Industry comparison

Information vs Educational Services

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

Summary

Educational Services (NAICS 61) and Information (NAICS 51) are among the largest H-1B sponsoring sectors. Educational Services filed 613,346 H-1B petitions across 6,945 employers, while Information filed 624,447 petitions across 11,007 employers.

Information sector employers outnumber Educational Services by nearly 60%, with 4,062 more sponsors filing H-1B applications. Information's higher employer count reflects the sector's distributed structure across technology companies, software firms, and digital media. Educational Services concentrates H-1B sponsorship in fewer, larger institutions—universities, language schools, and research centers—resulting in higher filings per employer on average.

Both sectors rely heavily on H-1B sponsorship for talent. Information leads in total filings and employer breadth, while Educational Services shows greater intensity of H-1B use within its smaller employer base.

Educational Services vs Information H-1B
H-1B filings by sector comparison
NAICS 61 vs NAICS 51
Information sector H-1B sponsorship
Educational Services H-1B employers

Sector A

Information

NAICS 51Rank #3

Sector B

Educational Services

NAICS 61Rank #4

Key metrics

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

Metric	Information	Educational Services
Total filings	624,447▲	613,346
National share %	6.69%▲	6.57%
Distinct sponsors	11,007▲	6,945
Filings / employer	57	88
Rank	#3▲	#4
Top sponsor	Microsoft Corporation	University of Michigan
Top occupation	Software Developers	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Filings by fiscal year

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

Information

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	18,990
FY2011	20,340
FY2012	21,781
FY2013	21,714
FY2014	24,089
FY2015	27,468
FY2016	30,224
FY2017	32,458
FY2018	37,065
FY2019	39,766
FY2020	40,038
FY2021	70,034
FY2022	60,549
FY2023	54,770
FY2024	49,619
FY2025	55,080
FY2026	20,462

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	18,477