CapExempt

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Verified cap-exempt employers. Live openings.

Cap-exempt employers (universities, the hospitals and nonprofits tied to them, research organizations) can generally sponsor an H-1B at any time of year, outside the 85,000-visa annual lottery.

1,045 employers · 27,114 openings · updated Nov 11

How it works

  1. We check who appears exemptEach employer is tested against the four exemption categories in the H-1B rules, and the evidence is linked on its page.
  2. We collect their openings every nightStraight from the employers’ own career sites, with the date each posting appeared.
  3. You apply on the employer’s siteEvery posting links to the original. Ask HR about sponsorship early: these employers can file in any month.

Employers by state

All states as a list
Alaska: 2 employersAKMaine: 8 employersMEVermont: 9 employersVTNew Hampshire: 5 employersNHWashington: 21 employersWAIdaho: 6 employersIDMontana: 5 employersMTNorth Dakota: 9 employersNDMinnesota: 11 employersMNIllinois: 43 employersILWisconsin: 12 employersWIMichigan: 27 employersMINew York: 74 employersNYRhode Island: 8 employersRIMassachusetts: 45 employersMAOregon: 10 employersORNevada: 3 employersNVWyoming: 3 employersWYSouth Dakota: 3 employersSDIowa: 22 employersIAIndiana: 23 employersINOhio: 40 employersOHPennsylvania: 60 employersPANew Jersey: 19 employersNJConnecticut: 16 employersCTCalifornia: 82 employersCAUtah: 11 employersUTColorado: 17 employersCONebraska: 10 employersNEMissouri: 21 employersMOKentucky: 19 employersKYWest Virginia: 11 employersWVVirginia: 28 employersVAMaryland: 11 employersMDDelaware: 3 employersDEArizona: 6 employersAZNew Mexico: 10 employersNMKansas: 18 employersKSArkansas: 19 employersARTennessee: 25 employersTNNorth Carolina: 35 employersNCSouth Carolina: 20 employersSCDistrict of Columbia: 6 employersDCOklahoma: 12 employersOKLouisiana: 22 employersLAMississippi: 14 employersMSAlabama: 18 employersALGeorgia: 29 employersGAHawaii: 2 employersHITexas: 67 employersTXFlorida: 39 employersFLPuerto Rico: 4 employersPR

Employers in the register, per state

  • 1–5
  • 6–10
  • 11–18
  • 19–27
  • 28–82

Not on the map: Guam (1), U.S. Virgin Islands (1).

Employers with the most openings

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Guides

All guides
Cap-exempt H-1B employers: the full listWho is outside the 85,000 cap, how the register was built, and how to use it.Not selected in the H-1B lottery — what the options areCap-exempt employers, other visa categories, further study, and the next registration round.Are university jobs H-1B cap-exempt?Which universities qualify, which jobs count, and where hospitals and for-profit colleges fit.