EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 CISCO SYSTEMS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK 1578 147 2 WELLS FARGO CHARLOTTE 1516 1175 3 DELOITTE CONSULTING CHARLOTTE 646 60 4 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS DURHAM 456 387 5 FORUM CAPITAL MARKETS LLC (DBA WELLS FAR CHARLOTTE 418 178 6 NETAPP DURHAM 371 43 7 BANK OF AMERICA CHARLOTTE 362 335 8 DUKE ENERGY CHARLOTTE 327 211 9 WELLS FARGO BANK N.A CHARLOTTE 291 130 10 WELLS FARGO BANK CHARLOTTE 282 89 11 NVIDIA DURHAM 260 10 12 INFOSYS RALEIGH 249 249 13 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CARY 247 247 14 KFORCE RALEIGH 240 4 15 BANK OF AMERICA N.A CHARLOTTE 235 235 16 QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES RALEIGH 200 4 17 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CHARLOTTE 197 197 18 DELOITTE CONSULTING GREENSBORO 184 19 19 IBM DURHAM 179 179 20 HCL AMERICA CARY 168 110 21 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DURHAM 164 9 22 SIEMENS ENERGY CHARLOTTE 156 36 23 ERNST & YOUNG U.S CHARLOTTE 155 155 24 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS CHARLOTTE 154 154 25 LOWE'S COMPANIES MOORESVILLE 149 149 26 RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES CHARLOTTE 149 68 27 METLIFE CARY 147 135 28 METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT CARY 145 145 29 CISCO SYSTEMS MORRISVILLE 141 90 30 SAS INSTITUTE CARY 134 68 31 VF GREENSBORO 131 73 32 DB GLOBAL CARY 131 131 33 DUKE UNIVERSITY & MEDICAL CENTER DURHAM 128 128 34 TIAA CHARLOTTE 126 121 35 KFORCE CARY 120 2 36 ORACLE AMERICA MORRISVILLE 120 13 37 SYNOPSYS DURHAM 120 4 38 VANGUARD CHARLOTTE 119 47 39 FIDELITY BROKERAGE DURHAM 110 110 40 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC ASHEVILLE 102 6 41 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) MORRISVILLE 101 97 42 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES MORRISVILLE 101 6 43 LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP GREENSBORO 96 62 44 DELOITTE CONSULTING MORRISVILLE 90 11 45 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H CHAPEL HILL 86 86 46 MICROSOFT CHARLOTTE 85 40 47 FIDELITY DURHAM 84 54 48 ALLY FINANCIAL CHARLOTTE 84 66 49 BELK CHARLOTTE 82 67 50 CREDIT SUISSE MORRISVILLE 77 77
EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 CISCO SYSTEMS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK 1503 76 2 DELOITTE CONSULTING CHARLOTTE 646 60 3 NETAPP DURHAM 365 37 4 NVIDIA DURHAM 260 10 5 INFOSYS RALEIGH 246 246 6 KFORCE RALEIGH 240 4 7 QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES RALEIGH 200 4 8 BANK OF AMERICA N.A CHARLOTTE 199 199 9 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CHARLOTTE 197 197 10 DELOITTE CONSULTING GREENSBORO 183 18 11 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DURHAM 164 9 12 ERNST & YOUNG U.S CHARLOTTE 155 155 13 IBM DURHAM 149 149 14 RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES CHARLOTTE 149 68 15 WELLS FARGO BANK N.A CHARLOTTE 147 76 16 HCL AMERICA CARY 143 85 17 DB GLOBAL CARY 130 130 18 DUKE UNIVERSITY & MEDICAL CENTER DURHAM 128 128 19 KFORCE CARY 120 2 20 ORACLE AMERICA MORRISVILLE 120 13 21 SYNOPSYS DURHAM 120 4 22 FIDELITY BROKERAGE DURHAM 110 110 23 KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES MORRISVILLE 101 6 24 DELOITTE CONSULTING MORRISVILLE 90 11 25 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H CHAPEL HILL 86 86 26 LOWE'S COMPANIES MOORESVILLE 84 84 27 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY RALEIGH 72 72 28 CAPGEMINI AMERICA CHARLOTTE 71 35 29 SAS INSTITUTE CARY 65 55 30 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) MORRISVILLE 63 63 31 BB&T RALEIGH 63 25 32 HCL AMERICA CHARLOTTE 60 3 33 XPO LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN HIGH POINT 57 19 34 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CARY 57 57 35 LENOVO (UNITED STATES) MORRISVILLE 55 55 36 PROMANTUS RALEIGH 54 8 37 LEXISNEXIS USA RALEIGH 53 53 38 DELOITTE CONSULTING RALEIGH 53 9 39 CREDIT SUISSE SERVICES (USA) MORRISVILLE 51 51 40 QUALCOMM DATACENTER TECHNOLOGIES RALEIGH 50 1 41 ZENMONICS CHARLOTTE 48 48 42 CLOROX DURHAM 45 3 43 FIDELITY TECHNOLOGY GROUP DURHAM 44 44 44 BB&T WINSTON-SALEM 44 18 45 MICROSOFT RALEIGH 43 43 46 HCL AMERICA DURHAM 42 4 47 LENDING TREE CHARLOTTE 41 29 48 MCKINSEY & COMPANY INC UNITED STATES CHARLOTTE 41 5 49 CITRIX SYSTEMS RALEIGH 40 17 50 HCL AMERICA RALEIGH 40 2
EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 WELLS FARGO CHARLOTTE 1516 1175 2 FIDELITY INVESTMENTS DURHAM 456 387 3 FORUM CAPITAL MARKETS LLC (DBA WELLS FAR CHARLOTTE 418 178 4 BANK OF AMERICA CHARLOTTE 361 334 5 DUKE ENERGY CHARLOTTE 327 211 6 WELLS FARGO BANK CHARLOTTE 282 89 7 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CARY 247 247 8 SIEMENS ENERGY CHARLOTTE 148 28 9 METLIFE CARY 147 135 10 METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT CARY 145 145 11 WELLS FARGO BANK N.A CHARLOTTE 144 54 12 CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS CHARLOTTE 130 130 13 CISCO SYSTEMS MORRISVILLE 127 85 14 TIAA CHARLOTTE 126 121 15 VANGUARD CHARLOTTE 119 47 16 VF GREENSBORO 112 54 17 THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC ASHEVILLE 101 5 18 LINCOLN FINANCIAL GROUP GREENSBORO 96 62 19 FIDELITY DURHAM 84 54 20 ALLY FINANCIAL CHARLOTTE 84 66 21 CREDIT SUISSE MORRISVILLE 77 77 22 CISCO SYSTEMS RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK 75 71 23 PREMIER CHARLOTTE 73 64 24 JELD-WEN CHARLOTTE 73 22 25 SAS INSTITUTE CARY 69 13 26 LOWE'S COMPANIES MOORESVILLE 65 65 27 VANGUARD GROUP CHARLOTTE 61 37 28 LINCOLN NATIONAL GREENSBORO 60 18 29 LENOVO MORRISVILLE 57 15 30 BELK CHARLOTTE 53 38 31 BRANCH BANKING & TRUST RALEIGH 53 53 32 MICROSOFT CHARLOTTE 50 5 33 BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLINA DURHAM 49 48 34 CIGNA RALEIGH 49 18 35 AXA EQUITABLE CHARLOTTE 49 7 36 INGERSOLL RAND DAVIDSON 48 20 37 GEORGIA PACIFIC MOUNT HOLLY 45 3 38 AIG INSURANCE CHARLOTTE 44 44 39 TIAA (TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSOC CHARLOTTE 44 44 40 METLIFE SERVICES & SOLUTIONS CARY 43 39 41 SYNGENTA CROP PROTECTION AG GREENSBORO 43 43 42 LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE GREENSBORO 43 15 43 VERIZON CARY 41 31 44 AIG CHARLOTTE 41 17 45 KROGER CHARLOTTE 40 40 46 TEACHERS INSURANCE & ANNUITY ASSOCIATION CHARLOTTE 39 39 47 CATERPILLAR CLAYTON 38 12 48 BLUE CROSS & BLUE SHIELD OF NORTH CAROLI DURHAM 38 38 49 GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CHARLOTTE 38 38 50 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) MORRISVILLE 38 34
Note: Remote Worksites denote when workers will be placed at a secondary location. In this case, field SECONDARY ENTITY is set to Y as explained in this File Structure file and EMPLOYER_NAME2 above will be set to the contents of field SECONDARY ENTITY BUSINESS NAME. Local Worksites denote when workers will NOT be placed at a secondary location. Source: OFLC Performance Data (click Disclosure Data tab and go to section "Latest Quarterly Updates"), 2019
YEAR CASE_STATUS WORKERS APPLICATIONS 2015 CERTIFIED 33255 15637 2016 CERTIFIED 32199 16552 2017 CERTIFIED 28957 15055 2018 CERTIFIED 39427 16602
CASE_STATUS WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 CERTIFIED 39427 16602 2 CERT-WITHDR 1243 1076 3 WITHDRAWN 834 614 4 DENIED 295 199
VISA_CLASS WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 H-1B 41682 18374 2 E-3 Australian 103 103 3 H-1B1 Singapore 7 7 4 H-1B1 Chile 7 7
EMPLOYER_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP 9510 380 2 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORP 2156 107 3 HCL AMERICA, INC. 1966 109 4 CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. 1736 117 5 KFORCE INC. 1280 58 6 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP 1096 719 7 DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 988 280 8 CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC 741 330 9 QUALCOMM DATACENTER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 740 20 10 INFOSYS LIMITED 498 498 11 TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 492 368 12 MASTECH DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC., A MA 432 72 13 IBM CORPORATION 429 429 14 BANK OF AMERICA N.A. 384 362 15 WIPRO LIMITED 353 240 16 SYNECHRON, INC. 341 254 17 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. 