Industry comparison

Manufacturing (paper/chemicals) vs Finance & Insurance

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 Manufacturing – Paper & Chemicals (NAICS 32) represent two distinct patterns in H-1B sponsorship. Finance & Insurance leads significantly with 305,658 filings across 6,009 employers, while Manufacturing (paper/chemicals) filed 53,965 times across 2,775 employers.

Finance & Insurance's higher filing volume reflects the sector's reliance on specialized roles in risk management, quantitative analysis, and compliance. Manufacturing (paper/chemicals) shows a smaller but concentrated sponsorship base, suggesting fewer but potentially larger employers filing per company.

On a per-employer basis, Finance & Insurance averages roughly 51 filings per employer, while Manufacturing (paper/chemicals) averages about 19 filings per employer, indicating different H-1B labor strategies across sectors.

Finance and Insurance H-1B filings
Manufacturing H-1B sponsorship
H-1B sector comparison
NAICS 52 vs NAICS 32
H-1B employer trends by industry

Sector A

Manufacturing (paper/chemicals)

NAICS 32Rank #8

Sector B

Finance & Insurance

NAICS 52Rank #4

Key metrics

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

Metric	Manufacturing (paper/chemicals)	Finance & Insurance
Total filings	53,965	305,658▲
National share %	1.41%	7.98%▲
Distinct sponsors	2,775	6,009▲
Filings / employer	19	51
Rank	#8	#4▲
Top sponsor	Eli Lilly and Company	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers