EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 SANCTITYINTERNATIONAL COLUMBIA 179 179 2 LPL FINANCIAL FORT MILL 171 171 3 CGI TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS COLUMBIA 87 10 4 GENERAL ELECTRIC GREENVILLE 58 34 5 DIVERSEY FORT MILL 53 31 6 GE POWER & WATER GREENVILLE 51 3 7 COMPUTER SCIENCES BLYTHEWOOD 50 4 8 MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA GREENVILLE 44 8 9 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA 35 35 10 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY COLUMBIA 35 35 11 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON 35 35 12 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON 34 34 13 CITIBANK N.A (CBNA) FORT MILL 33 33 14 AHOLD USA GREENVILLE 32 8 15 CAPGEMINI AMERICA COLUMBIA 32 28 16 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE GREENVILLE 31 31 17 JTEKT CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA GREENVILLE 31 3 18 AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE SPARTANBURG 30 21 19 3D SYSTEMS ROCK HILL 30 11 20 ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS ANDERSON 26 10 21 DOMTAR FORT MILL 25 9 22 ADVANCE AMERICA CASH ADVANCE CENTERS SPARTANBURG 24 24 23 DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES COLUMBIA 24 24 24 IBM COLUMBIA 22 22 25 AMERISOURCEBERGEN FORT MILL 22 20 26 CITIGROUP FORT MILL 20 20 27 HCL AMERICA NORTH CHARLESTON 20 1 28 HCL AMERICA WILLISTON 20 1 29 HCL AMERICA FORT MILL 20 1 30 AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK COLUMBIA 19 19 31 PROTECH SOLUTIONS COLUMBIA 19 18 32 BLACKBAUD CHARLESTON 19 19 33 RBUS FT. MILL 19 19 34 CAPGEMINI AMERICA FORT MILL 18 6 35 HARSCO RAIL WEST COLUMBIA 17 17 36 ITRON WEST UNION 16 16 37 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US GREENVILLE 16 16 38 IRIS SOFTWARE FORT MILL 16 16 39 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA & A CHARLESTON 15 15 40 METLIFE GREENVILLE 15 15 41 OTIS ELEVATOR FLORENCE 15 15 42 KING AUTOMATION ROEBUCK 15 4 43 CSC CONSULTING BLYTHEWOOD 15 1 44 CITIBANK N.A (CBNA) FORTMILL 15 15 45 DELOITTE CONSULTING GREER 15 1 46 DELOITTE CONSULTING EASLEY 15 1 47 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US FORT MILL 14 14 48 CHINA JUSHI USA COLUMBIA 13 13 49 BOEING NORTH CHARLESTON 13 13 50 MICHELIN GREENVILLE 13 13
EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 SANCTITYINTERNATIONAL COLUMBIA 179 179 2 CGI TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS COLUMBIA 85 8 3 COMPUTER SCIENCES BLYTHEWOOD 50 4 4 LPL FINANCIAL FORT MILL 37 37 5 PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS ADVISORY COLUMBIA 35 35 6 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA CHARLESTON 35 35 7 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA 34 34 8 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY CLEMSON 34 34 9 CAPGEMINI AMERICA COLUMBIA 28 24 10 AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE SPARTANBURG 20 20 11 ADVANCE AMERICA CASH ADVANCE CENTERS SPARTANBURG 20 20 12 HCL AMERICA NORTH CHARLESTON 20 1 13 HCL AMERICA WILLISTON 20 1 14 HCL AMERICA FORT MILL 20 1 15 PROTECH SOLUTIONS COLUMBIA 19 18 16 RBUS FT. MILL 19 19 17 IBM COLUMBIA 18 18 18 DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES COLUMBIA 18 18 19 CAPGEMINI AMERICA FORT MILL 18 6 20 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US GREENVILLE 16 16 21 IRIS SOFTWARE FORT MILL 16 16 22 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA & A CHARLESTON 15 15 23 KING AUTOMATION ROEBUCK 15 4 24 CSC CONSULTING BLYTHEWOOD 15 1 25 DELOITTE CONSULTING GREER 15 1 26 DELOITTE CONSULTING EASLEY 15 1 27 ITRON WEST UNION 14 14 28 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US FORT MILL 14 14 29 CHINA JUSHI USA COLUMBIA 13 13 30 DIVERSEY FORT MILL 13 13 31 GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE FLORENCE 13 13 32 CUMMINS LADSON 12 12 33 RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE COLUMBIA 12 12 34 LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE LEXINGTON 11 11 35 AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK COLUMBIA 11 11 36 FAIRFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT WINNSBORO 11 11 37 TROVETECHS COLUMBIA 11 11 38 ZF TRANSMISSIONS GRAY COURT GRAY COURT 10 10 39 CGI TECHNOLOGIES & SOLUTIONS GREENVILLE 10 1 40 DRIVE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES OF AMERICA PIEDMONT 10 10 41 BASWARE FORT MILL 9 9 42 AMBIOPHARM NORTH AUGUSTA 8 8 43 CMC AMERICAS NORTH CHARLESTON 8 8 44 MERCEDES-BENZ VANS LADSON 8 8 45 MEDITERRANEAN SHIPPING COMPANY (USA) MT. PLEASANT 8 8 46 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON CHARLESTON 7 7 47 ZETTAPRIME LEXINGTON 7 7 48 SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA FORT MILL 7 7 49 SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA CHERAW 7 7 50 MINGHUA USA GREER 7 5
