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2026 Active Hiring by NAICS Industry (H-1B LCA)

Hiring volume, salaries, and employer trends — Based on FY2025 employer filings (latest full year of data).

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Rank	NAICS Industry	No. of LCA ^*	Average Salary
1	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	272,604	$126,460
2	Information	54,989	$172,257
3	Machinery, Equipment, and Durable Goods Manufacturing	54,095	$153,831
4	Finance and Insurance	50,506	$155,146
5	Educational Services	45,530	$95,193
6	Health Care and Social Assistance	27,522	$167,946
7	Retail Trade Group Two	26,053	$156,476
8	Materials and Chemical Manufacturing	9,184	$128,954
9	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	8,859	$110,807
10	Wholesale Trade	7,597	$118,238
11	Construction	5,754	$103,450
12	Management of Companies and Enterprises	5,291	$155,252
13	Retail Trade	4,996	$136,283
14	Transportation	3,343	$132,015
15	Food, Beverage, and Consumer Goods Manufacturing	3,036	$134,148
16	Other Services (except Public Administration)	2,989	$102,566
17	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	2,551	$129,289
18	Utilities	2,161	$131,236
19	Accommodation and Food Services	2,033	$107,825
20	Warehouse and Distribution	1,678	$107,150
21	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	1,346	$114,823
22	Public Administration	1,203	$108,970
23	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	1,153	$147,368
24	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	403	$101,092

All Job Title Occupation Law Firm Attorney Industry City State Status

The above report lists the top NAICS INdustries submitted by US emplloyer in fiscal year 2025. 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 2026 272,604 LCA submitted for H1B Visa are Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 54. The average salary of those 272,604 LCA is $126,460.

*: 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.