336 73 18 MPHASIS CORPORATION 330 16 19 RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC 315 261 20 NVIDIA CORPORATION 270 15 21 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 240 24 22 ACCENTURE LLP 233 189 23 NTT DATA, INC. 216 216 24 QUALCOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 215 5 25 DB GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INC. 199 199 26 IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 196 196 27 XPO LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN CORPORATE SER 181 73 28 LENDING TREE, LLC 176 50 29 DUKE UNIVERSITY AND MEDICAL CENTER 170 170 30 FUJITSU AMERICA, INC. 168 40 31 NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY 167 167 32 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL H 167 167 33 CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC. 156 21 34 NETAPP, INC. 154 72 35 COMPUNNEL SOFTWARE GROUP, INC. 153 148 36 RANDSTAD TECHNOLOGIES LLC 145 37 37 ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP 144 10 38 DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP 135 45 39 ZENSAR TECHNOLOGIES INC. 133 14 40 EXPERIS US, INC. 114 42 41 TABNER, INC. 113 84 42 MASTECH DIGITAL CONSULTING, INC. 108 18 43 TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS),INC. 107 107 44 PROMANTUS INC. 104 15 45 CYIENT, INC. 104 10 46 MINDTREE LIMITED 103 40 47 FIDELITY BROKERAGE SERVICES LLC 102 102 48 DIVERSANT LLC 101 101 49 HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY 98 9 50 MASTECH DIGITAL ALLIANCES, INC., A MASTE 90 15
SOC_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS 9167 6638 2 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 6182 2035 3 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER 4675 1890 4 FINANCIAL SPECIALISTS, ALL OTHER 2189 119 5 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS 1960 828 6 OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYSTS 1598 297 7 MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS 1515 254 8 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 1447 534 9 ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, EXCEPT COMPUTER 1410 137 10 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST 1395 774 11 ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS 1165 174 12 NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRAT 887 350 13 FINANCIAL ANALYSTS 709 125 14 DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS 699 409 15 ACTUARIES 542 17 16 STATISTICIANS 414 238 17 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 342 197 18 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 317 243 19 COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTS 282 65 20 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS 275 176 21 MATHEMATICIANS 255 21 22 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 234 128 23 COMPUTER USER SUPPORT SPECIALISTS 212 14 24 COMPUTER NETWORK SUPPORT SPECIALISTS 188 25 25 INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS 173 82 26 SALES ENGINEERS 173 56 27 WEB DEVELOPERS 167 149 28 15-1121 154 9 29 BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS 136 136 30 MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKETING S 126 91 Note: SOC_NAME is the occupational name associated with the SOC_CODE. SOC_CODE is the occupational code associated with the job being requested for temporary labor condition, as classified by the Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) System.
WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 CHARLOTTE 20827 7380 2 RALEIGH 4063 1590 3 DURHAM 3898 2562 4 CARY 2865 1578 5 RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK 2560 637 6 MORRISVILLE 1394 1008 7 WINSTON SALEM 1283 226 8 GREENSBORO 944 749 9 MOORESVILLE 618 238 10 HIGH POINT 266 148 11 WINSTON-SALEM 249 203 12 CHAPEL HILL 242 237 13 GREENVILLE 186 91 14 DAVIDSON 130 79 15 ASHEVILLE 121 31 16 WILSON 116 87 17 WILMINGTON 100 57 18 BURLINGTON 86 81 19 SALISBURY 81 58 20 CONCORD 73 53 21 APEX 64 46 22 WHITAKERS 61 37 23 HUNTERSVILLE 60 59 24 FAYETTEVILLE 51 51 25 GASTONIA 50 27 26 BESSEMER CITY 46 6 27 RTP 46 25 28 WENDELL 44 35 29 HICKORY 44 30 30 MONROE 42 38
Source: OFLC Performance Data (click Disclosure Data tab and go to section "LCA Programs (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)"), 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018
FYear Records I.A. I.D. C.A. C.D. Workers I.A.R C.A.R T.A.R 1 2009 1126 2435 239 2637 83 5072 91.1 96.9 94.0 2 2010 855 2102 94 1858 52 3960 95.7 97.3 96.4 3 2011 1054 2375 333 2781 105 5156 87.7 96.4 92.2 4 2012 980 3189 112 2994 87 6183 96.6 97.2 96.9 5 2013 866 2839 140 3206 72 6045 95.3 97.8 96.6 6 2014 944 2796 168 4347 127 7143 94.3 97.2 96.0 7 2015 822 3066 147 3939 88 7005 95.4 97.8 96.8 8 2016 894 2678 264 5734 219 8412 91.0 96.3 94.6 9 2017 901 2250 387 5403 205 7653 85.3 96.3 92.8 10 2018 969 1584 388 5527 670 7111 80.3 89.2 87.0 Key: I.A. = Initial Approval, I.D. = Initial Denial, C.A. = Continuing Approval, C.D. = Continuing Denial, I.A.R. = Initial Approval Rate, C.A.R. = Continuing Approval Rate, T.A.R. = Total Approval Rate