EMPLOYER_NAME2 WORKSITE_CITY WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 LPL FINANCIAL FORT MILL 134 134 2 GENERAL ELECTRIC GREENVILLE 56 32 3 GE POWER & WATER GREENVILLE 51 3 4 MICHELIN NORTH AMERICA GREENVILLE 44 8 5 DIVERSEY FORT MILL 40 18 6 CITIBANK N.A (CBNA) FORT MILL 33 33 7 AHOLD USA GREENVILLE 32 8 8 METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE GREENVILLE 31 31 9 JTEKT CORPORATION NORTH AMERICA GREENVILLE 31 3 10 DOMTAR FORT MILL 25 9 11 3D SYSTEMS ROCK HILL 24 5 12 ELECTROLUX HOME PRODUCTS ANDERSON 23 7 13 CITIGROUP FORT MILL 20 20 14 AMERISOURCEBERGEN FORT MILL 19 17 15 HARSCO RAIL WEST COLUMBIA 17 17 16 BLACKBAUD CHARLESTON 17 17 17 METLIFE GREENVILLE 15 15 18 CITIBANK N.A (CBNA) FORTMILL 15 15 19 BOEING NORTH CHARLESTON 13 13 20 MICHELIN GREENVILLE 13 13 21 AMERISOURCE BERGEN FORT MILL 13 8 22 RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES LEXINGTON 12 1 23 GE POWER GREENVILLE 11 9 24 BMW MANUFACTURING GREER 10 10 25 OTIS ELEVATOR FLORENCE 10 10 26 VOLVO CAR RIDGEVILLE 10 10 27 AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE SPARTANBURG 10 1 28 BENEFITFOCUS CHARLESTON 10 1 29 SECURITY FINANCE SPARTANBURG 9 9 30 ABB FLORENCE 9 9 31 ADIDAS AG SPARTANBURG 9 9 32 AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK COLUMBIA 8 8 33 DTNA FREIGHTLINER CUSTOMER CHASSIS GAFFNEY, SC 29341 7 1 34 PALMETTO GBA COLUMBIA 7 7 35 WELLS FARGO FORT MILL 6 6 36 FLUOR ENTERPRISES GREENVILLE 6 6 37 LASH GROUP FORT MILL 6 5 38 FANNIE MAE COLUMBIA 6 1 39 CGI COLUMBIA 6 1 40 COUNTY OF CHARLESTON NORTH CHARLESTON 6 3 41 DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES COLUMBIA 6 6 42 LPL FORT MILL 5 5 43 METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT GREENVILLE 5 5 44 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA COLUMBIA 5 5 45 SOUTH CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTHORITY MOUNT PLEASANT 5 5 46 LAM RESEARCH SIMPSONVILLE 5 5 47 UNUM GROUP COLUMBIA 5 5 48 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN COLUMBIA 4 4 49 CONCENTRIX INSURANCE SOLUTIONS GREENVILLE 4 4 50 IBM COLUMBIA 4 4
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 5034 2435 2016 CERTIFIED 5934 2528 2017 CERTIFIED 5138 2512 2018 CERTIFIED 4918 2835
CASE_STATUS WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 CERTIFIED 4918 2835 2 CERT-WITHDR 224 214 3 WITHDRAWN 148 132 4 DENIED 71 47
VISA_CLASS WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 H-1B 5331 3198 2 E-3 Australian 24 24 3 H-1B1 Singapore 6 6
EMPLOYER_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS U.S. CORP 578 26 2 KFORCE INC. 380 8 3 CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC 240 126 4 CGI TECHNOLOGIES AND SOLUTIONS INC. 220 21 5 COMPUTER SCIENCES CORPORATION 190 19 6 HCL AMERICA, INC. 165 9 7 ZETTAPRIME INC 146 146 8 DIONA (US), INC. 120 3 9 MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 87 87 10 TECH MAHINDRA (AMERICAS),INC. 75 75 11 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 68 68 12 ERNST & YOUNG U.S. LLP 68 4 13 COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP 64 64 14 TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED 64 47 15 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 57 57 16 WIPRO LIMITED 56 45 17 IRIS SOFTWARE, INC. 56 56 18 CYIENT, INC. 55 7 19 VALUELABS, INC 49 21 20 NIIT TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED 48 8 21 IBM CORPORATION 45 45 22 IBM INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED 44 44 23 TROVETECHS INC 40 40 24 FUJITSU AMERICA, INC. 38 13 25 IRIS SOFTWARE INC. 36 36 26 LPL FINANCIAL LLC 35 35 27 NAGARRO INC. 34 17 28 CUMMINS INC. 32 24 29 LARSEN & TOUBRO INFOTECH LIMITED 29 20 30 RELIANCE GLOBAL SERVICES INC. 28 28 31 L&T TECHNOLOGY SERVICES LIMITED 25 25 32 MPHASIS CORPORATION 25 1 33 AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE 24 24 34 ACCENTURE LLP 22 17 35 DUCK CREEK TECHNOLOGIES LLC 22 22 36 INFINITY METHODS CORP 21 7 37 CHINA CONSTRUCTION AMERICA OF SOUTH CARO 21 17 38 RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ONE 21 21 39 ESYSTEMS, INC. 20 20 40 ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT 19 19 41 ZF TRANSMISSIONS GRAY COURT, LLC 19 19 42 DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 18 5 43 ITRON, INC. 18 18 44 MASTECH DIGITAL RESOURCING, INC., A MAST 18 3 45 GLOBAL LENDING SERVICES, LLC 17 11 46 SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA, INC. 16 16 47 D2SOL, INC. 16 16 48 INFOSYS LIMITED 15 15 49 GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM 14 12 50 HAMPTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO 14 4
SOC_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS 1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS 1257 859 2 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 877 258 3 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER 417 238 4 COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS 323 190 5 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 272 127 6 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYST 246 65 7 OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYSTS 200 63 8 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 151 144 9 COMPUTER SYSTEM ANALYST 100 10 10 ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS 88 39 11 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, ALL OTHER 81 79 12 DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS 79 58 13 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 75 75 14 MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS 69 43 15 SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, EXCEPT SPECIA 69 60 16 NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRAT 69 41 17 ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS, EXCEPT COMPUTER 60 12 18 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS 49 49 19 INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS 41 41 20 INTERNISTS, GENERAL 39 39 21 CIVIL ENGINEERS 37 33 22 ENGINEERS, ALL OTHER 29 25 23 BIOCHEMISTS AND BIOPHYSICISTS 28 28 24 SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS, SECONDARY SC 24 22 25 WEB DEVELOPERS 24 19 26 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 22 18 27 MEDICAL SCIENTISTS, EXCEPT EPIDEMIOLOGIS 21 21 28 BUSINESS TEACHERS, POSTSECONDARY 21 21 29 MATERIALS ENGINEERS 21 21 30 STATISTICIANS 20 20 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 COLUMBIA 1220 748 2 GREENVILLE 1143 461 3 FORT MILL 933 461 4 CHARLESTON 232 201 5 NORTH CHARLESTON 209 74 6 LEXINGTON 198 180 7 BLYTHEWOOD 194 23 8 SPARTANBURG 163 141 9 ROCK HILL 63 63 10 CLEMSON 61 61 11 GREER 60 56 12 ANDERSON 59 38 13 FORTMILL 52 28 14 FLORENCE 45 45 15 WEST COLUMBIA 38 19 16 LADSON 31 28 17 EASLEY 28 14 18 SIMPSONVILLE 21 21 19 MT. PLEASANT 21 21 20 RIDGEVILLE 20 20
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 340 293 19 359 19 652 93.9 95.0 94.5 2 2010 275 245 29 257 5 502 89.4 98.1 93.7 3 2011 320 305 15 331 11 636 95.3 96.8 96.1 4 2012 288 248 19 276 13 524 92.9 95.5 94.2 5 2013 292 259 24 312 11 571 91.5 96.6 94.2 6 2014 303 285 19 421 13 706 93.8 97.0 95.7 7 2015 248 282 10 386 5 668 96.6 98.7 97.8 8 2016 290 300 21 605 27 905 93.5 95.7 95.0 9 2017 287 288 38 500 36 788 88.3 93.3 91.4 10 2018 317 392 108 400 32 792 78.4 92.6 85.0 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 317 392 108 400 32 792 78.4 92.6 85 Employer Records I.A. I.D. C.A. C.D. Workers I.A.R C.A.R T.A.R 1 SCHAEFFLER GROUP USA INC 1 22 0 19 0 41 100.0 100.0 100.0 2 MEDICAL UNIV OF SC & AFFILIATES 1 23 1 17 3 40 95.8 85.0 90.9 3 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA 1 25 0 8 0 33 100.0 100.0 100.0 4 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY 1 16 1 16 0 32 94.1 100.0 97.0 5 INFINITY METHODS CORP 1 26 26 3 1 29 50.0 75.0 51.8 6 INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGY SOLNS INC 1 11 7 15 10 26 61.1 60.0 60.5 7 3D SYSTEMS INC 1 5 0 10 0 15 100.0 100.0 100.0 8 TROVETECHS INC 1 3 4 10 1 13 42.9 90.9 72.2 9 ZF TRANSMISSIONS GRAY COURT LLC 1 12 0 1 0 13 100.0 100.0 100.0 10 LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT O 1 12 1 0 0 12 92.3 NaN 92.3 11 RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 2 0 9 0 11 100.0 100.0 100.0 12 COMPANION PROFESSIONAL SVCS LLC 1 0 0 10 0 10 NaN 100.0 100.0 13 ZETTAPRIME INC 1 7 9 3 0 10 43.8 100.0 52.6 14 ADVANCE AMERICA CASH ADVANCE CTR I 1 1 0 8 0 9 100.0 100.0 100.0 15 AMERICAN CREDIT ACCEPTANCE 1 3 4 6 0 9 42.9 100.0 69.2 16 GREENVILLE HEALTH SYSTEM 3 3 0 5 0 8 100.0 100.0 100.0 17 PALMETTO GBA LLC 2 0 0 8 1 8 NaN 88.9 88.9 18 GP TECHNOLOGIES LLC 3 0 0 7 0 7 NaN 100.0 100.0 19 HAMPTON COUNTY SCH DISTRICT TWO 1 5 0 2 0 7 100.0 100.0 100.0 20 ITECH ANALYST CORP 1 1 0 6 1 7 100.0 85.7 87.5 21 MEGA INFORMATICS INC 1 6 8 1 0 7 42.9 100.0 46.7 22 ORANGEBURG CONSOLIDATED SCH DIST F 1 4 0 3 0 7 100.0 100.0 100.0 23 AGFIRST FARM CREDIT BANK 1 0 0 6 0 6 NaN 100.0 100.0 24 COLLEGE OF CHARLESTON 1 5 0 1 0 6 100.0 100.0 100.0 25 KVERTEX ASSOCIATES LLC D/B/A KVA 1 4 0 2 0 6 100.0 100.0 100.0 26 TEKGROUP LLC 1 0 0 6 0 6 NaN 100.0 100.0 27 AARKAY TECHNOLOGIES INC 1 1 1 4 2 5 50.0 66.7 62.5 28 AMBIOPHARM INC 1 3 0 2 0 5 100.0 100.0 100.0 29 CALHOUN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 2 3 1 2 0 5 75.0 100.0 83.3 30 FURMAN UNIVERSITY 2 5 0 0 0 5 100.0 NaN 100.0 31 GLOBAL LENDING SERVICES LLC 2 5 0 0 0 5 100.0 NaN 100.0 32 INTERTEK TESTING SERVICES NA INC 1 3 0 2 0 5 100.0 100.0 100.0 33 MEDHOST SERVICES INC 1 0 0 5 0 5 NaN 100.0 100.0 34 NAN YA PLASTICS CORP AMERICA 1 4 0 1 0 5 100.0 100.0 100.0 35 RBUS INC A RED VENTURES COMPANY 1 5 1 0 0 5 83.3 NaN 83.3 36 TECHNOSPIRE LLC 1 4 0 1 0 5 100.0 100.0 100.0 37 DRIVE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES OF AME 1 1 0 3 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 38 EAST POINT ACADEMY 1 3 0 1 1 4 100.0 50.0 80.0 39 FAIRFIELD COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 3 0 1 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 40 LAURENS COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 55 1 1 0 3 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 41 MARLBORO COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT 1 2 0 2 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 42 SPARTANBURG REGIONAL HLTH SVCS DIS 1 2 0 2 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 43 THE CITADEL 1 3 0 1 0 4 100.0 100.0 100.0 44 ADVANCE AMERICA CASH ADVANCE CTRS 1 0 0 3 0 3 NaN 100.0 100.0 45 BAMBERG SCH DIST TWO AKA DENMARK O 1 2 0 1 0 3 100.0 100.0 100.0 46 BARNWELL SCHOOL DISTRICT 45 1 1 0 2 0 3 100.0 100.0 100.0 47 BLACKBAUD INC 1 0 2 3 0 3 0.0 100.0 60.0 48 COASTAL CAROLINA UNIV 1 1 0 2 0 3 100.0 100.0 100.0 49 CONCENTRIX CORPORATION 1 3 0 0 0 3 100.0 NaN 100.0 50 DIVERSE AUTOMATION INC 2 3 0 0 0 3 100.0 NaN 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
South Carolina Schools Among the Top 100 by Total Number of Students Participating in Optional Practical Training (OPT), 2017 N School Name State Students -- ------------------ ----- -------- 95 Clemson University SC 849 -- ------------------ ----- -------- Total Students SC 849 Sources: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 2017 Top 100 Schools by Total Number of Students Participating in OPT
South Carolina Schools Among Top 427 Employers for Optional Practical Training (OPT) Students, 2017 N Employer Pre&Post STEM CPT Total --- ---------------------------- -------- ----- ----- ----- 110 Clemson University 148 43 0 191 230 University of South Carolina 85 0 0 85 --- ---------------------------- -------- ----- ----- ----- Total Students 233 43 0 276 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): 1990-2017, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH and SEX_M_F, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count U.S._Born_M U.S._Born_F India_M India_F China_M China_F Other_M Other_F 1 1990 6,045 58.6 39.0 NA 0.3 NA NA 0.7 1.4 2 2000 10,327 56.8 31.2 2.7 0.2 1.7 0.8 5.5 1.1 3 2010 11,003 73.0 13.7 5.6 3.5 NA NA 1.8 2.4 4 2017 14,240 72.3 16.2 5.5 0.8 1.5 NA 3.7 NA URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=BIRTHPLACE_TECH|SEX_M_F
