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H-1B occupations

Every Labor Condition Application names a Standard Occupational Classification code. These are the codes the largest 120 sponsors actually file under, with the employers and filings behind each.

Occupations by filing volume

Sponsor counts are distinct employers in the sample, not filings — one company filing 400 applications counts once.

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Occupations sponsored on certified Labor Condition Applications.
Occupation	SOC code	Sponsors	Filings
Software Developers	15-1252.00	114	27,507
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	15-1299.08	59	5,704
Information Technology Project Managers	15-1299.09	94	3,523
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	15-1253.00	92	2,676
Data Scientists	15-2051.00	99	2,619
Computer and Information Systems Managers	11-3021.00	92	2,264
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	17-2072.00	22	2,086
Computer Programmers	15-1251.00	30	2,018
Computer Systems Analysts	15-1211.00	51	1,402
Business Intelligence Analysts	15-2051.01	81	1,401
Computer and Information Research Scientists	15-1221.00	41	1,117
Management Analysts	13-1111.00	57	978
Operations Research Analysts	15-2031.00	55	775
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	15-1244.00	51	666
Financial and Investment Analysts	13-2051.00	52	632
Electrical Engineers	17-2071.00	23	613
Mechanical Engineers	17-2141.00	35	597
Database Administrators	15-1242.00	65	581
Accountants and Auditors	13-2011.00	31	561
Project Management Specialists	13-1082.00	50	552
Information Security Analysts	15-1212.00	66	536
Database Architects	15-1243.00	61	483
Industrial Engineers	17-2112.00	29	450
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	19-1042.00	12	414
Sales Engineers	41-9031.00	32	398
Materials Engineers	17-2131.00	10	392
Computer Network Architects	15-1241.00	51	355
Computer Hardware Engineers	17-2061.00	20	273
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	13-1161.00	35	272
Financial Quantitative Analysts	13-2099.01	21	272
Manufacturing Engineers	17-2112.03	22	266
Web and Digital Interface Designers	15-1255.00	26	250
Architectural and Engineering Managers	11-9041.00	17	232
Biochemists and Biophysicists	19-1021.00	12	216
Information Security Engineers	15-1299.05	37	200
Marketing Managers	11-2021.00	36	189
Financial Risk Specialists	13-2054.00	19	188
Physicians, All Other	29-1229.00	6	185
Statisticians	15-2041.00	36	174
Data Warehousing Specialists	15-1243.01	27	164
Physicists	19-2012.00	12	163
Logisticians	13-1081.00	21	161
Supply Chain Managers	11-3071.04	12	143
Graphic Designers	27-1024.00	25	139
Molecular & Cellular Biologists	19-1029.02	11	122
Computer Network Support Specialists	15-1231.00	11	105
Financial Managers	11-3031.00	26	93
Bioinformatics Scientists	19-1029.01	12	87
Software Developers	15-1252	10	79
Commercial and Industrial Designers	27-1021.00	12	76
Automotive Engineers	17-2141.02	8	75
Chemists	19-2031.00	10	72
Industrial Production Managers	11-3051.00	9	71
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	25-1071.00	7	70
Human Factors Engineers and Ergonomists	17-2112.01	12	63
Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers	17-2031.00	13	59
Biological Scientists, All Other	19-1029.00	6	59
Mechatronics Engineers	17-2199.05	14	56
Photonics Engineers	17-2199.07	7	56
Biological Technicians	19-4021.00	9	54

SOC codes come from the filing itself, so the same job can appear under more than one code when employers classify it differently — a “Software Engineer” is filed as 15-1252 by one company and 15-1132 by another. Nothing here reclassifies a filing.