FYear Records I.A. I.D. C.A. C.D. Workers I.A.R C.A.R T.A.R 1 2018 969 1584 388 5527 670 7111 80.3 89.2 87 Employer Records I.A. I.D. C.A. C.D. Workers I.A.R C.A.R T.A.R 1 IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 11 62 60 1562 289 1624 50.8 84.4 82.3 2 IBM CORPORATION 13 310 3 819 99 1129 99.0 89.2 91.7 3 BANK OF AMERICA N A 5 76 2 334 1 410 97.4 99.7 99.3 4 DB GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY INC 2 18 0 136 2 154 100.0 98.6 98.7 5 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CH 1 57 0 67 1 124 100.0 98.5 99.2 6 DUKE UNIVERSITY UNIV MED CTR & AFF 1 66 2 47 2 113 97.1 95.9 96.6 7 NC STATE UNIVERSITY 3 59 2 50 0 109 96.7 100.0 98.2 8 MERRILL LYNCH 1 7 0 87 1 94 100.0 98.9 98.9 9 PPD DEVELOPMENT LP 1 24 7 51 0 75 77.4 100.0 91.5 10 LOWES COMPANIES INC 2 18 0 54 0 72 100.0 100.0 100.0 11 INFOMERICA INC 1 4 3 65 14 69 57.1 82.3 80.2 12 TABNER INC 1 15 3 42 7 57 83.3 85.7 85.1 13 D2SOL INC 2 6 3 49 4 55 66.7 92.5 88.7 14 ABB INC 2 13 2 40 3 53 86.7 93.0 91.4 15 DAVITA INC 1 4 0 49 0 53 100.0 100.0 100.0 16 KRONSYS INC 1 6 7 47 12 53 46.2 79.7 73.6 17 SAS INSTITUTE INC 1 9 1 35 0 44 90.0 100.0 97.8 18 BELK INC 5 1 0 42 2 43 100.0 95.5 95.6 19 QORVO US INC 1 11 0 32 4 43 100.0 88.9 91.5 20 PANTAR SOLUTIONS INC 1 5 3 36 0 41 62.5 100.0 93.2 21 INGERSOLL RAND COMPANY 2 8 0 31 1 39 100.0 96.9 97.5 22 LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA 1 2 0 37 0 39 100.0 100.0 100.0 23 RED HAT INC 1 9 3 29 3 38 75.0 90.6 86.4 24 EAST CAROLINA UNIV 1 16 0 20 0 36 100.0 100.0 100.0 25 IT PEOPLE CORPORATION 1 20 1 14 3 34 95.2 82.4 89.5 26 LENDINGTREE LLC 2 3 0 31 1 34 100.0 96.9 97.1 27 CHILTERN INTERNATIONAL INC 1 0 1 32 4 32 0.0 88.9 86.5 28 CLEAR THOUGHT SOLUTIONS LLC 2 0 0 31 5 31 NaN 86.1 86.1 29 EMINENCE IT SOLUTIONS INC 1 3 1 28 7 31 75.0 80.0 79.5 30 PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH ASSOC INC 1 2 1 28 0 30 66.7 100.0 96.8 31 UNIV OF NC AT CHARLOTTE 1 17 0 10 0 27 100.0 100.0 100.0 32 WAKE FOREST UNIV HLTH SCIENCES 1 14 1 13 1 27 93.3 92.9 93.1 33 BB&T CORPORATION 2 1 2 25 0 26 33.3 100.0 92.9 34 PROMANTUS INC 1 2 2 24 8 26 50.0 75.0 72.2 35 CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES USA LLC 1 1 0 23 4 24 100.0 85.2 85.7 36 APEX ANALYTIX LLC 2 10 0 13 0 23 100.0 100.0 100.0 37 INC RESEARCH LLC 2 5 0 18 0 23 100.0 100.0 100.0 38 INVENTIV HEALTH INC 2 4 0 19 0 23 100.0 100.0 100.0 39 IT KEYSOURCE INC 1 13 5 10 8 23 72.2 55.6 63.9 40 QUINTILES INC 2 5 0 18 1 23 100.0 94.7 95.8 41 BOFAML SECURITIES INC 2 22 0 0 0 22 100.0 NaN 100.0 42 LIGHTNING MINDS INC 1 9 15 13 1 22 37.5 92.9 57.9 43 XPO LOGISTICS SUPPLY CHAIN CORP SE 1 5 0 17 2 22 100.0 89.5 91.7 44 ALLSCRIPTS SOFTWARE LLC 2 3 1 17 1 20 75.0 94.4 90.9 45 EMPRO SYSTEMS LLC 2 16 4 4 1 20 80.0 80.0 80.0 46 ARCH US MI SERVICES INC 1 0 0 19 1 19 NaN 95.0 95.0 47 SUNTECHPROS INC 1 3 2 16 2 19 60.0 88.9 82.6 48 XPO LOGISTICS INC 1 3 0 16 1 19 100.0 94.1 95.0 49 BB AND T CORPORATION 1 5 0 13 0 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 50 COMPASS GROUP USA INC 1 2 0 16 0 18 100.0 100.0 100.0 Key: I.A. = Initial Approval, I.D. = Initial Denial, C.A. = Continuing Approval, C.D. = Continuing Denial, I.A.R. = Initial Approval Rate, C.A.R. = Continuing Approval Rate, T.A.R. = Total Approval RateSource: H-1B Employer Data Hub Files, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
North Carolina Schools Among the Top 100 by Total Number of Students Participating in Optional Practical Training (OPT), 2017 N School Name State Students -- -------------------------------------------- ----- -------- 31 North Carolina State University (UNC System) NC 2007 56 Duke University, Med.Ctr., & Health Sys. NC 1425 68 University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC 1219 -- -------------------------------------------- ----- -------- Total Students NC 4651 Sources: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2017 Top 100 Schools by Total Number of Students Participating in OPT
North Carolina Schools Among Top 427 Employers for Optional Practical Training (OPT) Students, 2017 N Employer Pre&Post STEM CPT Total -- ------------------------------- -------- ----- ----- ----- 41 North Carolina State University 348 65 0 413 84 Duke University 156 85 0 241 -- ------------------------------- -------- ----- ----- ----- Total Students 504 150 0 654 Sources: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2017 Top 200 Employers for Pre- and Post-Completion OPT Students, 2017 Top 200 Employers for STEM OPT Students, 2017 Top 200 Employers for CPT Students
