The Department of Labor (DOL) has posted selected statistics on 2023 Labor Condition Application (LCA) data at this link. Below is a copy of those stats:
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Selected Statistics, FY2023
As can be seen in the lower right, the top 10 employers in LCA positions certified in 2023 included 3 divisions of Amazon. Those divisions were Amazon.com Services LLC, Amazon Web Services Inc., and Amazon Development Center U.S. Inc.
LCA Disclosure Data from the Department of Labor
Statistics from the 2023 LCA data can also be generated from disclosure data linked to on this page of the Department of Labor website. That data is used by an application at this link to generate the following table:
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2023
(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 19,209
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2023 140212 19209
EMPLOYER_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 93650 13036
2 AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 22269 3479
3 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. 16642 1690
4 AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC 4846 575
5 AMAZON ADVERTISING LLC 1537 192
6 AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC. 395 89
7 AMAZON STUDIOS, LLC 234 7
8 AMAZON PAYMENTS, INC. 136 10
9 AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. 134 9
10 AMAZON ROBOTICS LLC 101 2
11 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC 67 67
12 AMAZON.COM.CA, INC. 52 14
13 AMAZON MEDIA VENTURE LLC 41 12
14 AMAZON FRESH LLC 30 1
15 AMAZON.COM.CA, INC. (US) 30 1
16 AMAZON KUIPER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES 15 2
17 AMAZON REGISTRY SERVICES, INC. 10 1
18 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S. INC. 5 5
19 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK L.L.C 5 4
20 AMAZON MECHANICAL TURK, INC. 4 4
21 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC. 3 3
22 AMAZON RETAIL LLC 2 2
23 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTR U.S., INC. 1 1
24 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTERU.S., INC. 1 1
25 AMAZON REGISTRY SERVICES INC. 1 1
26 AMAZON.ERVICES LLC 1 1
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2023
As can be seen, the number of workers listed for the top 3 employers with the word Amazon in their names very nearly match the numbers from the DOL statistics above. Those numbers are 93,650 (0.05% less than 93,695 from the DOL stats), 22,269 (0.38% less than 22,354 from the DOL stats), and 16,642(0.11% less than 16,661 from the DOL stats). That is, they are all within a half of a percent of the DOL statistics.
LCA Applications by Case Status, Employer contains Amazon, 2008-2023
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2008-2023
(EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 106,031
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2008 705 441
2 2009 367 367
3 2010 1924 673
4 2011 1371 711
5 2012 4173 1043
6 2013 3947 1343
7 2014 5175 1873
8 2015 9468 2500
9 2016 7907 3201
10 2017 12433 5154
11 2018 15781 6399
12 2019 15565 9591
13 2020 19629 15280
14 2021 134268 13393
15 2022 117827 24589
16 2023 142029 19473
CASE_STATUS WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 CERTIFIED 466081 101595
2 CERT-WITHDRAWN 19989 2476
3 WITHDRAWN 4092 1653
4 DENIED 2407 307
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
As shown above, the LCA data from 2008 to 2023 contains 4 unique values for CASE_STATUS. CERT-WITHDRAWN denotes LCAs that were CERTIFIED but then WITHDRAWN. It would seem possible that the Positions Certified shown on the right side of the Selected Statistics from the DOL include these LCAs, along with those whose CASE_STATUS is CERTIFIED. The following table shows the numbers derived from the disclosure data for CERTIFIED and CERT-WITHDRAWN combined:
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2023
(CASE_STATUS=CERT, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 19,391
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2023 140577 19391
EMPLOYER_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 93908 13151
2 AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 22343 3529
3 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC. 16662 1698
4 AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC 4850 579
5 AMAZON ADVERTISING LLC 1539 194
6 AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC. 396 90
7 AMAZON STUDIOS, LLC 234 7
8 AMAZON PAYMENTS, INC. 136 10
9 AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. 135 10
10 AMAZON ROBOTICS LLC 101 2
11 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC 67 67
12 AMAZON.COM.CA, INC. 52 14
13 AMAZON MEDIA VENTURE LLC 46 13
14 AMAZON FRESH LLC 30 1
15 AMAZON.COM.CA, INC. (US) 30 1
16 AMAZON KUIPER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES 15 2
17 AMAZON REGISTRY SERVICES, INC. 10 1
18 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S. INC. 5 5
19 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK L.L.C 5 4
20 AMAZON MECHANICAL TURK, INC. 4 4
21 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC. 3 3
22 AMAZON RETAIL LLC 2 2
23 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTR U.S., INC. 1 1
24 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTERU.S., INC. 1 1
25 AMAZON REGISTRY SERVICES INC. 1 1
26 AMAZON.ERVICES LLC 1 1
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
As before, the number of workers listed for the top 3 employers with the word Amazon in their names very nearly match the numbers from the DOL statistics above. Those numbers are 93,908 (0.23% more than 93,695 from the DOL stats), 22,343 (0.05% less than 22,354 from the DOL stats), and 16,662(0.006% less than 16,661 from the DOL stats). That is, they are all within a quarter of a percent of the DOL statistics. Hence, it's very possible that the DOL statistics include both CERTIFIED and CERT-WITHDRAWN LCAs. However, the numbers in the other statistics below include only CERTIFIED LCAs since that would seem to be the larger concern in this analysis.
