Industry comparison

Wholesale Trade vs Finance & Insurance

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

Summary

Finance & Insurance (NAICS 52) and Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42) represent two distinct sectors in H-1B sponsorship activity. Finance & Insurance dominates by a wide margin, with 305,658 filings from 6,009 employers, while Wholesale Trade accounts for 42,250 filings from 4,119 employers—roughly one-seventh the volume.

Finance & Insurance's higher filing count reflects the sector's reliance on specialized roles in banking, insurance, investment management, and fintech. Wholesale Trade, though smaller in H-1B activity, maintains a substantial employer base relative to its filing volume, suggesting more selective or smaller-scale sponsorship patterns. Finance & Insurance's ratio of approximately 51 filings per employer versus Wholesale Trade's 10 filings per employer underscores the intensity of H-1B use in financial services.

Finance & Insurance H-1B
Wholesale Trade H-1B filings
H-1B sector comparison
Finance vs Wholesale H-1B sponsorship
NAICS 52 vs 42 H-1B

Sector A

Wholesale Trade

NAICS 42Rank #10

Sector B

Finance & Insurance

NAICS 52Rank #4

Key metrics

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

Metric	Wholesale Trade	Finance & Insurance
Total filings	42,250	305,658▲
National share %	1.10%	7.98%▲
Distinct sponsors	4,119	6,009▲
Filings / employer	10	51
Rank	#10	#4▲
Top sponsor	EMC Corporation	Fidelity Technology Group, LLC
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers