H1B Report
Industry comparison

Construction vs Wholesale Trade

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

Sector A
Construction
NAICS 23Rank #12
Sector B
Wholesale Trade
NAICS 42Rank #9

Key metrics

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

MetricConstructionWholesale Trade
Total filings60,209118,161
National share %0.65%1.27%
Distinct sponsors5,1927,818
Filings / employer1215
Rank#12#9
Top sponsorJacobs Engineering Group Inc.Dell Marketing L.P.
Top occupationCivil EngineersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Construction
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY20103,058
FY20112,691
FY20122,698
FY20132,249
FY20142,421
FY20152,964
FY20163,160
FY20173,391
FY20183,965
FY20194,419
FY20203,555
FY20214,882
FY20224,129
FY20234,722
FY20244,416
FY20255,789
FY20261,700
Wholesale Trade
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY20107,558
FY20116,511
FY20126,434
FY20136,584
FY20147,128
FY20157,692
FY20168,054
FY20177,652
FY20187,960
FY20198,069
FY20206,028
FY20218,904
FY20226,766
FY20236,670
FY20246,255
FY20257,627
FY20262,269

Top 5 sponsors — Wholesale Trade

Top 5 occupations — Construction

Top 5 occupations — Wholesale Trade

Top 5 hiring states — Construction

Top 5 hiring states — Wholesale Trade

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