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Cap-exempt employers in Tennessee

25 employers in Tennessee appear cap-exempt in the register, 1 of them verified by hand and 1 with a connected careers feed. Ground 1 (higher education) dominates with 24; ground 2 (affiliated nonprofit) follows with 1. The largest by FY2026 H-1B approvals are The University of Tennessee (196), Vanderbilt University (85), Vanderbilt University Medical Center (61).

All 25 employers

By FY2026 H-1B approvals
The University of TennesseeKnoxville, TNGround 1Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedVanderbilt University Medical CenterNashville, TNGround 2Verifiedno feedThe University of MemphisMemphis, TNGround 1no feedEast Tennessee State UniversityJohnson City, TNGround 1no feedMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, TNGround 1no feedTennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, TNGround 1no feedThe University of the SouthSewanee, TNGround 1no feedAustin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TNGround 1no feedRhodes CollegeMemphis, TNGround 1no feedTennessee State UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedBelmont UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedFisk UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedLincoln Memorial UniversityHarrogate, TNGround 1no feedLipscomb UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedNortheast State Community CollegeBlountville, TNGround 1no feedCarson-Newman UniversityJefferson City, TNGround 1no feedChristian Brothers UniversityMemphis, TNGround 1no feedMaryville CollegeMaryville, TNGround 1no feedSouthern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, TNGround 1no feedTennessee Wesleyan UniversityAthens, TNGround 1no feedThe American Baptist Theological Seminary d/b/a American Baptist CollegeNashville, TNGround 1no feedTrevecca Nazarene UniversityNashville, TNGround 1no feedTusculum UniversityGreeneville, TNGround 1no feedUnion UniversityJackson, TNGround 1no feed

Openings in Tennessee

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All openings in Tennessee in the jobs search. A posting counts for Tennessee when its location text names the state, or, failing that, when its employer is based there.

What employers in Tennessee hire on H-1B

DOL FY2025 certified LCAs
Occupation (SOC)LCAsMedian wageEmployers
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary58$119,9995
Business Teachers, Postsecondary40$121,9267
Biochemists and Biophysicists37$65,1332
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary37$92,7564
Physicians, All Other29$74,3182
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists27$70,2032
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary15$96,9756
Data Scientists11$80,2542

Totals add up each employer’s five most-certified occupations in DOL FY2025 Labor Condition Applications, so they understate the state’s full hiring. Median wage is the median of those employers’ median offered wages; it is an approximation, not a state-wide median.