Industry comparison

Administrative & Support Services vs Educational Services

NAICS-sector comparison built from the H1B Report corpus. Filing volume, distinct sponsor count, sponsor concentration and dominant occupations.

Summary

Educational Services (NAICS 61) and Administrative & Support Services (NAICS 56) represent two distinct patterns in H-1B sponsorship. Educational Services dominates in overall scale, with 613,346 total filings across 6,945 employers, while Administrative & Support Services accounts for 110,482 filings from 3,695 employers—a roughly 5.5× difference in filing volume.

Educational Services' substantially higher filing count reflects the sector's reliance on visa-sponsored international talent for faculty, researchers, and specialized academic roles. Administrative & Support Services, though smaller in aggregate filings, operates across a broader base of employers per filing, suggesting more distributed hiring patterns or lower visa intensity per firm.

Both sectors show meaningful H-1B activity, but Educational Services represents a much larger pool of labor-condition filings and sponsoring organizations, making it a more prominent player in the H-1B labor market.

Educational Services vs Administrative Services H-1B
H-1B filings by sector comparison
NAICS 61 vs NAICS 56 sponsorship
Educational Services H-1B filings
Administrative Support Services H-1B employers

Sector A

Administrative & Support Services

NAICS 56Rank #10

Sector B

Educational Services

NAICS 61Rank #4

Key metrics

Filings / employer is a concentration hint — higher means a few sponsors do most of the filing.

Metric	Administrative & Support Services	Educational Services
Total filings	115,160	626,270▲
National share %	1.20%	6.55%▲
Distinct sponsors	4,024	7,516▲
Filings / employer	29	83
Rank	#10	#4▲
Top sponsor	Grandison Management, Inc.	University of Michigan
Top occupation	Software Developers	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B demand within each sector.

Administrative & Support Services

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	5,457
FY2011	5,449
FY2012	5,846
FY2013	5,311
FY2014	5,741
FY2015	6,709
FY2016	6,966
FY2017	7,272
FY2018	8,341
FY2019	6,795
FY2020	5,807
FY2021	8,722
FY2022	6,473
FY2023	6,758
FY2024	7,284
FY2025	8,882
FY2026	7,347

Educational Services

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	39,175
FY2011	34,146
FY2012	35,379
FY2013	34,165
FY2014	33,842
FY2015	34,126
FY2016	34,254
FY2017	32,741
FY2018	34,175
FY2019	34,638
FY2020	29,870
FY2021	48,175
FY2022	36,695
FY2023	46,343
FY2024	41,453
FY2025	45,692
FY2026	31,401