In addition, the table and first graph above show that the number of workers requested skyrocketed from 19,629 in 2020 to 134,268 in 2021. It's possible that Amazon just began to request more workers per application because it had no effect on certification but would make them available in the unlikely event that the full number of workers were required. The table and second graph above shows that the increase in the number of applications was much more gradual. Hence, the remainder of this analysis will take the conservative approach of focusing on the number of applications, not the number of workers requested.
H-1B Approvals, Employer contains Amazon, 2009-2022
It's also possible to get an idea of whether it's more meaningful to follow the number of LCA applications or requested workers for Amazon by checking the number of workers approved on the H-1B Employer Data Hub. The data from that site was used by an application at this link to generate the following graph and table:
[1] "Search Employer for AMAZON" FYear Records I.A. I.D. C.A. C.D. Workers I.A.R C.A.R T.A.R 1 2009 16 214 0 249 3 463 100.0 98.8 99.4 2 2010 19 271 1 253 1 524 99.6 99.6 99.6 3 2011 16 427 1 462 1 889 99.8 99.8 99.8 4 2012 15 788 2 410 4 1198 99.7 99.0 99.5 5 2013 19 891 3 774 8 1665 99.7 99.0 99.3 6 2014 34 928 3 1059 15 1987 99.7 98.6 99.1 7 2015 34 1070 12 1124 11 2194 98.9 99.0 99.0 8 2016 51 1422 10 1799 29 3221 99.3 98.4 98.8 9 2017 70 2508 30 2908 23 5416 98.8 99.2 99.0 10 2018 69 2864 55 3405 111 6269 98.1 96.8 97.4 11 2019 76 3576 149 5247 185 8823 96.0 96.6 96.4 12 2020 76 4774 136 9467 167 14241 97.2 98.3 97.9 13 2021 69 6182 118 10703 106 16885 98.1 99.0 98.7 14 2022 101 6396 79 17223 285 23619 98.8 98.4 98.5 15 2023 48 337 23 5789 164 6126 93.6 97.2 97.0 Source: H-1B Employer Data Hub Files, H-1B Employer Data, FY2009-2023Unfortunately, the data from that site is only complete through fiscal year 2022. Still, the data shows that 23,619 workers were approved for Amazon in 2022 compared to 24,589 LCA applications for 117,827 requested workers. Hence, this also suggests that the number of LCA applications for Amazon is more indicative than the number of requested workers of the number of workers that actually go through the approval process.
