H1B Report
Industry comparison

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services vs Information

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

Sector B
Information
NAICS 51Rank #2

Key metrics

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

MetricProfessional, Scientific & Technical ServicesInformation
Total filings1,972,263330,090
National share %51.47%8.61%
Distinct sponsors39,0356,078
Filings / employer5154
Rank#1#2
Top sponsorCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPMicrosoft Corporation
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services
Information

Top 5 sponsors — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 occupations — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 occupations — Information

Top 5 hiring states — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

  • 1CA348,103
  • 2TX311,714
  • 3NJ135,484
  • 4NY126,193
  • 5IL102,364

Top 5 hiring states — Information

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