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2017, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH and SEX_M_F, STATE=NC (percent) Year Count U.S._Born_M U.S._Born_F India_M India_F China_M China_F Other_M Other_F 1 1980 5,420 67.9 29.2 NA 0.4 NA NA 1.5 1.1 2 1990 14,937 62.9 31.0 1.1 0.2 0.3 0.8 2.6 1.1 3 2000 36,109 60.3 22.6 4.1 1.6 1.3 1.1 6.5 2.5 4 2010 33,846 54.0 15.7 14.1 4.3 1.3 1.4 8.5 0.7 5 2017 54,871 52.4 12.4 19.0 4.4 1.2 1.8 7.7 1.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=NC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH|SEX_M_F
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2017, grouped by RACE, STATE=NC (percent) Year Count White Black AmIndian Chinese Japanese OthAsian OthRace TwoRace X3.Races 1 1980 5,420 90.4 8.5 NA NA NA 0.7 0.4 NA NA 2 1990 14,937 86.2 8.8 0.2 1.0 0.2 3.2 0.4 NA NA 3 2000 36,109 79.2 8.3 0.3 2.9 0.3 7.8 0.5 0.7 0.1 4 2010 33,846 69.0 6.7 NA 2.8 NA 20.3 0.5 0.7 NA 5 2017 54,871 59.2 9.2 NA 3.2 0.1 25.5 0.2 1.9 0.5 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=NC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=RACE
All (0-999): 1980-2017, grouped by RACE, STATE=NC (percent) Year Count White Black AmIndian Chinese Japanese OthAsian OthRace TwoRace X3.Races 1 1980 1,168,840 88.4 10.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 NA NA 2 1990 1,662,966 85.9 12.4 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.6 0.2 NA NA 3 2000 2,116,887 81.7 14.5 0.7 0.3 0.1 1.1 0.6 0.9 0.1 4 2010 4,217,610 73.0 19.0 0.9 0.4 0.1 2.0 3.0 1.5 0.1 5 2017 4,871,635 70.8 20.5 0.9 0.5 0.0 2.6 2.8 1.7 0.2 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=NC&geo=NATION&occ=All%20(0-999)&group=RACE
Computer software developers (229): 1980-2017, grouped by HISPAN, STATE=NC (percent) Year Count NotHisp Mexican PuertoRico Cuban Other 1 1980 5,420 99.3 0.4 NA NA 0.4 2 1990 14,937 99.0 0.2 0.2 NA 0.7 3 2000 36,109 98.5 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.7 4 2010 33,846 97.6 0.9 NA NA 1.6 5 2017 54,871 96.4 1.5 1.0 0.3 0.8 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=NC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=HISPAN
All (0-999): 1980-2017, grouped by HISPAN, STATE=NC (percent) Year Count NotHisp Mexican PuertoRico Cuban Other 1 1980 1,168,840 99.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 2 1990 1,662,966 99.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 3 2000 2,116,887 98.3 0.6 0.3 0.1 0.6 4 2010 4,217,610 92.2 4.6 0.8 0.2 2.2 5 2017 4,871,635 91.3 4.8 1.0 0.3 2.7 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=NC&geo=NATION&occ=All%20(0-999)&group=HISPAN
Computer software developers (229): 2017, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH and SEX_M_F, 1000 or more workers (percent) Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born_M U.S._Born_F India_M India_F China_M China_F Other_M Other_F 1 2017 Mecklenburg County NC 10,694 36.3 9.7 37.5 6.5 0.8 1.8 5.2 2.2 2 2017 Durham County NC 4,448 47.8 10.3 20.6 2.7 1.9 2.7 12.0 2.1 3 2017 Wake County NC 20,160 49.6 13.7 20.4 5.2 1.6 1.4 6.7 1.3 4 2017 (NA) 9,027 65.1 11.5 11.8 5.0 0.6 0.0 6.1 0.0 5 2017 Guilford County NC 2,543 79.4 3.3 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.7 0.0 6 2017 Forsyth County NC 2,148 61.5 5.4 5.3 0.0 2.3 0.0 25.6 0.0 7 2017 Orange County NC 1,729 57.5 18.0 5.0 5.3 3.2 5.7 5.3 0.0 8 2017 Johnston County NC 1,034 74.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 URL parameters (short)= ?STATE=NC&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH|SEX_M_F&sortn=6&mincount=1000
Computer software developers (229): 2017, grouped by CTZNSHP and SEX_M_F, 1000 or more workers (percent) Year COUNTY Count Non.ctzn_M Non.ctzn_F Naturlzd_M Naturlzd_F U.S._Brn_M U.S._Brn_F 1 2017 Mecklenburg County NC 10,694 40.6 7.0 2.9 3.5 36.3 9.7 2 2017 Durham County NC 4,448 22.5 2.1 12.0 5.4 47.8 10.3 3 2017 Wake County NC 20,160 17.5 4.3 9.6 3.6 51.2 13.7 4 2017 (NA) 9,027 13.3 5.0 3.9 0.0 66.3 11.5 5 2017 Guilford County NC 2,543 10.8 0.0 6.4 0.0 79.4 3.3 6 2017 Orange County NC 1,729 8.4 0.0 5.0 10.9 57.5 18.0 7 2017 Forsyth County NC 2,148 0.0 0.0 33.1 0.0 61.5 5.4 8 2017 Johnston County NC 1,034 0.0 26.0 0.0 0.0 74.0 0.0 URL parameters (short)= ?STATE=NC&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=CTZNSHP|SEX_M_F&sortn=4&mincount=1000
