Industry leaderboard · FY2025

H-1B by Industry (NAICS Sector) FY2025

NAICS 2-digit sectors ranked by H-1B Labor Condition Application volume. Sector 54 (Professional, Scientific & Technical Services) dominates the program; the rest of the long tail covers everything from healthcare to academia.

Summary

H-1B sponsorship is heavily concentrated in a few key industries. Professional, Scientific & Technical Services dominates with 1,972,263 filings across 39,035 employers, accounting for the vast majority of all H-1B activity. Information technology follows with 330,090 filings from 6,078 employers, while Manufacturing and Finance & Insurance each contribute over 300,000 filings.

Beyond the top tier, Educational Services (248,228 filings), Retail Trade (161,910 filings), and Health Care & Social Assistance (149,893 filings) represent significant but smaller segments. The remaining sectors—Administrative Support, Wholesale Trade, Construction, and Transportation—account for less than 150,000 filings each. This distribution reflects H-1B's primary use in high-skill technical and professional roles.

H-1B sponsorship by industry
H-1B filings by sector
professional services H-1B sponsorship
information technology H-1B
manufacturing H-1B employers

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Top 10 industries

Sector concentration of US H-1B sponsorship.

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

1,972,263 · 54

Information

330,090 · 51

Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)

314,824 · 33

Finance & Insurance

305,658 · 52

Educational Services

248,228 · 61

Retail Trade (general)

161,910 · 45

Health Care & Social Assistance

149,893 · 62

Manufacturing (paper/chemicals)

53,965 · 32

Administrative & Support Services

43,926 · 56

Wholesale Trade

42,250 · 42

30 ranked entries

#	Entity	NAICS	Filings	Sponsors
1	Professional, Scientific & Technical Services	54	1,972,263	39,035
2	Information	51	330,090	6,078
3	Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)	33	314,824	7,385
4	Finance & Insurance	52	305,658	6,009
5	Educational Services	61	248,228	4,947
6	Retail Trade (general)	45	161,910	1,806
7	Health Care & Social Assistance	62	149,893	9,010
8	Manufacturing (paper/chemicals)	32	53,965	2,775
9	Administrative & Support Services	56	43,926	2,019
10	Wholesale Trade	42	42,250	4,119
11	Retail Trade (motor/furniture)	44	35,823	1,423
12	Management of Companies	55	30,979	441
13	Construction	23	27,493	3,216
14	Manufacturing (food/textile)	31	18,519	1,284
15	Transportation	48	17,638	1,095
16	Real Estate, Rental & Leasing	53	14,698	1,586
17	Other Services	81	13,762	2,117
18	Utilities	22	10,887	653
19	Accommodation & Food Services	72	10,397	1,432
20	Arts, Entertainment & Recreation	71	7,038	1,123
21	Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas	21	6,981	432
22	Public Administration	92	6,229	679
23	Warehousing & Postal	49	6,094	267
24	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting	11	2,174	349
25	Sector -4	-4	167	88
26	Sector -3	-3	28	22
27	Sector 12	12	2	0
28	Sector -2	-2	1	0
29	Sector 82	82	1	0
30	Sector -1	-1	1	1

Methodology

The NAICS code on each LCA is the employer’s self-reported industry. We aggregate to the 2-digit sector level for readability; per-employer pages preserve the full 6-digit code.