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2017, grouped by CTZNSHP and SEX_M_F, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count Non.ctzn_M Non.ctzn_F Naturlzd_M Naturlzd_F U.S._Brn_M U.S._Brn_F 1 1990 6,045 0.3 0.3 NA 0.3 59.0 40.0 2 2000 10,327 6.4 0.8 2.5 1.2 57.8 31.4 3 2010 11,003 6.4 5.5 1.1 0.3 73.0 13.7 4 2017 14,240 6.3 0.8 3.1 NA 73.7 16.2 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=CTZNSHP|SEX_M_F
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2017, grouped by RACE, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count White Black AmIndian Chinese Japanese OthAsian OthRace TwoRace 1 1990 6,045 89.6 9.9 NA NA NA NA 0.5 NA 2 2000 10,327 82.5 8.6 0.1 3.2 0.1 4.1 0.7 0.8 3 2010 11,003 80.4 7.8 NA 1.1 NA 10.8 NA NA 4 2017 14,240 79.2 7.2 NA 1.5 NA 9.0 0.7 2.3 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=RACE
All (0-999): 1990-2017, grouped by RACE, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count White Black AmIndian Chinese Japanese OthAsian OthRace TwoRace X3.Races 1 1990 809,490 83.8 15.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.2 NA NA 2 2000 987,318 80.6 16.9 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.0 3 2010 1,979,741 71.2 24.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 1.1 1.7 1.2 0.1 4 2017 2,300,189 68.8 26.1 0.3 0.4 0.0 1.4 1.6 1.3 0.1 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&geo=NATION&occ=All%20(0-999)&group=RACE
Computer software developers (229): 1990-2017, grouped by HISPAN, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count NotHisp Mexican PuertoRico Cuban Other 1 1990 6,045 98.5 NA 1.5 NA NA 2 2000 10,327 97.2 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.1 3 2010 11,003 100.0 NA NA NA NA 4 2017 14,240 99.4 NA NA 0.6 NA URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&geo=NATION&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=HISPAN
All (0-999): 1990-2017, grouped by HISPAN, STATE=SC (percent) Year Count NotHisp Mexican PuertoRico Cuban Other 1 1990 809,490 99.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.3 2 2000 987,318 98.7 0.5 0.2 0.1 0.5 3 2010 1,979,741 95.0 2.8 0.5 0.1 1.5 4 2017 2,300,189 94.4 2.9 0.8 0.3 1.6 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=1980&STATE=SC&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 METRO Count U.S._Born_M U.S._Born_F India_M India_F China_M Other_M 1 2017 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 2,412 71.3 13.1 9.2 2.3 0.0 4.1 2 2017 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 2,972 79.0 6.3 6.6 1.7 3.6 2.9 3 2017 Columbia, SC 2,420 74.0 18.4 3.2 0.0 4.3 0.0 4 2017 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 3,940 78.2 18.2 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.7 URL parameters (short)= ?STATE=SC&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 METRO Count Non.ctzn_M Non.ctzn_F Naturlzd_M U.S._Brn_M U.S._Brn_F 1 2017 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 2,972 10.2 1.7 2.9 79.0 6.3 2 2017 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 2,412 9.2 2.3 0.0 75.4 13.1 3 2017 Columbia, SC 2,420 3.2 0.0 4.3 74.0 18.4 4 2017 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 3,940 2.9 0.0 0.0 78.9 18.2 URL parameters (short)= ?STATE=SC&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=CTZNSHP|SEX_M_F&sortn=4&mincount=1000
Computer software developers (229): 2000, grouped by CTZNSHP and SEX_M_F (percent) Year METRO Count Non.ctzn_M Non.ctzn_F Naturlzd_M Naturlzd_F U.S._Brn_M U.S._Brn_F 2 2000 Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC 2,836 9.3 1.1 2.4 1.7 58.7 26.8 5 2000 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 511 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 47.2 52.8 2000 Columbia, SC (missing) 1 2000 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 1,171 9.6 0.0 1.5 0.0 65.2 23.7 URL parameters (short)= ?minyear=2000&maxyear=2000&STATE=SC&occ=Computer%20software%20developers%20(229)&group=CTZNSHP|SEX_M_F&sortn=4&mincount=0