LCA Applications by Employer Name, Employer contains Amazon, 2008-2023
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2008-2023
(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 101,595
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2008 703 439
2 2009 367 367
3 2010 1678 549
4 2011 1293 670
5 2012 3811 879
6 2013 3573 1166
7 2014 4715 1660
8 2015 8717 2243
9 2016 7679 3012
10 2017 12205 4926
11 2018 15642 6289
12 2019 15260 9373
13 2020 19462 15151
14 2021 120261 12627
15 2022 110503 23035
16 2023 140212 19209
EMPLOYER_NAME WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 AMAZON.COM 293765 60628
2 AMAZON WEB 76656 16878
3 AMAZON CORPORATE 36908 12882
4 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S 35373 4943
5 AMAZON DATA 11691 1934
6 AMAZON FULFILLMENT 2089 1128
7 AMAZON GLOBAL RESOURCES 1305 841
8 AMAZON ADVERTISING 3135 539
9 AMAZON.COM.DEDC 806 377
10 AMAZON ROBOTICS 602 305
11 AMAZON 478 235
12 AMAZON.COM.KYDC 587 168
13 AMAZON PAYMENTS 397 75
14 AMAZON DIGITAL 147 66
15 AMAZON MEDIA GROUP 74 61
16 AMAZON.COM.AZDC 189 58
17 AMAZON CAPITAL 303 55
18 AMAZON STUDIOS 379 42
19 AMAZON MECHANICAL TURK 102 40
20 AMAZON.COM.INDC 195 36
21 AMAZON.COM.CA 228 36
22 AMAZON MEDIA VENTURE 99 32
23 AMAZON REGISTRY 53 25
24 AMAZON FRESH 63 25
25 AMAZON.COM.NVDC 88 19
26 AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES 32 18
27 AMAZON CORPORTATE 87 13
28 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK 11 11
29 AMAZON RETAIL 23 10
30 AMAZON COPORATE 21 9
31 AMAZON.COM.KSDC 20 7
32 AMAZON COM 6 6
33 AMAZON.COM.SERVICES 5 5
34 AMAZON.COM DEDC 6 4
35 AMAZON KUIPER MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES 21 4
36 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK L.L.C 5 4
37 AMAZONIC VENTURES 3 3
38 AMAZON HUT 3 3
39 AMAZON WATCH 3 3
40 AMAZON PHARMACY 3 3
41 AMAZON WEB SERVICE 3 3
42 AMAZON LOGISTICS 7 3
43 AMAZON CONSULTING 2 2
44 AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES NC 2 2
45 AMAZON CONSTRUCTION 2 2
46 A2Z DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC D/B/A AMAZON 2 2
47 AMAZONIA CONSULTING GROUP 2 2
48 AMAZON FUFILLMENT 2 2
49 AMAZON RESTAURANT & BAR 2 2
50 AMAZON FULFILLMENT SVCS 2 2
51 AMAZON.COM SERVICE 2 2
52 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER US 2 2
53 AMAZON.COM.CA INC (US) 31 2
54 AMAZON BUILDERS HARDWARE 1 1
55 AMAZON SOCIETY 1 1
56 AMAZON PROFESSIONAL CARE 1 1
57 AMAZON HERBAL 1 1
58 AMAZON CARGO 1 1
59 AMAZON.COM.KYDC.LLC 1 1
60 AMAZON LOGISTICS GROUP 1 1
61 AMAZON CAPTAL 1 1
62 AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICE 1 1
63 AMAZON.COM AZDZ 5 1
64 AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM 1 1
65 AMAZON AERO 1 1
66 AMAZON CORPORTE 1 1
67 AMAZON ROBOTICS LLC (KIVA) 1 1
68 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER 1 1
69 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC. 1 1
70 AMAZON MASONRY 1 1
71 HAMAZON G2 1 1
72 AMAZON WEB SEERVICES 1 1
73 AMAZON CORPROATE 1 1
74 AMAZON.COM.DEDC.INC 1 1
75 AMAZON.COM SERVCES 1 1
76 AMAZON WEB SERVICES INC. 1 1
77 AMAZON.WEB 1 1
78 AMAZON.COM SERVICES INC. 1 1
79 AMAZON.COM WEB 1 1
80 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (F/K/A AMAZON.CO 1 1
81 AMAZON WEB SERVICES.INC 1 1
82 AMAZON DEVELOPEMENT CENTER U.S 1 1
83 AMAZON DEV CENTER U.S 1 1
84 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (HONG KONG BRANC 20 1
85 AMAZON SOLUTIONS 1 1
86 AMAZON VALLEY ENGINEERING 1 1
87 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTR U.S 1 1
88 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTERU.S 1 1
89 AMAZON.ERVICES 1 1
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2008-2023
(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 101,595
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2008 703 439
2 2009 367 367
3 2010 1678 549
4 2011 1293 670
5 2012 3811 879
6 2013 3573 1166
7 2014 4715 1660
8 2015 8717 2243
9 2016 7679 3012
10 2017 12205 4926
11 2018 15642 6289
12 2019 15260 9373
13 2020 19462 15151
14 2021 120261 12627
15 2022 110503 23035
16 2023 140212 19209
WAGE_LEVEL WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 II 162546 33745
2 I 142741 18429
3 III 71455 13861
4 LEVEL II 22229 11746
5 (NA) 22473 9149
6 LEVEL I 21392 4968
7 LEVEL III 5146 3587
8 OFLC ONLINE DATA CENTER 7641 2983
9 IV 8961 2104
10 N/A 1009 547
11 LEVEL IV 450 447
12 RADFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY 2016 10 10
13 RADFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY 2015 8 8
14 RADFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY SURVEY 2 2
15 OFLC ONLINE DATA CETER 2 2
16 OFLC ONILINE DATA CENTER 1 1
17 OFLC ONLNE DATA CENTER 1 1
18 OLFC ONLINE DATA CENTER 1 1
19 RADFORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY 2016 1 1
20 TOWERS WATSON 2015 CSR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPENSATION SURVEY REPORT 1 1
21 US MBD MERCER BENCHMARK DATABASE WEST COAST REGION SURVEY 10 1
22 TOWERS WATSON:CSR GENERAL INDUS PROF'L (ADMIN &SALES) COMP SURVEY REPORT-US 1 1
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
LCA DISCLOSURE DATA, FY 2008-2023
(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)
NUMBER OF ROWS = 101,595
MEAN(SALARY) = NaN
YEAR WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 2008 703 439
2 2009 367 367
3 2010 1678 549
4 2011 1293 670
5 2012 3811 879
6 2013 3573 1166
7 2014 4715 1660
8 2015 8717 2243
9 2016 7679 3012
10 2017 12205 4926
11 2018 15642 6289
12 2019 15260 9373
13 2020 19462 15151
14 2021 120261 12627
15 2022 110503 23035
16 2023 140212 19209
SOC_TITLE WORKERS APPLICATIONS
1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS 133091 31004
2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS 71624 10543
3 OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYSTS 32588 7385
4 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGERS 23172 7336
5 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 22773 6468
6 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS 25982 4411
7 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION RESEARCH SCIENTISTS 21145 3350
8 STATISTICIANS 12294 2812
9 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 7305 2524
10 TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGERS 10357 2467
11 MARKETING MANAGERS 6170 1792
12 NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATORS 6799 1603
13 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT MANAGERS 6778 1581
14 ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS 6510 1338
15 LOGISTICIANS 6005 1208
16 DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS 8284 1178
17 MARKET RESEARCH ANALYSTS AND MARKETING SPECIALISTS 5892 972
18 GRAPHIC DESIGNERS 5728 937
19 INFORMATION SECURITY ANALYSTS 4051 792
20 COMPUTER HARDWARE ENGINEERS 2965 699
21 COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTS 2696 675
22 INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 1643 655
23 OTHER COMPUTER-RELATED OCCUPATIONS 628 628
24 DATABASE ARCHITECTS 3217 580
25 COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, APPLICATIONS 1787 579
26 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER 2169 549
27 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYSTS AND TESTERS 3251 504
28 DATA SCIENTISTS 3220 443
29 SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGERS 2526 436
30 FINANCIAL MANAGERS 1269 427
31 FINANCIAL ANALYSTS 1629 418
32 ECONOMISTS 2986 390
33 PURCHASING MANAGERS 1177 263
34 HUMAN RESOURCES SPECIALISTS 1559 258
35 LAWYERS 905 210
36 SALES ENGINEERS 729 208
37 LOGISTICS MANAGERS 243 207
38 MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS 458 204
39 LOGISTICS ENGINEERS 694 200
40 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ENGINEERS/ARCHITECTS 751 184
41 CIVIL ENGINEERS 561 169
42 VALIDATION ENGINEERS 1170 168
43 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS 329 150
44 GENERAL AND OPERATIONS MANAGERS 490 141
45 SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEERS AND TESTERS 805 140
46 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS 481 122
