H-1B Approvals: All NAICS vs Selected NAICS by Year

Selected: 54 — Professional, Scientific & Technical
Totals are summed from each year’s {YYYY}h1bhub table. “Selected NAICS” is rows where LEFT(`Industry (NAICS) Code`, 2) = '54'. Percent columns show the selected NAICS as a share of the ALL-NAICS totals.
Year All Initial All Continuing All Total Selected NAICS Initial Selected NAICS Continuing Selected NAICS Total Selected % of Initial Selected % of Continuing Selected % of Total
2009 96,199 120,259 216,458 39,684 52,048 91,732 41.3% 43.3% 42.4%
2010 72,345 100,180 172,525 27,288 44,078 71,366 37.7% 44.0% 41.4%
2011 98,874 138,920 237,794 43,646 60,315 103,961 44.1% 43.4% 43.7%
2012 101,894 113,947 215,841 43,218 46,014 89,232 42.4% 40.4% 41.3%
2013 102,578 142,854 245,432 47,705 57,425 105,130 46.5% 40.2% 42.8%
2014 107,640 160,337 267,977 57,976 70,978 128,954 53.9% 44.3% 48.1%
2015 89,709 137,505 227,214 44,270 66,278 110,548 49.3% 48.2% 48.7%
2016 88,970 177,577 266,547 43,879 92,935 136,814 49.3% 52.3% 51.3%
2017 83,149 181,197 264,346 39,751 94,972 134,723 47.8% 52.4% 51.0%
2018 84,742 189,171 273,913 38,018 96,873 134,891 44.9% 51.2% 49.2%
2019 118,864 192,585 311,449 56,149 97,322 153,471 47.2% 50.5% 49.3%
2020 104,372 222,727 327,099 50,636 112,730 163,366 48.5% 50.6% 49.9%
2021 104,562 213,021 317,583 52,527 97,442 149,969 50.2% 45.7% 47.2%
2022 112,108 235,380 347,488 53,785 96,832 150,617 48.0% 41.1% 43.3%
2023 108,189 205,483 313,672 53,154 92,313 145,467 49.1% 44.9% 46.4%
2024 127,178 194,653 321,831 58,908 86,615 145,523 46.3% 44.5% 45.2%
GRAND TOTAL 1,601,373 2,725,796 4,327,169 750,594 1,265,170 2,015,764 46.9% 46.4% 46.6%