
H-1B sponsors in New Jersey 2026: the top 25 by certified cases
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New Jersey worksites had 18,450 certified H-1B cases from 4,833 employers between October 1, 2025 and June 30, 2026, the opening nine months of fiscal 2026. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp filed the most, 594, with JPMorgan Chase & Co. second at 507. The cases are labor condition applications: an employer files one with the Department of Labor, names the job and the worksite, and needs it certified before an H-1B petition.
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The top 25 H-1B sponsors in New Jersey
Only cases with a first worksite in New Jersey count toward a rank. Positions sum the workers each case requests. The column on the right is the employer's New Jersey count from October 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025.
| Rank | Employer | Certified cases | Positions | Most common job title | Median offered wage | Cases, same months of fiscal 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp | 594 | 594 | Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | $126,818 | 853 |
| 2 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 507 | 1,172 | Vice President, Lead Software Engineer | $171,300 | 462 |
| 3 | Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 451 | 451 | Database Administrators - KBGFJG219962-9 | $175,009 | 847 |
| 4 | Barclays Services Corp. | 310 | 310 | Software Engineer | $152,458 | 289 |
| 5 | Infosys Limited | 235 | 431 | Technology Consultant 2 | $94,682 | 233 |
| 6 | Tata Consultancy Services Limited | 199 | 199 | Architect | $94,682 | 479 |
| 7 | The Trustees of Princeton University | 173 | 173 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | $77,000 | 204 |
| 8 | Compunnel Software Group, Inc | 159 | 205 | Computer Programmer | $110,000 | 131 |
| 9 | Wipro Limited | 159 | 192 | Technical Lead L1 | $105,743 | 138 |
| 10 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey | 151 | 151 | Assistant Professor | $91,768 | 172 |
| 11 | IBM Corporation | 145 | 145 | Application Developer | $115,440 | 290 |
| 12 | Capgemini America Inc | 143 | 143 | Business Systems Analyst 3 | $132,000 | 192 |
| 13 | LTIMindtree Limited | 142 | 221 | Software Developer | $103,917 | 202 |
| 14 | Audible, Inc. | 130 | 130 | Software Development Engineer II | $158,100 | 76 |
| 15 | ADP Technology Services, Inc. | 125 | 125 | Application Developer | $128,206 | 166 |
| 16 | Bristol-Myers Squibb Company | 119 | 119 | Senior Manager, Clinical Data Management | $160,000 | 147 |
| 17 | HCL America Inc | 116 | 116 | Senior Technical Lead | $127,753 | 198 |
| 18 | Mphasis Corporation | 113 | 113 | Software Engineer | $130,000 | 149 |
| 19 | Deloitte Consulting LLP | 112 | 194 | Senior Consultant | $173,900 | 122 |
| 20 | Accenture LLP | 111 | 111 | Packaged App Development Assoc Manager | $154,950 | 174 |
| 21 | Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. | 109 | 109 | Manager, Advanced Analytics | $171,751 | 126 |
| 22 | Fiserv Solutions, LLC | 101 | 101 | Software Development Engineering - Advisor I | $131,997 | 64 |
| 23 | Citibank, N.A. | 92 | 92 | Applications Development Tech Lead Analyst | $189,592 | 73 |
| 24 | UBS Business Solutions US LLC | 89 | 89 | Associate Director, Software Engineer | $157,000 | 124 |
| 25 | ExlService.com, LLC | 84 | 231 | Senior Consultant | $124,426 | 68 |
Case and position counts sit close together in New Jersey; JPMorgan Chase & Co. has the widest gap, 507 cases for 1,172 positions. Citibank, N.A. has the highest median offer of the 25, $189,592, and The Trustees of Princeton University the lowest, $77,000, with Postdoctoral Research Associate as its most common title.
Where in New Jersey
Jersey City leads with 3,532 cases, more than three times Princeton's 1,057. Edison has 832, Newark 644 and Whippany 610. Berkeley Heights closes the ten at 377. Across the state, 527 cities appear on a certified case this year.
| Rank | Worksite city | Certified cases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jersey City | 3,532 |
| 2 | Princeton | 1,057 |
| 3 | Edison | 832 |
| 4 | Newark | 644 |
| 5 | Whippany | 610 |
| 6 | Parsippany | 543 |
| 7 | Piscataway | 480 |
| 8 | Hoboken | 459 |
| 9 | Iselin | 449 |
| 10 | Berkeley Heights | 377 |
The jobs and what they offer
Software Developer has 485 cases at a median of $131,997, and Software Engineer 474 at $124,100. Cognizant's own title, Manager JC50 for computer systems engineers and architects, is third with 223. Computer Programmer appears twice, once in capitals, at medians of $98,328 and $98,450, the lowest in the list. Senior Software Engineer is the highest, $160,805. The median offer over every New Jersey case is $126,000.
| Rank | Job title as filed | Certified cases | Median offered wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developer | 485 | $131,997 |
| 2 | Software Engineer | 474 | $124,100 |
| 3 | Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/Architects | 223 | $126,818 |
| 4 | Computer Programmer | 191 | $98,328 |
| 5 | Data Engineer | 160 | $109,491 |
| 6 | COMPUTER PROGRAMMER | 158 | $98,450 |
| 7 | SOFTWARE DEVELOPER | 153 | $131,997 |
| 8 | Data Scientist | 137 | $109,492 |
| 9 | Business Analyst | 132 | $103,917 |
| 10 | Senior Software Engineer | 126 | $160,805 |
Against last year
The same months of fiscal 2025 had 22,334 certified New Jersey cases from 5,131 employers. Cases, employers and positions are all down this year; positions went from 27,201 to 24,777.
Ernst & Young U.S. LLP nearly halved, from 847 cases to 451. Tata Consultancy Services Limited fell from 479 to 199, IBM Corporation from 290 to 145, and Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp from 853 to 594. Audible, Inc. went up, from 76 to 130, as did Fiserv Solutions, LLC, from 64 to 101.
New Jersey also appears in the state ranking of the national H-1B sponsors article.
How to read these numbers
The state comes from the first worksite on each case. Of this year's New Jersey cases, 9,963 were filed by employers that gave a state other than NJ.
Names are left as filed, and 24 of the 25 employers above use more than one spelling, which we keep apart. Eight of the 25 names carry a staffing or consulting word, and two a university word. Titles are the employer's text; Ernst & Young U.S. LLP's carries a code from its filings.
Median offered wage is taken from the yearly value of the low end of each case's wage range. The medians leave out the 19 New Jersey cases that print no wage.
The source is the Department of Labor's fiscal 2026 labor condition application disclosure file through quarter three, listed in its OFLC performance data.
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