H1B Report
NAICS industry sectorNAICS 33Rank #3Updated May 2026

Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics)

H-1B sponsorship activity by employers classified under NAICS 2-digit sector 33. 314,824 filings from 7,385 distinct sponsoring employers.

Filings
314,824
Rank #3
Employers
7,385
distinct sponsors
Filings / employer
43
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Filings by fiscal year

H-1B filing volume in the Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics) sector year over year.

Top sponsoring employers

Largest H-1B sponsors in the Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics) sector.

Apple Inc.
13,405
Intel Corporation
7,641
Tesla, Inc.
5,513
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
4,657
Cisco Systems, Inc.
4,519
NVIDIA Corporation
3,602
FORD MOTOR COMPANY
2,888
RIVIAN AUTOMOTIVE, LLC
2,113
General Motors
2,093
Cummins Inc.
2,019

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by employers in this sector.

Software Developers
93,589
Electronics Engineers, Exc…
33,872
Mechanical Engineers
21,786
Industrial Engineers
21,508
Computer Occupations, All …
13,978
Electrical Engineers
11,405
Software Quality Assurance…
10,145
Data Scientists
8,972
Computer and Information S…
6,296
Materials Engineers
5,007

Top hiring states

Worksite states with the most filings from the Manufacturing (metal/machinery/electronics) sector.

#StateFilings
1CA131,204
2TX31,071
3MI27,859
4OR11,624
5IL10,882
6MA9,927
7AZ8,101
8IN7,828
9NC7,037
10WA6,634
CA
131,204
TX
31,071
MI
27,859
OR
11,624
IL
10,882
MA
9,927
AZ
8,101
IN
7,828
NC
7,037
WA
6,634
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