Transportation vs Health Care & Social Assistance
NAICS-sector comparison built from the H1B Report corpus. Filing volume, distinct sponsor count, sponsor concentration and dominant occupations.
Key metrics
Filings / employer is a concentration hint — higher means a few sponsors do most of the filing.
| Metric | Transportation | Health Care & Social Assistance |
|---|---|---|
| Total filings | 38,979 | 383,320▲ |
| National share % | 0.42% | 4.11%▲ |
| Distinct sponsors | 1,749 | 13,141▲ |
| Filings / employer | 22 | 29 |
| Rank | #15 | #6▲ |
| Top sponsor | American Airlines, Inc. | General Hospital Corporation |
| Top occupation | Software Developers | Physicians, All Other |
Filings by fiscal year
Year-over-year H-1B demand within each sector.
Transportation
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | 1,953 |
| FY2011 | 1,889 |
| FY2012 | 1,926 |
| FY2013 | 1,695 |
| FY2014 | 1,751 |
| FY2015 | 1,896 |
| FY2016 | 1,986 |
| FY2017 | 2,181 |
| FY2018 | 2,464 |
| FY2019 | 2,393 |
| FY2020 | 2,048 |
| FY2021 | 3,277 |
| FY2022 | 2,963 |
| FY2023 | 3,261 |
| FY2024 | 2,739 |
| FY2025 | 3,350 |
| FY2026 | 1,207 |
Health Care & Social Assistance
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| FY2010 | 26,430 |
| FY2011 | 23,800 |
| FY2012 | 23,070 |
| FY2013 | 21,135 |
| FY2014 | 21,240 |
| FY2015 | 21,154 |
| FY2016 | 21,615 |
| FY2017 | 21,197 |
| FY2018 | 22,736 |
| FY2019 | 20,895 |
| FY2020 | 19,124 |
| FY2021 | 30,749 |
| FY2022 | 22,415 |
| FY2023 | 26,181 |
| FY2024 | 23,804 |
| FY2025 | 27,620 |
| FY2026 | 10,155 |
Top 5 sponsors — Transportation
Top 5 sponsors — Health Care & Social Assistance
Top 5 occupations — Transportation
- 115-1252Software Developers9,935
- 253-2011Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers2,151
- 313-1081Logisticians1,829
- 413-1161Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists1,783
- 515-2051Data Scientists1,699
Top 5 occupations — Health Care & Social Assistance
- 129-1229Physicians, All Other80,884
- 229-1123Physical Therapists31,306
- 329-2011Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists18,690
- 429-1021Dentists, General16,923
- 515-1252Software Developers12,161
Swap an entity
Replace either sector above without losing the comparison. 2-way for now; 3+ comparison coming soon.
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