Computer software developers (229): 1990, grouped by CTZNSHP and SEX_M_F (percent) Year COUNTY Count Non.ctzn_M Non.ctzn_F Naturlzd_M Naturlzd_F U.S._Brn_M U.S._Brn_F 5 1990 Mecklenburg County NC 2,127 1.7 0.0 2.1 0.0 59.0 37.2 10 1990 Durham County NC 1,020 0.0 0.0 2.6 1.5 58.5 37.4 3 1990 Wake County NC 5,079 3.0 1.7 1.2 2.2 70.6 21.3 4 1990 (NA) 3,888 2.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 63.1 33.1 12 1990 Guilford County NC 693 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 51.1 48.9 1990 Orange County NC (missing) 2 1990 Forsyth County NC 540 9.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 63.3 27.2 1990 Johnston County NC (missing) URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1990&maxyear=1990&STATE=NC&geo=COUNTY&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=CTZNSHP|SEX_M_F&sortn=4&mincount=0
Non- N Occupation Total citizen Percent Occ1990 -- ------------------------------------------------------ --------- ------- ------- -------- 1 Construction Trades 181,887 44,082 24.2 Constrct 2 Computer software developers 54,871 12,938 23.6 SWDevel 3 Farming, Forestry, Fishing, Gardening 100,518 18,611 18.5 Farming 4 Natural Scientists 26,165 3,007 11.5 NatSci 5 Operators, Fabricators, and Laborers 252,727 27,170 10.8 Operator 6 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 346,925 31,093 9.0 Transprt 7 Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors 51,981 4,278 8.2 Engineer 8 Service Occupations, including Household 777,401 62,305 8.0 Service 9 Precision Production Occupations 113,874 8,303 7.3 Productn 10 Mathematical and Computer Scientists 100,068 6,713 6.7 MathComp 11 Mechanics and Repairers 159,756 10,601 6.6 Mechanic 12 Teachers, Librarians, Archivists, and Curators 318,619 13,469 4.2 Teacher 13 Sales Occupations 520,742 19,646 3.8 Sales 14 Executive, Administrative, and Managerial 683,832 21,029 3.1 Manager 15 Health Diagnosing Occupations 38,370 1,108 2.9 HlthDiag 16 Administrative Support Occupations, including Clerical 569,684 15,237 2.7 AdminSup 17 Technologists and Technicians 138,008 3,594 2.6 Technol 18 Social Scientists, Urban Planners, Religious 84,800 1,709 2.0 SocSci 19 Health Assessment & Treating, Therapists 155,513 3,033 2.0 HlthCare 20 Military Occupations 93,564 470 0.5 Military 21 Lawyers and Judges 25,177 0 0.0 Lawyer -- ------------------------------------------------------ --------- ------- ------- -------- Total Employed 4,871,635 310,773 6.4 Total
TAW Company Location Decision Workers Reasons why you believe that separations that have occurred 0 94922 Oak Valley Robbinsville Robbinsville, NC NaN 25 Trade war and tariffs on industry products are impacting the hardwood lumber industry. 50 people or more were laid off. Threat still present in company. 1 94831 Arrow International Asheboro, NC 6/11/2019 130 Since 2015, our site has been transferring production operations to Mexico. Remaining ops (packaging & sterilization of medical devices) will follow. 2 94807 Asteelflash Raleigh Morrisville, NC NaN 500 All the machines are being torn down, packed and shipped to Suzhou China. (manufacture eCigerates) 3 94792A Cooper Standard Goldsboro, NC 5/24/2019 89 (+25) Production is being shifted to a foreign country (Canada and Mexico). (Automotive parts - sealing solutions) 4 94792 Cooper Standard Goldsboro, NC 5/24/2019 " " 5 94774 Ethan Allen Operations, Inc. Old Fort, NC 5/24/2019 325 Discontinuing manufacturing operations at this site. Products will be sourced at other domestic & off-shore manufacturing facilities. (wood furniture manuf) 6 94746 Concentrix CVG Customer Management Group Charlotte, NC 5/22/2019 80 Client moved business to Costa Rica due to the cost of doing business. (Call Center Management Services) 7 94725 Hanesbrands, Inc. Mt. Airy, NC 5/30/2019 ~220 Hanesbrands, Inc. will be closing the facility & has begun to import like product & is beginning to phase-out production. (Socks, athletic socks) 8 94560 Copland Fabrics, Inc. Burlington, NC 4/14/2019 86 Largest customer moved 2019 orders to imported fabrics. (dyer and finisher of woven piece goods) 9 94340 UTC Fire & Security Americas Corporation Lincolnton, NC 12/31/2018 210 Manufacturing operations will be moving to a foreign country, anticipated to be completed before the end of 2019. (Commercial electronic components) 10 94304 Copland Fabrics, Inc. Burlington, NC 2/10/2019 103 LARGEST CUSTOMER SHIFTED THER ORDERS FOR 2019 TO IMPORTED FABRIC RESULTING IN A LOSS OF 50 PERCENT OF OUR