Industry comparison

Educational Services vs Health Care & Social Assistance

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

Summary

Educational Services vs Health Care & Social Assistance shows two distinct H-1B sponsorship patterns. Educational Services (NAICS 61) accounts for 613,346 total H-1B filings across 6,945 employers, making it the larger H-1B sector by filing volume. Health Care & Social Assistance (NAICS 62) follows with 383,320 filings but spreads them across 13,141 employers—nearly twice as many sponsors.

The difference reflects sector structure: Educational Services concentrates H-1B sponsorship among fewer, larger institutions (universities, research centers, language schools), averaging roughly 88 filings per employer. Health Care & Social Assistance distributes sponsorship more widely among hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and social service agencies, averaging roughly 29 filings per employer. Educational Services dominates H-1B volume, while Health Care employs more diverse sponsorship bases.

Educational Services vs Health Care H-1B
H-1B filings by sector
NAICS 61 vs 62
H-1B sponsors comparison
sector H-1B analysis

Sector A

Educational Services

NAICS 61Rank #4

Sector B

Health Care & Social Assistance

NAICS 62Rank #6

Key metrics

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

Metric	Educational Services	Health Care & Social Assistance
Total filings	626,270▲	393,204
National share %	6.55%▲	4.11%
Distinct sponsors	7,516	14,334▲
Filings / employer	83	27
Rank	#4▲	#6
Top sponsor	University of Michigan	General Hospital Corporation
Top occupation	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	Physicians, All Other

Filings by fiscal year

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

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

Health Care & Social Assistance

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	26,430
FY2011	23,800
FY2012	23,070
FY2013	21,135
FY2014	21,240
FY2015	21,154
FY2016	21,615
FY2017	21,197
FY2018	22,736
FY2019	20,895
FY2020	19,124
FY2021	30,749
FY2022	22,415
FY2023	26,181
FY2024	23,804
FY2025	27,620
FY2026	20,039