Non- N Occupation Total citizen Percent Occ1990 -- ------------------------------------------------------ --------- ------- ------- -------- 1 Farming, Forestry, Fishing, Gardening 51,432 8,723 17.0 Farming 2 Construction Trades 82,235 11,245 13.7 Constrct 3 Natural Scientists 6,083 510 8.4 NatSci 4 Computer software developers 14,240 1,004 7.1 SWDevel 5 Mathematical and Computer Scientists 32,805 2,007 6.1 MathComp 6 Transportation and Material Moving Occupations 170,270 9,405 5.5 Transprt 7 Precision Production Occupations 63,008 2,961 4.7 Productn 8 Health Diagnosing Occupations 18,758 875 4.7 HlthDiag 9 Military Occupations 32,663 1,342 4.1 Military 10 Service Occupations, including Household 388,085 15,840 4.1 Service 11 Engineers, Architects, and Surveyors 33,018 1,140 3.5 Engineer 12 Operators, Fabricators, and Laborers 148,241 4,860 3.3 Operator 13 Teachers, Librarians, Archivists, and Curators 139,522 3,692 2.6 Teacher 14 Technologists and Technicians 67,532 1,733 2.6 Technol 15 Executive, Administrative, and Managerial 282,468 6,289 2.2 Manager 16 Mechanics and Repairers 78,173 1,593 2.0 Mechanic 17 Health Assessment & Treating, Therapists 68,655 1,324 1.9 HlthCare 18 Sales Occupations 239,450 4,432 1.9 Sales 19 Administrative Support Occupations, including Clerical 304,782 3,763 1.2 AdminSup 20 Social Scientists, Urban Planners, Religious 36,070 62 0.2 SocSci 21 Lawyers and Judges 10,472 0 0.0 Lawyer -- ------------------------------------------------------ --------- ------- ------- -------- Total Employed 2,300,189 83,550 3.6 Total
TAW Company Location Decision Workers Reasons why you believe that separations that have occurred 0 94887 Gear Design and Manufacturing / AAM Char North Charleston, SC NaN 85 Moving Production to Germany and Taiwan. WARN filed. (Transmissions) 1 94787 HBD/Thermoid, Inc. Elgin, SC NaN 62 Competitive pressures and exiting product line from foreign competition. (Power Transmission Belting) 2 94721 Agfa US Corp. Greenville, SC 5/30/2019 3 Customer Service is being outsourced to a foreign country. (Medical Devices) 3 94717 Zinus Summerville, SC NaN 8 The Customer Service Department is being out-sourced to the Philippines. (Matresses) 4 94654 Resolute FP US, Inc. Catawba, SC 6/11/2019 7 Catawba SC mill sold to New Indy; Corporate HR, Payroll Benefits & Business optimization jobs moving to HQ in Montreal, Canada (pulp, paper, tissue, wood products) 5 94633 Masonite Corporation Denmark, SC 4/14/2019 95 Due to decreased volume & demand through the N. America portions of the Denmark SC production is moving to the Masonite Monterrey Mexico plant. (Doors) 6 94435 Gannett Satellite Information Network, L Greenville, SC 2/11/2019 150 Positions were moved to the Philippines. (Customer Service - USA Today Network) 7 94363 Pretium Packaging Walterboro, SC 2/1/2019 25 (+ ? in MO) work was moved to another plant. (plastic bottles) 8 94201 Culp Woven Velvet Anderson, SC 3/13/2019 48 Production shifted due to Foreign Trade. (textiles) 9 93990 StrongArm, LLC Marion, SC 9/21/2018 62 Laid-off employees were told this was a result of foreign competition. This may possibly result in a total closure in the next few months. (Gas springs/shocks) 10 93989 Silcotech Carolina Inc. York, SC 8/1/2018 20 The York, SC location is closing leaving Silcotech North America (Ontario, Canada) the only location open in North America. (Liquid Injection Molding) 11 93943 U.S. Cocoa Mat, LLC St. George, SC 9/4/2018 16 Company lost 25% of business due to a production shift to a foreign country. The contract they had with Ace Hardware went to India. (Coir fiber vinyl floor mats) 12 93925F Dimension Data North America, Inc. Fort Mill, SC 8/16/2018 4 THE "TIER 2 TEAM" IS MOVING OUTSIDE OF THE U.S TO INDIA. (IT Managed Services) 13 93901 IHG North Charleston, SC 6/26/2018 693 IHG built a new call center in Sanro, Dominican Republic. Staff from SC Center were sent there to train staff. SC & Utah facility will now close November 2, 2018. 14 93860A Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Florence, SC 1/18/2019 252 (also in NJ) On March 2018, Toys-R-Us declared bankruptcy & plans to close all of its US stores, including 7 Toys-R-Us & 2 Babies-R-Us stores in S. Carolina. 15 93860B Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. North Charleston, SC 1/18/2019 " (continued) Toys-R-Us also cited that they will find buyers & continue to operate its Canadian & overseas markets including Asia & Central Europe. 16 93860C Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Anderson, SC 1/18/2019 " " 17 93860D Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Myrtle Beach, SC 1/18/2019 " " 18 93860E Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Spartanburg, SC 1/18/2019 " " 19 93860F Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Greenville, SC 1/18/2019 " " 20 93860G Babies "R" Us Columbia, SC 1/18/2019 " " 21 93860H Babies "R" Us North Charleston, SC 1/18/2019 " " 22 93860 Toys "R" Us - Delaware, Inc. Columbia, SC 1/18/2019 " " 23 93769 Alice Manufacturing Company, Inc. Easley, SC 5/28/2018 182 Company impacted by the substitution of 100% polyester microfiber fabrics for our poly/cotton fabrics. The microfiber products are made exclusively in China. 24 93736 Mayer Industries Inc. Orangeburg, SC 5/28/2018 45 Design, engineer, project mngmnt, manufacture, service & support of braiding machines for making hose tubing will move to Albstadt, Germany. SC site will close. 25 93662 The ESAB Group, Inc. Union, SC 4/17/2018 73 The manufacturing of two Mig lines are being sent to our facility in Monterrey, Mexico. (Welding wire) 26 93483 AVX Corporation Myrtle Beach, SC 3/8/2018 27 Part of Ceramic Capacitor Manufacturing is moving to Juarez, Mexico. Some of the product manufacutring has already moved to Malaysia & Czech Republic. 27 93466 Wellman Advanced Materials, LLC Johnsonville, SC 1/2/2019 97 (+85 in Hartsville,SC) Synthetic fiber production line to close due to foreign competition. (Synthetic fiber) 28 93139B CDM Smith Inc. Charleston, SC 1/4/2018 7 Company is outsourcing Engineering/Desktop Support jobs to India. This is impacting multiple US locations/offices. (Water, Enviornmental, Transportation, Energy) 29 93139D CDM Smith Inc. Columbia, SC 1/4/2018 " " 30 93129 Porter's Group Sumter LLC Sumter, SC 9/24/2017 83 Their main customer for safes is NCR. NCR notified Porter's that they had made the decision to move their safe manufacturing supply chain to India and China. 31 93112 Kongsberg Automotive Easley, SC 9/26/2017 97 Company has made the decision to close this plant & move all production activities to a new plant in Mexico. (Finished assemblies for fluid transfer systems) 32 93021C Durafiber Technologies Winnsboro, SC 2/20/2018 244 (+100 in NC) Production is shifting to a foreign country. Increased imports from foreign countries. (Polyester Fiber and Fabric) 33 93018A Human Technologies, Incorporated Williamston, SC 8/10/2017 570? (number unclear) All production is being moved to foreign countries (Brazil & Japan) and business will be dissolved & closed. (Fuel pumps) 34 93018 Associated Fuel Pump Systems Corporation Anderson, SC 8/10/2017 " " 35 93001 Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Blythewood, SC 1/3/2018 5 (also in VA) Teleworkers employed by DXC Technology which merged & as a result, the services provided were outsourced to India. (Financial Services) 36 92973 The Boeing Company North Charleston, SC 9/5/2017 181 (+9 in Ladson,SC) Boeing's layoffs are resulting primarily to address competitive pressures from increased competition from foreign aircraft manufacturers. 37 92954A Resolute Forest Products-Jonesville Chip Jonesville, SC 11/18/2017 6 Imports into NA increased 49% from 2014-2016 while demand decreased by 18% over the same time period) (Wood chips) 38 92954 Resolute Forest Products-Catawba Mill Catawba, SC 11/18/2017 ~180 (continued) This is a direct result of the currency fluctuation of 22% between the US dollar & the Euro. (Specialty papers & market pulp) 39 92937 Caterpillar Ridgeway Ridgeway, SC 1/23/2018 80 (+300 in Newberry,SC) Caterpillar builds power gensets & 2 lines are being moved to Brazil for manufacturing. (manufacture of gensets & control panels) 40 92931 United Parcel Service West Columbia, SC 7/18/2017 41 92898 Duracell Manufacturing Lancaster, SC 6/30/2017 42 92797 AF Gloenco Inc. Greenville, SC 6/21/2017 43 92788 Staples Shared Services Center, LLC Columbia, SC 6/21/2017 44 92732A Crown Casting, LLC Hodges, SC 5/16/2017 45 92714 TBMC Greenville, SC 4/11/2017 46 92703 DAYCO Products, LLC Walterboro, SC 4/21/2017 47 92690 Crown Casting LLC Hodges, SC 12/28/2017 48 92650 KEMET Electronics