PRODUCTION. (SYNTHETIC WOVEN PIECE GOODS) 11 94303 Copland Industries, Inc. Burlington, NC 2/10/2019 86 LARGEST CUSTOMER MOVED 2019 ORDERS TO IMPORTED FABRIC. (DYER AND FINISHER OF WOVEN PIECE GOODS) 12 94299A Copland Industries, Inc. Burlington, NC 2/10/2019 86 (+103) Employer clearly states this is due to textiles from China flooding the market at cheaper cost. (shipping of textile product) 13 94299B Copland Fabrics, Inc. Burlington, NC 2/10/2019 " " 14 94299 Copland Industries, Inc. Burlington, NC 2/10/2019 " " 15 94257C AIG Technologies, Inc. Charlotte, NC 1/8/2019 3 (NY + 3 in NJ) The work performed by the Global Testing Services department of AIG was sent to Manila Philippines. (Quality Assurance for Software) 16 94230A Heritage Home Group, LLC Thomasville, NC 12/26/2018 500 (to 700) Company has now filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy & all workers are expected to be laid off by 10/3/2018. (Furniture case goods) 17 94230B Heritage Home Group, LLC Lenoir, NC 12/26/2018 " (continued) Company was previously covered under TAW 85848 which expired 3/19/2017. 18 94230C Heritage Home Group, LLC Lenoir, NC 12/26/2018 " " 19 94230 Heritage Home Group, LLC High Point, NC 12/26/2018 " " 20 94125A Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 (blank) Closing 12/13/2018. (injet and cartridge and components - Team leads & workers) 21 94125B Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 22 94125C Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 23 94125D Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 24 94125E Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 25 94125F Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 26 94125G Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 27 94125H Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 28 94125 Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 11/8/2018 " " 29 93979 Commonwealth Brands, Inc. Reidsville, NC 12/14/2018 30 Cigarette tubes line & all related equipment & operations are being shifted to an existing site in Canada. (cigarette/tobacco products) 30 93977 Peds Legwear (USA) Inc. Hildebran, NC 8/13/2018 100 Production will be shifted to Honduras. (hosiery) 31 93959B International Business Machines (IBM) Raleigh, NC 9/7/2018 5 (AZ + 2 in GA) Our Department of 5 workers was outsourced to a foreign country - Bulgaria. (Remote Technical Support) 32 93925A Dimension Data North America, Inc. Raleigh, NC 8/16/2018 4 THE "TIER 2 TEAM" IS MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S TO INDIA. (IT Managed Services) 33 93891 Thermo Fisher Scientific Asheville, NC 7/5/2018 12 All services & jobs of the US Order Entry Team at this site have been outsourced to Bangalore, India but company calls it a workforce reduction. 34 93884 Conduent Commercial Solutions, LLC Raleigh, NC 9/4/2018 60+ Company has shifted customer service jobs to foreign countries resulting in US workers separation in multiple states (VA, MD, NC, FL). 35 93861A Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC 1/18/2019 665 According to attached CNN Money article dated 3-15-18, Toys”R”Us will close or sell all US stores and move operations to Canada. 36 93861B Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Hickory, NC 1/18/2019 " (continued) Petition filed for all Toys"R"Us and Babies"R"Us employees working in North Carolina. 37 93861C Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Hickory, NC 1/18/2019 " (continued) Services: Retail, Customer Service, Cleaning, Packing, Stock 38 93861D Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Greensboro, NC 1/18/2019 " " 39 93861E Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Greensboro, NC 1/18/2019 " " 40 93861F Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Concord, NC 1/18/2019 " " 41 93861G Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Concord, NC 1/18/2019 " " 42 93861H Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Gastonia, NC 1/18/2019 " " 43 93861I Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Pineville, NC 1/18/2019 " " 44 93861J Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Charlotte, NC 1/18/2019 " " 45 93861K Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Asheville, NC 1/18/2019 " " 46 93861L Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Smithfield, NC 1/18/2019 " " 47 93861M Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Fayetteville, NC 1/18/2019 " " 48 93861N Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Wilmington, NC 