A new analysis of federal data shows that several major U.S. employers increased their use of H-1B visas in 2025.

The latest H-1B data reviewed by Newsweek shows that the biggest year-over-year gains in visa sponsorship were spread across multiple industries, with the biggest increases coming from consulting, technology and financial services firms. Although some companies added hundreds of new H-1B approvals in 2025, these figures represent a small fraction of their overall workforce.

Amazon remained the single largest H-1B sponsor, increasing approvals from 9,257 in 2024 to 10,044 in 2025, an addition of 787 visas, a modest rise when compared with its global headcount of about 1.56 million employees.

Amazon told Newsweek that the 2025 H-1B numbers are mainly driven by two factors,

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