Health Care & Social Assistance vs Retail Trade (general)
NAICS-sector comparison built from the H1B Report corpus. Filing volume, distinct sponsor count, sponsor concentration and dominant occupations.
Key metrics
Filings / employer is a concentration hint — higher means a few sponsors do most of the filing.
| Metric | Health Care & Social Assistance | Retail Trade (general) |
|---|---|---|
| Total filings | 383,320▲ | 250,553 |
| National share % | 4.11%▲ | 2.68% |
| Distinct sponsors | 13,141▲ | 2,757 |
| Filings / employer | 29 | 91 |
| Rank | #6▲ | #7 |
| Top sponsor | General Hospital Corporation | AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (VA) |
| Top occupation | Physicians, All Other | Software Developers |
Filings by fiscal year
Year-over-year H-1B demand within each sector.
Health Care & Social Assistance
| 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 | 10,155 |
Retail Trade (general)
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | 3,089 |
| FY2011 | 3,674 |
| FY2012 | 4,146 |
| FY2013 | 4,743 |
| FY2014 | 6,059 |
| FY2015 | 7,463 |
| FY2016 | 8,728 |
| FY2017 | 11,457 |
| FY2018 | 13,585 |
| FY2019 | 17,470 |
| FY2020 | 22,645 |
| FY2021 | 33,213 |
| FY2022 | 27,820 |
| FY2023 | 27,462 |
| FY2024 | 24,688 |
| FY2025 | 26,082 |
| FY2026 | 8,229 |
Top 5 sponsors — Health Care & Social Assistance
Top 5 sponsors — Retail Trade (general)
- 1AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (VA)36,138
- 2AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC (WA)34,913
- 3WAL-MART ASSOCIATES, INC.18,925
- 4Amazon Web Services, Inc.14,872
- 5Amazon Retail LLC13,552
Top 5 occupations — Health Care & Social Assistance
- 129-1229Physicians, All Other80,884
- 229-1123Physical Therapists31,306
- 329-2011Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists18,690
- 429-1021Dentists, General16,923
- 515-1252Software Developers12,161
Top 5 occupations — Retail Trade (general)
- 115-1252Software Developers118,438
- 215-2051Data Scientists26,957
- 315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other12,373
- 411-3021Computer and Information Systems Managers11,549
- 515-2031Operations Research Analysts7,808
Swap an entity
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