1/18/2019 " " 49 93861O Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Greenville, NC 1/18/2019 " " 50 93861P Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Cary, NC 1/18/2019 " " 51 93861Q Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Raleigh, NC 1/18/2019 " " 52 93861R Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Jacksonville, NC 1/18/2019 " " 53 93861 Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC 1/18/2019 " " 54 93849 Sonus Networks, Inc. Morrisville, NC 6/28/2018 51 (also in MA) Job functions outsourced to a foreign provider, with the subsequent work product re-imported. (C20 Call Controller) 55 93744 Tanner Companies, LLC Rutherfordton, NC 5/22/2018 56 93607 Duvaltex (US) Inc. Elkin, NC 3/29/2018 57 93519 Cone Denim, LLC Greensboro, NC 3/30/2018 58 93294 National Spinning Beulaville Spinning Pl Beulaville, NC 2/27/2018 59 93244 Cone Denim, LLC Greensboro, NC 1/18/2018 60 93172A General Foam Plastics Corp. Tarboro, NC 11/18/2017 61 93139R CDM Smith Inc. Raleigh, NC 1/4/2018 62 93126 Arvato Entertainment, LLC Weaverville, NC 4/12/2018 63 93097 Avery Dennison Greensboro, NC 11/14/2017 64 93062 Delta Apparel, Inc. Concord, NC 8/10/2017 65 93024 International Business Machines (IBM) Research Triangle Park, NC 8/3/2017 66 93022 Durafiber Technologies Salisbury, NC 8/10/2017 67 93021A Durafiber Technologies Salisbury, NC 2/20/2018 68 93021B Durafiber Technologies Huntersville, NC 2/20/2018 69 93021 Durafiber Technologies Grover, NC 2/20/2018 70 92958 Alamac Investors LLC Lumberton, NC 9/27/2017 71 92910 ABB Inc. Cary, NC 7/7/2017 72 92851 Consolidated Metco, Inc. Bryson City, NC 6/22/2017 73 92847 Parkdale Mills, Inc. Williamston, NC 9/28/2017 74 92844A The Agency Asheboro, NC 6/21/2017 75 92844 Arrow International Asheboro, NC 6/21/2017 76 92809 Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Cary, NC 7/29/2017 77 92783 Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Cary, NC 6/22/2017 78 92750 Cooper Standard Automotive Goldsboro, NC 5/19/2017 79 92745A Teleflex Morrisville, NC 5/9/2017 80 92627 Ameridial Inc. Spindale, NC 6/14/2017 81 92626 Kaba llco Corp. Winston-Salem, NC 6/30/2017 82 92542 Ardagh Glass Inc. Wilson, NC 2/14/2017 83 92375 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Charlotte, NC 3/9/2017 84 92365 Safelite Glass Corp. Enfield, NC 4/19/2017 85 92325 ConvaTec Greensboro, NC 12/8/2016 86 92244 Balance Systems, Inc. Statesville, NC 9/30/2016 87 92231 Daimler Trucks North America Mt. Holly, NC 9/30/2016 88 92195 Daimler Trucks North America Mt. Holly, NC 6/20/2017 89 92147 DTNA Gastonia Components and Logistics P Gastonia, NC 3/9/2017 90 92075 SONA BLW Precision Forge, Inc. Selma, NC 8/10/2016 91 92039A Norandal USA, Inc. Salisbury, NC 7/27/2016 92 92037 Specialty Garment Manufacturing Company Asheboro, NC 1/23/2017 93 91991 Caterpillar Precision Engine Components Morganton, NC 8/5/2016 94 91968B Norandal USA, Inc. Salisbury, NC 7/27/2016 95 91952 Maersk Agency USA Inc. Charlotte, NC 9/2/2016 96 91944 Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 6/23/2016 97 91886 Delta Apparel, Inc. Maiden, NC 6/15/2016 98 91823 The News & Observer Raleigh, NC 9/15/2016 99 91820 Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Cary, NC 12/9/2016 100 91815A Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Cary, NC 10/17/2016 101 91752O The McClatchy Company Charlotte, NC 6/22/2016 102 91752P The McClatchy Company Raleigh, NC 6/22/2016 103 91739 The L.S. Starrett Company Mount Airy, NC 5/18/2016 104 91734 Ralph Lauren Corporation Greensboro, NC 5/24/2016 105 91633 Maersk Agency USA, Inc. Charlotte, NC 4/29/2016 106 91613 Microfibres, Inc. Winston-Salem, NC 3/25/2016 107 91553 Bank of America Charlotte, NC 5/20/2016 108 91550 Microfibres, Inc. Winston Salem, NC 4/20/2016 109 91528 DTNA Cleveland Truck Manufacturing Plant Cleveland, NC 4/22/2016 110 91520 Flex Charlotte Charlotte, NC 5/26/2016 111 91421 Lenovo (United States) Inc. Whitsett, NC 2/21/2016 112 91240 Static Control Components, Inc. Sanford, NC 1/15/2016 113 91091 Caterpillar Precision Seals Franklin, NC 1/16/2016 114 91070A LPL Financial LLC Charlotte, NC 2/20/2016 115 91040 Verizon Business Network Services, Inc. Cary, NC 9/5/2016 116 90269 Elster Solutions Raleigh, NC 1/9/2016 117 90250 Bank of America Charlotte, NC 2/7/2016 118 90205 Lenovo Morrisville, NC 11/2/2015 119 90115A Maersk Agency USA, Inc. Charlotte, NC 11/28/2015Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) data