H1B Report
Industry comparison

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services vs Wholesale Trade

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

Sector B
Wholesale Trade
NAICS 42Rank #9

Key metrics

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

MetricProfessional, Scientific & Technical ServicesWholesale Trade
Total filings5,462,333121,762
National share %57.14%1.27%
Distinct sponsors63,1018,673
Filings / employer8714
Rank#1#9
Top sponsorINFOSYS LIMITEDDell Marketing L.P.
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
FY2026193,229
Wholesale Trade
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY20107,558
FY20116,511
FY20126,434
FY20136,584
FY20147,128
FY20157,692
FY20168,054
FY20177,652
FY20187,960
FY20198,069
FY20206,028
FY20218,904
FY20226,766
FY20236,670
FY20246,255
FY20257,627
FY20265,870

Top 5 sponsors — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 sponsors — Wholesale Trade

Top 5 occupations — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Top 5 occupations — Wholesale Trade

Top 5 hiring states — Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

  • 1CA901,551
  • 2TX652,267
  • 3NJ404,932
  • 4NY360,860
  • 5IL282,093

Top 5 hiring states — Wholesale Trade

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