H1B Report
Industry comparison

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services vs Other Services

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

Sector B
Other Services
NAICS 81Rank #16

Key metrics

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

MetricProfessional, Scientific & Technical ServicesOther Services
Total filings5,362,18238,240
National share %57.46%0.41%
Distinct sponsors57,4683,364
Filings / employer9311
Rank#1#16
Top sponsorINFOSYS LIMITEDOpen Avenues Foundation
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY2010162,393
FY2011184,930
FY2012237,548
FY2013270,996
FY2014334,578
FY2015420,866
FY2016442,248
FY2017408,878
FY2018415,563
FY2019418,841
FY2020341,992
FY2021433,810
FY2022318,868
FY2023324,927
FY2024279,362
FY2025273,304
FY202693,078
Other Services
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY20103,004
FY20112,722
FY20122,583
FY20132,147
FY20142,314
FY20152,285
FY20162,313
FY20172,121
FY20182,077
FY20192,092
FY20201,589
FY20212,435
FY20221,997
FY20232,398
FY20242,340
FY20253,003
FY2026820

Top 5 sponsors — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 occupations — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 occupations — Other Services

Top 5 hiring states — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

  • 1CA883,594
  • 2TX633,577
  • 3NJ399,234
  • 4NY352,991
  • 5IL277,392

Top 5 hiring states — Other Services

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