Source: State procurement offices (31 portals: 27 states + DC, plus NYC, Austin, and Chicago) · API (Socrata, CKAN, eVA) and bulk download, varies by state · Refreshed Oct 21, 2026
State contract coverage is partial. Do not read the contract data as a national total. Coverage and vintage vary sharply by source.
Source: State procurement offices (31 portals: 27 states + DC, plus NYC, Austin, and Chicago) · API (Socrata, CKAN, eVA) and bulk download, varies by state · Refreshed Oct 21, 2026
State contract coverage is partial. Do not read the contract data as a national total. Coverage and vintage vary sharply by source.
Match-method note: state vendor names are matched to H-1B employer names after normalization, so one real company can appear several times and a shared name can match two unrelated companies. Treat the employer count as an upper bound, not a census.
Contract award totals exclude Connecticut payments. Payment totals are shown separately.
Largest Contracts to H-1B Employers (top 25 of 22,485,228 matched contracts)
Each row is one contract record from a state procurement portal. A single vendor program (a Medicaid contract, for example) can span several amendments and appear more than once. Ranked by award amount; rows without an amount are not ranked.
The employers drawing the most state taxpayer money across all states, the intersection of the H-1B pipeline and state procurement budgets.
Public source records and site analysis. We do not attest to accuracy. Read the full disclaimer.
Dataset guides and site methods
[1]XH1B method or registry · XH1B. State contracts and Connecticut payments: source registry; Reading Public Records and Derived Indicators. Source registry entry: state_contracts; Reading records: units, source coverage, wage gaps, entity links, and inference limitsXH1B dataset description: State government award and vendor records. Connecticut Open Expenditures records payments, including grants. Payment totals stay separate from contract awards. Record identity fields vary by source; amounts and descriptions do not set identity.; These are the site's review methods, not validated predictions of wrongdoing. Inspect underlying records and alternative explanations.
[2]Dataset documentation · DOL OFLC. LCA public disclosure record layout (FY2026 Q3). Pages 1–4: application, DOL outcome and dates, requested positions, employer, representatives, worksites and pay unitsThis layout covers determinations issued October 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. It documents employer-provided application fields and DOL decisions, not USCIS decisions, payroll verification, legal bills or worker-linked moves. Older layouts can differ.Checked 2026-10-17.
