What FY2025 filing data shows
Our analysis of the DOL OFLC disclosure files found 5,701 certified H-1B LCAs in the data-analyst title family across 2,878 employers in FY2025. The median offered wage was $96,000. The largest title-family counts in our grouped file were Capital One Services (138), Tiger Analytics (130) and Capital One National Association (84).
Method: cases are de-duplicated by case number and restricted to certified H-1B LCAs. Title families match configured word sequences in order within the filed job title, so intervening words can appear. Wages use WAGE_RATE_OF_PAY_FROM, are annualized by pay unit, exclude annualized values below $20,000 and are rounded to the nearest $500. Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Apple are rolled up to their parent; other legal entities remain separate. An LCA is not a petition approval, hire, open job or promise to sponsor. Data downloaded 6 November 2026; full methodology and current openings are on the data analyst sponsor page.
Use two signals, not one
Visa searches fail when two different facts are collapsed into one badge. The first fact belongs to the vacancy: does its own text say sponsorship is available, unavailable, or nothing at all? The second belongs to the employer: has it filed H-1B petitions or Labor Condition Applications before?
Read them in that order. If a posting says no current or future sponsorship, an old filing does not override it. If the posting says nothing and the employer has a record, the role is worth a concise question before you spend hours tailoring an application. If both signals are positive, you still have evidence rather than a guarantee.
| Posting evidence | Employer has relevant history | Best next action |
|---|---|---|
| Says sponsorship is considered | Yes or no | Prioritize if the role fits; confirm your status and timing |
| Says sponsorship is unavailable | Yes | Stop if you will need it; history does not override the posting |
| Does not say | Yes | Apply if qualified and ask before a long interview loop |
| Does not say | No or unknown | Lower priority; ask before an assessment |
The USCIS H-1B program is employer-led. The Department of Labor explains that an employer files an LCA before proceeding with the H-1B petition, and that the filing includes a role, wage and work location. DOL publishes the program process and disclosure data, which makes past activity searchable.
Read the work-authorization sentence before the requirements
Use the browser's find command for sponsor, authorization, visa, immigration, OPT and future. The decisive sentence is often near the bottom, after equal-opportunity language.
Positive wording includes will consider candidates who require sponsorship, visa sponsorship may be available and sponsorship available for qualified candidates. Negative wording includes must be authorized without current or future sponsorship and this position is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Must be authorized to work alone is incomplete; a person on OPT may already be authorized.
Do not infer sponsorship from global company, a diverse workforce or an office in another country. Those facts say nothing about the requisition.
Search the whole data-analyst title family
Companies describe similar work as data analyst, analytics analyst, BI analyst, reporting analyst, insights analyst, decision analyst and operations analyst. Search the job family, then inspect the actual duties. A title match without SQL, reporting, experimentation, dashboarding or decision support may be a different occupation entirely.
Run a small set of high-intent searches rather than one huge query:
data analyst visa sponsorshipanalytics analyst H-1Bbusiness intelligence analyst sponsorshipdata analyst OPT E-Verifydata analyst "future sponsorship"
The negative phrase is useful because it helps you exclude roles quickly. A smaller qualified list beats a large list you cannot accept.
Treat OPT and H-1B as different questions
OPT is work authorization connected to an F-1 student's field of study. An employer does not sponsor OPT in the same way it petitions for H-1B status. For the 24-month STEM OPT extension, the official overview says the employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and the student must work at least 20 hours a week. See the USCIS STEM OPT guidance.
Tell the recruiter both facts: what work authorization you have now and whether you expect to need an employer petition later. I am authorized through June 2028 and will need H-1B sponsorship after that is easier to evaluate than Do you sponsor visas? See the recruiter sponsorship scripts for wording by situation.
Apply in this order
- Remove any role whose current posting expressly refuses the sponsorship you will need.
- Prioritise roles that expressly consider sponsorship.
- For silent postings, check the employer's H-1B history and whether the relevant analyst title appears in DOL filings.
- Confirm that your degree and experience match the role's specialized duties.
- Ask the recruiter before a long interview loop if the posting remains unclear.
- Save the exact posting and date, because wording can change.
Use US data analyst jobs with visa sponsorship for current vacancies, data analyst H-1B sponsors for employer history tied to open roles, and OPT data analyst jobs for entry-level openings. Each page answers a different question.
Make the application prove role fit
Visa eligibility does not rescue a weak application. Mirror the actual business problem: revenue reporting, experimentation, supply-chain performance or risk. Put SQL and the relevant BI tool near the evidence that you used them. Quantify a decision or outcome, not merely rows processed.
For example: Built a weekly retention model in SQL and Tableau that identified a 7-point activation gap; product changed onboarding for the affected segment. That tells the hiring team what specialized work you can perform. Keep immigration details in the application field or recruiter conversation rather than turning the resume summary into a visa paragraph.
