Industry comparison

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services 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

Health Care & Social Assistance (NAICS 62) and Professional, Scientific & Technical Services (NAICS 54) represent two distinct H-1B sponsorship markets. Tech Services leads decisively: 1.97 million filings across 39,035 employers, compared to Health Care's 149,893 filings from 9,010 employers. Tech Services accounts for roughly 13× the application volume.

Health Care sponsors H-1B workers at a smaller scale but maintains a concentrated employer base with an average of ~17 filings per employer. Tech Services shows broader participation with an average of ~50 filings per employer, reflecting larger firms' heavier reliance on H-1B sponsorship for specialized technical roles. Both sectors compete for skilled foreign talent, but Tech Services' dominance reflects the industry's dependence on software engineers, data scientists, and IT specialists from abroad.

H-1B filings by sector
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NAICS comparison H-1B sponsorship
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H-1B applications by industry

Sector A

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

NAICS 54Rank #1

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	Professional, Scientific & Technical Services	Health Care & Social Assistance
Total filings	1,972,263▲	149,893
National share %	51.47%▲	3.91%
Distinct sponsors	39,035▲	9,010
Filings / employer	51	17
Rank	#1▲	#7
Top sponsor	COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP	ST. JUDE CHILDREN'S RESEARCH HOSPITAL
Top occupation	Software Developers	Physicians, All Other