The 30 industries with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (NAICS 541) had the most LCAs in fiscal years 2025 to 2026: 462,390, or 45.2% of those with an industry.
The five industries with the most LCAs filed 659,243, or 64.4% of those LCAs.
LCAs of Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services changed from 272,523 in fiscal year 2025 to 189,867 in fiscal year 2026, to 30 June 2026.
Industries by LCAs
| Industry (NAICS subsector) | NAICS | Position | LCAs, fiscal year 2025 | LCAs, fiscal year 2026 (to 30 June 2026) | LCAs in all | Share of LCAs with an industry | PERM applications, fiscal years 2024 to 2026 | Employers with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 541 | 1 | 272,523 | 189,867 | 462,390 | 45.2% | 76,619 | 14,038 |
| Educational Services | 611 | 2 | 45,338 | 29,735 | 75,073 | 7.3% | 9,884 | 2,317 |
| Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing | 334 | 3 | 28,316 | 21,703 | 50,019 | 4.9% | 11,920 | 944 |
| Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities | 523 | 4 | 21,362 | 17,448 | 38,810 | 3.8% | 9,563 | 952 |
| Publishing Industries | 513 | 5 | 19,790 | 13,161 | 32,951 | 3.2% | 8,953 | 419 |
| Credit Intermediation and Related Activities | 522 | 6 | 18,225 | 13,038 | 31,263 | 3.1% | 7,545 | 584 |
| General Merchandise Retailers | 455 | 7 | 8,381 | 17,296 | 25,677 | 2.5% | 1,169 | 33 |
| Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services | 518 | 8 | 12,756 | 11,418 | 24,174 | 2.4% | 2,909 | 388 |
| Hospitals | 622 | 9 | 13,486 | 9,701 | 23,187 | 2.3% | 3,892 | 1,568 |
| Ambulatory Health Care Services | 621 | 10 | 11,982 | 8,761 | 20,743 | 2.0% | 8,082 | 1,824 |
| Transportation Equipment Manufacturing | 336 | 11 | 11,169 | 9,167 | 20,336 | 2.0% | 7,727 | 1,475 |
| Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services | 519 | 12 | 10,588 | 7,705 | 18,293 | 1.8% | 2,925 | 156 |
| Insurance Carriers and Related Activities | 524 | 13 | 9,349 | 6,657 | 16,006 | 1.6% | 3,776 | 581 |
| Administrative and Support Services | 561 | 14 | 8,720 | 7,137 | 15,857 | 1.5% | 17,815 | 2,346 |
| Nonstore Retailers | 454 | 15 | 14,451 | 643 | 15,094 | 1.5% | 684 | 126 |
| Chemical Manufacturing | 325 | 16 | 6,992 | 5,024 | 12,016 | 1.2% | 2,599 | 1,400 |
| Machinery Manufacturing | 333 | 17 | 5,785 | 4,616 | 10,401 | 1.0% | 3,435 | 1,143 |
| Management of Companies and Enterprises | 551 | 18 | 5,292 | 4,189 | 9,481 | 0.9% | 2,256 | 121 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods | 423 | 19 | 5,189 | 3,973 | 9,162 | 0.9% | 3,020 | 1,395 |
| Publishing Industries (except Internet) | 511 | 20 | 4,772 | 2,486 | 7,258 | 0.7% | 4,489 | 600 |
| Miscellaneous Manufacturing | 339 | 21 | 4,010 | 2,721 | 6,731 | 0.7% | 2,391 | 647 |
| Construction of Buildings | 236 | 22 | 3,339 | 2,778 | 6,117 | 0.6% | 3,064 | 5,064 |
| Telecommunications | 517 | 23 | 3,453 | 2,400 | 5,853 | 0.6% | 1,856 | 269 |
| Broadcasting and Content Providers | 516 | 24 | 1,894 | 3,077 | 4,971 | 0.5% | 549 | 52 |
| Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing | 335 | 25 | 2,710 | 2,200 | 4,910 | 0.5% | 1,176 | 458 |
| Utilities | 221 | 26 | 2,161 | 1,702 | 3,863 | 0.4% | 790 | 911 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods | 424 | 27 | 1,948 | 1,482 | 3,430 | 0.3% | 1,927 | 968 |
| Real Estate | 531 | 28 | 2,073 | 1,334 | 3,407 | 0.3% | 1,521 | 347 |
| Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations | 813 | 29 | 2,114 | 1,229 | 3,343 | 0.3% | 1,017 | 220 |
| Food Manufacturing | 311 | 30 | 1,682 | 1,148 | 2,830 | 0.3% | 13,068 | 1,985 |
How the figures were made
The table orders rows by a count of filings. It is not a judgement of an employer, a place or an occupation.
An LCA is a filing. It is not a visa and it is not a job. The state is the state of the employer address on the form.
The industry is the NAICS code that the employer states on the form, shown at the level of the three-digit subsector.
The counts are from the labor condition application (LCA) disclosure files of the Office of Foreign Labor Certification, fiscal years 2025 to 2026. Fiscal year 2026 is not complete: its data end on 30 June 2026.
A program makes this page from the agency files with fixed sentence rules. The methodology tells how records are matched and counted.
In earlier editions
- October 2026: the first row was Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (462,390).
Other findings
- H-1B labor condition applications by state, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 50 employers with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- The 30 occupations with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026
- PERM labor certification applications by state, fiscal years 2024 to 2026
Where the figures come from
- OFLC Office of Foreign Labor Certification. Decisions to . Newest file fiscal year 2026, quarter 3. Read , from the committed copy.
The site built this page on . The methodology tells how records are matched and counted. To report an error in the processing, use the corrections page. The agency that holds a record decides disputes about it.
Cite this page
Employer Ledger. "The 30 industries with the most H-1B labor condition applications, fiscal years 2025 to 2026." https://employerledger.com/findings/h1b-filings-by-industry/. Records of: OFLC. Newest record .
The address of this page does not change. The figures change when an agency publishes new records.