Industry comparison

Finance & Insurance vs Wholesale Trade

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

Summary

Finance & Insurance (NAICS 52) and Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) represent two distinct sectors in H-1B sponsorship activity. Finance & Insurance dominates by a wide margin, with 305,658 filings from 6,009 employers, while Wholesale Trade accounts for 42,250 filings from 4,119 employers—roughly one-seventh the volume.

Finance & Insurance's higher filing count reflects the sector's reliance on specialized roles in banking, insurance, investment management, and fintech. Wholesale Trade, though smaller in H-1B activity, maintains a substantial employer base relative to its filing volume, suggesting more selective or smaller-scale sponsorship patterns. Finance & Insurance's ratio of approximately 51 filings per employer versus Wholesale Trade's 10 filings per employer underscores the intensity of H-1B use in financial services.

Finance & Insurance H-1B
Wholesale Trade H-1B filings
H-1B sector comparison
Finance vs Wholesale H-1B sponsorship
NAICS 52 vs 42 H-1B

Sector A

Finance & Insurance

NAICS 52Rank #4

Sector B

Wholesale Trade

NAICS 42Rank #10

Key metrics

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

Metric	Finance & Insurance	Wholesale Trade
Total filings	305,658▲	42,250
National share %	7.98%▲	1.10%
Distinct sponsors	6,009▲	4,119
Filings / employer	51	10
Rank	#4▲	#10
Top sponsor	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC	EMC Corporation
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers