Industry comparison

Administrative & Support Services vs Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)

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

Summary

Administrative & Support Services vs Manufacturing: H-1B Sponsorship Comparison

Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics) significantly outpaces Administrative & Support Services in H-1B sponsorship. Manufacturing leads with 657,405 filings across 12,667 employers, while Administrative & Support Services accounts for 110,482 filings from 3,695 employers. This 6:1 gap in filings reflects manufacturing's reliance on specialized technical and engineering roles requiring H-1B visa sponsorship.

The employer count difference is similarly pronounced—manufacturing sponsors nearly 3.4 times more companies than administrative services. This suggests manufacturing distributes H-1B hiring across a broader supplier and producer base, whereas administrative services concentrates H-1B use among fewer firms. Average filings per employer are comparable (Manufacturing: ~52 per firm; Administrative: ~30 per firm), indicating manufacturing employers sponsor more H-1B workers per company on average.

Administrative vs Manufacturing H-1B
H-1B filings by sector comparison
Manufacturing H-1B sponsorship
Administrative services H-1B filings
NAICS sector H-1B data

Sector A

Administrative & Support Services

NAICS 56Rank #10

Sector B

Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)

NAICS 33Rank #2

Key metrics

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

Metric	Administrative & Support Services	Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)
Total filings	110,482	657,405▲
National share %	1.18%	7.04%▲
Distinct sponsors	3,695	12,667▲
Filings / employer	30	52
Rank	#10	#2▲
Top sponsor	Populus Group LLC	Apple Inc.
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

Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	24,379
FY2011	28,553
FY2012	29,695
FY2013	29,093
FY2014	32,346
FY2015	32,605
FY2016	33,183
FY2017	35,036
FY2018	37,966
FY2019	38,898
FY2020	37,942
FY2021	69,187
FY2022	52,902
FY2023	54,392
FY2024	46,170
FY2025	54,231
FY2026	20,827