47 MISCELLANEOUS MANAGERS AND OFFICIALS 104 104
48 MANAGERS, ALL OTHER 160 101
49 ENGINEERING MANAGERS 117 99
50 COMPUTER NETWORK SUPPORT SPECIALISTS 700 97
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, LCA Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023"
[1] "(EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)"
[1] ""
[1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 35,462"
YEAR APPLICATIONS
1 2008 51
2 2009 51
3 2010 169
4 2011 224
5 2012 291
6 2013 82
7 2014 636
8 2015 881
9 2016 1782
10 2017 1740
11 2018 4481
12 2019 3249
13 2020 3320
14 2021 5465
15 2022 6326
16 2023 6714
CASE_STATUS APPLICATIONS
1 CERTIFIED 20839
2 CERTIFIED-EXPIRED 13711
3 WITHDRAWN 821
4 DENIED 91
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
[1] "Search CASE_STATUS for CERTIFIED"
[1] "Search EMPLOYER_NAME for AMAZON"
[1] ""
[1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023"
[1] "(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)"
[1] ""
[1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 34,550"
YEAR APPLICATIONS
1 2008 50
2 2009 45
3 2010 163
4 2011 221
5 2012 281
6 2013 82
7 2014 627
8 2015 850
9 2016 1741
10 2017 1698
11 2018 4384
12 2019 3200
13 2020 3293
14 2021 5417
15 2022 6208
16 2023 6290
EMPLOYER_NAME APPLICATIONS
1 AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC 14847
2 AMAZON CORPORATE LLC 7290
3 AMAZON.COM SERVICES, INC. 5909
4 AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC. 3759
5 AMAZON FULFILLMENT SERVICES, INC. 1125
6 AMAZON DEVELOPMENT CENTER U.S., INC 947
7 AMAZON DATA SERVICES, INC. 219
8 AMAZON GLOBAL RESOURCES, INC. 215
9 AMAZON ROBOTICS, LLC. 65
10 AMAZON ADVERTISING LLC 39
11 AMAZON.COM.DEDC, LLC 28
12 AMAZON WEB SERVICES LLC 18
13 AMAZON.COM.KYDC LLC 12
14 AMAZON MECHANICAL TURK, INC. 9
15 AMAZON REGISTRY SERVICES, INC. 6
16 AMAZON.COM.KYDC 5
17 AMAZON CAPITAL SERVICES, INC. 5
18 AMAZON SERVICES LLC 4
19 AMAZON.COM.INDC LLC 4
20 AMAZON.COM.AZDC 4
21 AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC. 4
22 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK, LLC 4
23 AMAZON DESIGN CENTER 3
24 AMAZON PAYMENTS INC. 3
25 AMAZON PAYMENTS, INC. 3
26 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK 2
27 AMAZON PRODUCE NETWORK OF CALIFORNIA, LL 2
28 AMAZON MEDIA GROUP LLC 2
29 AMAZONIA CONSULTING GROUP LLC 2
30 AMAZON STUDIOS, LLC 2
31 AMAZON DESIGN CENTER, INC 1
32 AMAZON MORTGAGES LOANS INC 1
33 AMAZON.COM.INDC, LLC 1
34 AMAZON.COM.NVDC, INC 1
35 AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC. 1
36 AMAZONIC VENTURES, LLC D/B/A NATIVO ACAI 1
37 AMAZON PHARMACY, INC. 1
38 THE AMAZON CORPORATION 1
39 AMAZON CONSERVATION TEAM 1
40 AMAZONICA MIAMI LLC 1
41 AMAZON FRESH LLC 1
42 AMAZON WORLD TRADING LLC 1
43 AMAZON.COM.CA INC. 1
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
[1] "Search CASE_STATUS for CERTIFIED"
[1] "Search EMPLOYER_NAME for AMAZON"
[1] ""
[1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023"
[1] "(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)"
[1] ""
[1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 34,550"
YEAR APPLICATIONS
1 2008 50
2 2009 45
3 2010 163
4 2011 221
5 2012 281
6 2013 82
7 2014 627
8 2015 850
9 2016 1741
10 2017 1698
11 2018 4384
12 2019 3200
13 2020 3293
14 2021 5417
15 2022 6208
16 2023 6290
COUNTRY_OF_CITIZENSHIP APPLICATIONS
1 INDIA 20130
2 CHINA 7957
3 CANADA 1627
4 MEXICO 477
5 AUSTRALIA 432
6 TAIWAN 331
7 SOUTH KOREA 285
8 BRAZIL 242
9 ISRAEL 161
10 RUSSIA 154
11 PAKISTAN 154
12 TURKEY 144
13 VIETNAM 134
14 CHILE 132
15 UNITED KINGDOM 119
16 NIGERIA 111
17 UKRAINE 108
18 FRANCE 107
19 SINGAPORE 103
20 SPAIN 85
21 SOUTH AFRICA 71
22 NEPAL 70
23 BANGLADESH 68
24 JAPAN 64
25 GERMANY 63
26 JORDAN 60
27 HONG KONG 59
28 ITALY 58
29 ROMANIA 57
30 MALAYSIA 47
31 EGYPT 46
32 COLOMBIA 45
33 VENEZUELA 41
34 PERU 39
35 INDONESIA 39
36 POLAND 38
37 ARGENTINA 37
38 THAILAND 36
39 PORTUGAL 27
40 COSTA RICA 26
41 IRELAND 25
42 PHILIPPINES 24
43 GREECE 24
44 BELARUS 22
45 NEW ZEALAND 21
46 SWEDEN 20
47 BULGARIA 20
48 LEBANON 19
49 GHANA 19
50 HUNGARY 19
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
[1] "Search CASE_STATUS for CERTIFIED" [1] "Search EMPLOYER_NAME for AMAZON" [1] "" [1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023" [1] "(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)" [1] "" [1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 34,550" YEAR APPLICATIONS 1 2008 50 2 2009 45 3 2010 163 4 2011 221 5 2012 281 6 2013 82 7 2014 627 8 2015 850 9 2016 1741 10 2017 1698 11 2018 4384 12 2019 3200 13 2020 3293 14 2021 5417 15 2022 6208 16 2023 6290 PW_LEVEL APPLICATIONS 1 LEVEL II 22947 2 LEVEL I 6234 3 LEVEL III 2852 4 LEVEL IV 1404 5 N/A 659 6 (NA) 454 Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
[1] "Search CASE_STATUS for CERTIFIED"
[1] "Search EMPLOYER_NAME for AMAZON"
[1] ""
[1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023"
[1] "(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)"
[1] ""
[1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 34,550"
YEAR APPLICATIONS
1 2008 50
2 2009 45
3 2010 163
4 2011 221
5 2012 281
6 2013 82
7 2014 627
8 2015 850
9 2016 1741
10 2017 1698
11 2018 4384
12 2019 3200
13 2020 3293
14 2021 5417
15 2022 6208
16 2023 6290
PW_JOB_TITLE APPLICATIONS
1 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II 10012
2 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, SYSTEMS SOFTWARE 5573
3 SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS, APPLICATIONS 2965
4 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER III 1208
5 COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGER 815
6 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENGINEER II 778
7 MARKETING MANAGERS 655
8 APPLIED SCIENTIST II 485
9 TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND DISTRIBUTIO 459
10 STATISTICIANS 408
11 COMPUTER SYSTEMS ANALYSTS 399
12 QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER II 386
13 DATA ENGINEER II 349
14 COMPUTER SOFTWARE ENGINEERS, APPLICATION 348
15 SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER 309
16 COMPUTER OCCUPATIONS, ALL OTHER 304
17 SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT III 268
18 SENIOR PRODUCT MANAGER 263
19 SUPPORT ENGINEER IV 252
20 PROFESSIONAL SERVICES II 240
21 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER 220
22 DATA SCIENTIST II 217
23 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER 207
24 SOFTWARE DEV ENGINEER II 191
25 PROGRAM MANAGER II 186
26 SENIOR FINANCIAL ANALYST 184
27 BUSINESS ANALYST II 173
28 TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER III 167
29 SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT II 151
30 TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER 144
31 FINANCIAL MANAGERS 143
32 DATA ENGINEER III 131
33 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE ENGINEER III 121
34 TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER II 118
35 FINANCIAL ANALYST II 117
36 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT MANAGER III 116
37 NETWORK AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ADMINISTRAT 115
38 ENTERPRISE ACCOUNT ENGINEER III 111
39 CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER II (DBA, ANA, BD) 110
40 SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II 108
41 NETWORK DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II 106
42 CLOUD SUPPORT ENGINEER II (DEPLOYMENT, D 103
43 ACCOUNTANTS AND AUDITORS 102
44 UX DESIGNER II 100
45 HARDWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER II 92
46 FRONT-END ENGINEER II 85
47 MANAGER III, SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT 85
48 DATABASE ADMINISTRATORS 83
49 RESEARCH SCIENTIST II 80
50 OPERATIONS RESEARCH ANALYSTS 74
Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
