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2025 Top H-1B NAICS Industry Report

Most Common NAICS INdustries, Salaries, and Job Trends for H-1B Visa sponsorship.

Rank	NAICS Industry	Number of LCA ^*	Average Salary
1	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	223,996	$118,560
2	Information	37,441	$163,450
3	Machinery, Equipment, and Durable Goods Manufacturing	36,192	$142,880
4	Finance and Insurance	32,849	$148,267
5	Educational Services	31,270	$91,017
6	Retail Trade Group Two	18,706	$150,293
7	Health Care and Social Assistance	18,565	$164,275
8	Materials and Chemical Manufacturing	6,017	$123,919
9	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	5,667	$111,478
10	Wholesale Trade	4,946	$114,779
11	Management of Companies and Enterprises	3,885	$145,420
12	Retail Trade	3,636	$130,749
13	Construction	3,418	$100,571
14	Transportation	2,160	$131,004
15	Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Manufacturing	1,998	$126,547
16	Other Services (except Public Administration)	1,793	$104,212
17	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	1,747	$124,446
18	Utilities	1,428	$128,780
19	Accommodation and Food Services	1,359	$103,974
20	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	869	$109,761
21	Public Administration	855	$106,111
22	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	834	$143,999
23	Warehouse and Distribution	587	$103,197
24	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	239	$98,085

The above report lists the top NAICS INdustries submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2024. The H1B Visa Petitions is the number of Labor Condition Application(LCA) for H1B Visa. . The number includes new, renew and transfer of LCA. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on LCA or Form 9035. Sometimes the visa sponsors(employers) does not enter a specific salary, but a salary range. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary.

For Example, the first record on this report means that in fiscal 2025 223,996 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 54. The average salary of those 223,996 LCA is $118,560.

*: The number of LCA includes renewed, transferred and cap-exempt LCA. Department of Labor(DOL) typically certifies more than 3 times the number of foreign work requests than the number of H-1B visas issued by USCIS.

A new LCA is needed if the foreigner worker changes his or her work location(even within the same state and same company), because the prevailing wage of the position depends on geographic location. However, if the new location is within the same Metropolitan Statistical Area or normal commuting distance, no new LCA is needed.