for the fiscal year, containing unique records identified by the applicable OFLC case number based on the most recent date a case determination decision was issued. Information that appears in these records is provided by employers and system-generated metadata, such as received dates and decision dates. Any typographical errors or other data anomalies (e.g., incomplete or blank data fields, etc.) may be due to internal data entry or other external customer errors in completing and submitting the applications for processing.

Beginning in Fiscal Year 2020, the Program Record Layouts associated with each program disclosure file are substantially different from prior fiscal years and include a number of additional data fields extracted based on new visa application forms, appendices, and addenda implemented by OFLC through the new Foreign Labor Application Gateway (FLAG) System . In some instances, case information may not be included in the program disclosure data for the following reasons:

If it involves the status of a case that is currently being processed and for which a final determination has not yet been made;

If it contains information deemed to be Personally Identifiable Information (PII) (e.g., Federal Employer Identification Numbers (FEIN), attorney state bar numbers, and foreign worker names, addresses, etc.); and

If the data collection item on the application form is an open text field with a very large character limit making it difficult to extract into a user-friendly format (e.g., job duties, statement of temporary need, etc.).

The data sets are available in the Microsoft Excel (.xlsx) file format and organized by the federal fiscal year (October 1 through September 30). Please refer to the Program Record Layout documents provided for each dataset, which lists each field title and respective field description.

Important Notice: Employer-specific case information that appears on this website was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted prevailing wage, labor certification and labor attestation applications for processing. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics (BLS-OES) survey. The BLS-OES program provides OFLC with aggregate wage estimates, by Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) and geographic area, which are used in establishing prevailing wages based on the employer's job opportunity and requirements. However, the BLS does not provide OFLC with the wage rates reported for any individual businesses. The identity of respondents and the information that they report to BLS under the OES program is kept in strict confidence in accordance with BLS Data Integrity Guidelines and with the Confidentiality Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (CIPSEA) of 2002.

Latest Quarterly Updates

The following case disclosure files cover determinations issued between October 1, 2019, and June 30, 2020. A small percentage of determinations may be subject to change in subsequent quarterly releases due to appeal or redetermination decisions on employer applications.

Historical Case Disclosure Data

Where available, OFLC program disclosure files for prior fiscal years are also available on the Foreign Labor Certification Data Center website at www.flcdatacenter.com .

PERM Program

H-2A Program

H-2B Program

LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)

Prevailing Wage Program

CW-1 Program

(1) In FY 2009, the iCERT System replaced the H-1B legacy system. Consequently, two FY 2009 H-1B data disclosure files were published-the "H-1B Case Data FY2009" file for applications processed through the iCERT System beginning on April 15, 2009, and the "H-1B Efile Case Data FY2009" file for applications processed through the H-1B legacy system.

(2) Disclosure data includes prevailing wage determinations issued from the OFLC iCERT System between January 20 and September 30, 2010, when employers began electronic filing of requests for prevailing wage determinations. Prior to January 1, 2010, all prevailing wage determinations were received and processed by State Workforce Agencies and no national-level electronic record data are available prior to this data.