[1] "Search CASE_STATUS for CERTIFIED" [1] "Search EMPLOYER_NAME for AMAZON" [1] "" [1] "DISCLOSURE DATA, PERM_FY 2008-2023" [1] "(CASE_STATUS=CERTIFIED, EMPLOYER_NAME=AMAZON)" [1] "" [1] "NUMBER OF ROWS = 34,550" YEAR APPLICATIONS 1 2008 50 2 2009 45 3 2010 163 4 2011 221 5 2012 281 6 2013 82 7 2014 627 8 2015 850 9 2016 1741 10 2017 1698 11 2018 4384 12 2019 3200 13 2020 3293 14 2021 5417 15 2022 6208 16 2023 6290 CLASS_OF_ADMISSION APPLICATIONS 1 H-1B 24628 2 L-1 4321 3 F-1 3398 4 TN 1257 5 E-3 384 6 H-4 101 7 H-1B1 91 8 O-1 84 9 L-2 66 10 J-1 53 11 NOT IN USA 48 12 (NA) 42 13 B-2 21 14 PAROLEE 20 15 J-2 10 16 G-4 5 17 TPS 5 18 E-2 4 19 F-2 2 20 R-1 1 21 VWT 1 22 H-3 1 23 B-1 1 24 E-1 1 25 N 1 26 TD 1 27 H-1A 1 28 EWI 1 29 A1/A2 1 Source: ETA > Foreign Labor Certification > Performance Data, PERM Disclosure Data, FY2008-2023
List of Employees Laid Off on 11/16/2002
Source: Layoffs.fyi
2022 Total count = 2,428,381
AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY: 2022
Programmers, Software developers, app & system SW: 2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent)
Year COUNTY Count U.S._Born India China Other
1 2022 Forsyth County GA 9,706 22.5 66.9 2.8 7.7
2 2022 Middlesex County NJ 20,195 17.3 63.3 8.7 10.8
3 2022 San Joaquin County CA 6,182 33.4 59.6 0.7 6.3
4 2022 Alameda County CA 52,841 28.9 45.4 13.8 11.9
5 2022 Lake County IL 5,837 28.8 44.1 9.6 17.5
6 2022 Hudson County NJ 13,024 24.2 43.5 15.5 16.8
7 2022 Collin County TX 33,252 35.9 42.4 5.2 16.5
8 2022 Benton County AR 5,411 46.7 41.7 0.0 11.6
9 2022 Loudoun County VA 17,178 41.2 41.5 7.6 9.7
10 2022 Dallas County TX 27,738 44.0 41.3 1.5 13.1
11 2022 Fort Bend County TX 8,745 26.9 40.4 11.8 20.9
12 2022 Henrico County VA 6,424 45.4 37.8 3.9 12.9
13 2022 Santa Clara County CA 119,586 24.6 37.0 19.9 18.5
14 2022 Somerset County NJ 5,288 33.1 35.4 16.0 15.5
15 2022 Oakland County MI 15,821 41.7 33.6 10.8 14.0
16 2022 Williamson County TX 20,217 43.5 33.5 2.0 21.0
17 2022 New Castle County DE 5,820 47.6 33.3 0.0 19.1
18 2022 Johnson County KS 8,332 61.2 32.0 0.6 6.3
19 2022 Contra Costa County CA 14,274 38.4 31.9 5.2 24.6
20 2022 Wake County NC 26,702 54.5 30.7 3.2 11.5
21 2022 Washington County OR 12,301 52.8 30.7 1.5 14.9
22 2022 Morris County NJ 5,738 50.7 30.4 3.4 15.5
23 2022 Bergen County NJ 9,299 31.8 30.3 8.8 29.1
24 2022 Chester County PA 9,896 56.8 28.3 3.4 11.5
25 2022 Denton County TX 16,333 52.8 27.8 4.3 15.0
26 2022 Broward County FL 11,318 37.2 26.4 1.4 34.9
27 2022 Hillsborough County FL 12,312 54.3 25.1 0.2 20.4
28 2022 St. Louis County MO 12,446 64.8 25.0 5.2 5.0
29 2022 Mecklenburg County NC 13,253 58.5 24.8 0.5 16.2
30 2022 San Bernardino County CA 7,347 48.3 24.3 8.6 18.8
31 2022 Baltimore County MD 5,342 52.4 23.4 3.8 20.4
32 2022 Snohomish County WA 17,443 51.2 23.4 8.1 17.3
33 2022 King County WA 114,185 41.5 22.8 17.2 18.6
34 2022 Fulton County GA 19,449 60.8 21.4 4.2 13.6
35 2022 Cobb County GA 8,421 61.9 20.9 5.3 11.8
36 2022 DuPage County IL 12,103 62.3 20.5 3.2 14.0
37 2022 Bucks County PA 5,893 69.3 20.3 1.0 9.4
38 2022 Middlesex County MA 37,852 55.0 19.6 5.5 19.9
39 2022 Nassau County NY 7,476 48.6 19.0 15.2 17.2
40 2022 Worcester County MA 5,649 61.3 18.7 5.3 14.8
41 2022 Cook County IL 44,138 61.0 18.5 2.6 17.9
42 2022 Norfolk County MA 11,620 48.3 17.6 10.9 23.2
43 2022 Orange County CA 31,311 51.0 17.2 6.7 25.1
44 2022 San Mateo County CA 21,398 34.6 16.8 28.3 20.3
45 2022 Montgomery County MD 19,513 53.3 16.7 10.8 19.2
46 2022 Maricopa County AZ 35,602 68.6 16.5 2.9 12.0
47 2022 Hamilton County OH 5,527 73.3 16.4 1.8 8.5
48 2022 Sacramento County CA 12,160 60.5 16.3 5.3 17.9
49 2022 Travis County TX 38,633 66.6 15.9 3.1 14.5
50 2022 Howard County MD 8,391 62.9 15.6 2.2 19.3
Source: IPUMS USA, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2022 SAMPLE
