Industry comparison

Finance & Insurance 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

Finance & Insurance and Health Care & Social Assistance represent two of the largest H-1B sponsoring sectors in the U.S. economy. Finance & Insurance dominates in volume, accounting for 305,658 total filings across 6,009 employers, making it the more concentrated sector by filing intensity. Health Care & Social Assistance follows with 149,893 filings but spreads this activity across 9,010 employers, indicating a more distributed sponsorship base.

The comparison reflects structural differences in labor strategies. Finance & Insurance's higher filing count relative to employer count (approximately 51 filings per employer) suggests heavy reliance on H-1B workers for specialized roles like software engineering, data analysis, and quantitative research. Health Care & Social Assistance, despite fewer total filings, engages a significantly broader employer pool (approximately 17 filings per employer), reflecting its diverse organizational landscape—from hospitals and clinics to nursing facilities and social service agencies. Each sector uses H-1B sponsorship to address distinct workforce needs and geographic distribution.

Finance vs Health Care H-1B
H-1B filings by sector
Finance & Insurance H-1B sponsorship
Health Care H-1B employers
H-1B sector comparison

Sector A

Finance & Insurance

NAICS 52Rank #4

Sector B

Health Care & Social Assistance

NAICS 62Rank #7

Key metrics

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

Metric	Finance & Insurance	Health Care & Social Assistance
Total filings	305,658▲	149,893
National share %	7.98%▲	3.91%
Distinct sponsors	6,009	9,010▲
Filings / employer	51	17
Rank	#4▲	#7
Top sponsor	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC	ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Top occupation	Software Developers	Physicians, All Other