Industry comparison

Administrative & Support Services vs Finance & Insurance

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

Summary

Finance & Insurance and Administrative & Support Services represent two distinct scales of H-1B sponsorship. Finance & Insurance dominates with 588,317 total H-1B filings across 9,250 employers, reflecting its capital-intensive operations and high-skill staffing needs in banking, insurance, and investment roles. By contrast, Administrative & Support Services filed 110,482 H-1B petitions across 3,695 employers—a significantly smaller footprint, though still substantial in absolute terms.

The sector comparison reveals different sponsorship models. Finance & Insurance's larger filing volume correlates with its concentration among fewer, larger employers who file frequently for specialized roles like quantitative analysts, software engineers, and compliance officers. Administrative & Support Services, while filing less overall, operates across a broader base of smaller, more distributed employers, suggesting a different hiring pattern focused on specific skill gaps rather than systematic visa-dependent workforce strategies.

Both sectors represent significant H-1B activity, but Finance & Insurance's 5-to-1 filing advantage underscores its reliance on international talent and the scale of its operations compared to the more dispersed Administrative & Support sector.

H-1B filings by sector
Finance vs Administrative support
NAICS sector comparison
H-1B employer sponsorship
Administrative services H-1B
Finance industry visa filings

Sector A

Administrative & Support Services

NAICS 56Rank #10

Sector B

Finance & Insurance

NAICS 52Rank #5

Key metrics

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

Metric	Administrative & Support Services	Finance & Insurance
Total filings	110,482	588,317▲
National share %	1.18%	6.30%▲
Distinct sponsors	3,695	9,250▲
Filings / employer	30	64
Rank	#10	#5▲
Top sponsor	Populus Group LLC	GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

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	2,669

Finance & Insurance

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	18,669
FY2011	18,090
FY2012	18,557
FY2013	19,216
FY2014	22,794
FY2015	27,044
FY2016	28,760
FY2017	32,036
FY2018	38,729
FY2019	39,814
FY2020	39,659
FY2021	69,522
FY2022	51,485
FY2023	51,662
FY2024	42,693
FY2025	50,637
FY2026	18,950