2022 Total count = 2,428,381 AMERICAN COMMUNITIES SURVEY: 2022 Programmers, Software developers, app & system SW: 2022, grouped by BIRTHPLACE_TECH (percent) Year METRO Count U.S._Born India China Other 1 2022 Stockton-Lodi, CA 5,437 25.3 67.8 0.8 6.2 2 2022 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 119,586 24.6 37.0 19.9 18.5 3 2022 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 88,270 46.5 35.7 3.4 14.4 4 2022 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 7,060 59.1 32.0 0.0 8.9 5 2022 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 9,304 56.0 30.6 3.0 10.4 6 2022 Raleigh, NC 27,406 55.7 29.9 3.1 11.2 7 2022 San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA 119,245 39.4 29.2 13.0 18.4 8 2022 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 13,977 64.0 26.1 2.7 7.3 9 2022 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC 20,099 60.9 25.5 0.3 13.3 10 2022 Richmond, VA 11,417 63.2 23.5 2.2 11.0 11 2022 Columbus, OH 20,144 68.7 22.9 1.3 7.2 12 2022 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 120,532 43.7 21.7 15.9 18.7 13 2022 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI 27,694 62.0 21.2 6.3 10.5 14 2022 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 161,547 50.2 21.2 8.7 20.0 15 2022 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 57,324 61.4 21.1 3.2 14.3 16 2022 Austin-Round Rock, TX 61,637 60.2 20.9 2.6 16.3 17 2022 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 13,098 51.4 20.4 5.5 22.6 18 2022 Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 33,239 51.1 20.0 7.9 21.1 19 2022 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI 69,786 61.6 19.7 3.1 15.6 20 2022 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 98,515 57.7 17.8 5.6 19.0 21 2022 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 9,423 63.8 17.7 1.2 17.2 22 2022 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 20,716 62.3 17.7 0.3 19.7 23 2022 Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 33,101 68.9 17.2 2.8 11.1 24 2022 St. Louis, MO-IL 24,121 76.6 16.3 2.8 4.4 25 2022 Kansas City, MO-KS 17,160 75.7 15.8 0.3 8.2 26 2022 Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA 15,984 64.5 15.6 5.4 14.4 27 2022 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 25,074 44.6 15.6 0.3 39.4 28 2022 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 53,441 66.8 15.6 3.2 14.4 29 2022 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 6,524 75.1 15.5 0.0 9.5 30 2022 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH 59,294 60.6 15.0 4.8 19.6 31 2022 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA 26,520 69.6 14.4 2.0 13.9 32 2022 Jacksonville, FL 8,987 77.6 12.8 0.0 9.7 33 2022 Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 6,880 79.8 12.1 3.9 4.3 34 2022 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 81,688 56.9 11.9 8.1 23.1 35 2022 Salt Lake City, UT 11,846 82.6 11.1 1.1 5.2 36 2022 Albuquerque, NM 5,215 81.4 10.9 0.0 7.7 37 2022 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX 9,821 75.7 10.8 0.0 13.5 38 2022 Pittsburgh, PA 18,161 78.2 10.0 4.4 7.3 39 2022 Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN 11,045 75.8 9.0 3.5 11.6 40 2022 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 5,101 78.6 9.0 0.0 12.4 41 2022 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL 21,279 73.6 8.8 0.3 17.3 42 2022 (NA) 376,989 77.0 8.7 2.8 11.6 43 2022 San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 28,475 63.9 8.6 4.6 22.9 44 2022 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 26,661 78.5 8.3 1.2 12.0 45 2022 Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV 9,730 70.4 8.3 3.7 17.6 46 2022 Cleveland-Elyria, OH 12,074 83.4 7.7 0.8 8.0 47 2022 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 34,811 82.1 7.4 1.4 9.1 48 2022 Buffalo-Cheektowaga-Niagara Falls, NY 5,385 84.5 7.1 0.0 8.4 49 2022 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 10,457 79.2 6.9 0.6 13.2 50 2022 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 6,430 89.9 6.1 0.0 4.0 Source: IPUMS USA, AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2022 SAMPLE
Amazon Demographics and Statistics from Zippia.com
Amazon Layoffs, Topics Regarding from TheLayoff.com
Amazon Number of Employeess from Macrotrends.net
Amazon Statistics from Explodingtopics.com
Amazon Workforce Data from Amazon
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