Corporation Simpsonville, SC 5/3/2017 49 92561 Metglas, Inc. Conway, SC 2/7/2017 50 92551 Brunner Manufacturing Company, Inc. Greenwood, SC 3/10/2017 51 92488 US Textiles Corporation Heath Springs, SC 2/27/2017 52 92326 Millwork Holdings Co., Inc., Gaffney, SC 5/16/2017 53 92173 Excelligence Learning Corp. Beaufort, SC 1/5/2017 54 92141 TE Connectivity Rock Hill, SC 10/21/2016 55 92083 The ESAB Group, Inc. Florence, SC 9/13/2016 56 92020 American Light Bulb Manufacturing Inc. Mullins, SC 8/15/2016 57 91852 Howden North America Inc. Columbia, SC 6/16/2016 58 91752R The McClatchy Company Beaufort, SC 6/22/2016 59 91752S The McClatchy Company Rock Hill, SC 6/22/2016 60 91752T The McClatchy Company Bluffton, SC 6/22/2016 61 91752U The McClatchy Company Columbia, SC 6/22/2016 62 91752V The McClatchy Company Myrtle Beach, SC 6/22/2016 63 91719 American Light Bulb MFG. Mullins, SC 5/3/2016 64 91695 Galey and Lord LLC Society Hill, SC 5/13/2016 65 91621 Au'Some Company, LLC Sumter, SC 11/28/2016 66 91602 Accuride Corporation Camden, SC 4/22/2016 67 91588 Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc. Goose Creek, SC 5/25/2016 68 91441A Sealed Air Corporation (US) Greenville, SC 7/8/2016 69 91441 Sealed Air Corporation (US) Duncan, SC 7/8/2016 70 91299 Mekra Lang North America, LLC Ridgeway, SC 9/22/2016 71 91285 Gildan Apparel USA Hamer, SC 3/10/2016 72 91271A AVX Corporation Conway, SC 1/27/2016 73 91271 AVX Corporation Myrtle Beach, SC 1/27/2016 74 91245 Concentrix Greenville, SC 2/4/2016 75 91219A AVX Corporation Conway, SC 3/3/2016 76 91219 AVX Corporation Myrtle Beach, SC 3/3/2016 77 91217 Flextronics America, LLC West Columbia, SC 1/12/2016 78 91196 Federal-Mogul MotorParts Orangeburg, SC 1/6/2016 79 91132 Century Aluminum of South Carolina, Inc. Goose Creek, SC 2/12/2016 80 91131 Aero Precision Products, LLC Summerville, SC 12/30/2015 81 91050 Concentrix Greenville, SC 11/29/2015 82 90130 US Textile Corporation Lancaster, SC 1/9/2016 83 90126 Sealed Air Corporation Greenville, SC 10/27/2015 84 90056 Parker Hannifin Corporation Beaufort, SC 12/11/2015 85 86099 Mohawk Industries Landrum, SC 11/13/2015 86 86060 Worthington Industries, Inc. Florence, SC 2/5/2016 87 86039A Phoenix Services Georgetown, SC 9/11/2015 88 86039 Arcelormittal Georgetown Georgetown, SC 9/11/2015 89 85989 Milliken and Company Greenville, SC 2/17/2016 90 85851 Bose Corporation Blythewood, SC 3/18/2015 91 85756 Crown Casting LLC Hodges, SC 2/12/2015 92 85736 Kolektor TKI Inc. Fountain Inn, SC 1/29/2015 93 85707 Covidien Seneca, SC 12/23/2014 94 85628 Devro, Inc. Swansea, SC 11/26/2014 95 85614 Metglas, Inc. Conway, SC 11/24/2014 96 85503 Bayne Premium Lift Systems Greenville, SC 9/24/2014 97 85502 The ESAB Group, Inc. Florence, SC 9/18/2014 98 85460 Nevamar Company, LLC Hampton, SC 11/14/2014 99 85446 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Florence, SC 2/16/2016 100 85401 CitiMortgage, Inc. Fort Mill, SC 7/31/2014 101 85388 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Florence, SC 2/16/2016 102 85350 Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) Blythewood, SC 9/11/2015 103 85349 Honeywell International Columbia, SC 6/27/2014 104 85329A Caterpillar, Inc. Fountain Inn, SC 6/9/2014 105 85329 Caterpillar, Inc. Fountain Inn, SC 6/9/2014 106 85321 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 2/25/2016 107 85217 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 2/7/2016 108 85202 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 4/29/2014 109 85201 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 4/29/2014 110 85164 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 4/29/2014 111 85142 JP Morgan Chase and Company Florence, SC 4/29/2014 112 85140 Carolina Furniture Works, Inc. Sumter, SC 4/25/2014 113 85128 FrigoGlass North America Ltd. Co. Spartanburg, SC 4/23/2014 114 85098 Carthuplas, Inc. Gaffney, SC 4/8/2014 115 85094 H.J. Heinz Company, L.P. Florence, SC 4/3/2014 116 85059 Avery Dennison RFID Company Clinton, SC 2/26/2014 117 85027 CHF Industries, Inc. Loris, SC 8/6/2015 118 83366 Goodman Conveyor Company Belton, SC 4/8/2014 119 83365 Harvey Industries Die Casting, LLC Aiken, SC 4/16/2014Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) data