Industry sector · NAICS 72
Accommodation & Food Services
H-1B wages, OSHA safety and layoff activity across 8,575 employers in Accommodation & Food Services.
- 8,575
- Employers
- $106,080
- Median H-1B wage
- 784
- H-1B filings
The sector at a glance
According to U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA filings, Accommodation & Food Services spans 8,575 tracked employers, with a $106,080 median H-1B wage and 784 H-1B filings on record, against an average DART injury rate of 2.55. Among industries with H-1B volume in this corpus, Accommodation & Food Services ranks #15 of 22 (about the 32nd percentile by total filings).
- 8,575
- employers
- $106,080
- median H-1B wage
- 784
- H-1B filings
- 2.55
- avg DART injury rate
What the data says about Accommodation & Food Services
For Accommodation & Food Services (NAICS 72), PlainEmployers answers the sector-level question a single employer profile cannot: is what you see at one company normal for this industry, or an outlier? The figures below aggregate DOL H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and WARN notices across 8,575 mapped employers and 784 H-1B filings at a $106,080 median disclosed wage. Read the sector numbers first, then judge any one employer against them.
Corpus placement: Accommodation & Food Services ranks #15 of 22 industries by total H-1B filings (about the 32nd percentile). Largest indexed sponsors: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Marriott International, Inc., McDonald's Corporation inside a 784-filing sector roster. Safety inventory: sector average DART is 2.55 across 20 employers with ITA rates; 20 employers carry both H-1B volume and a DART figure for the dual-axis chart below.
Accommodation & Food Services's $106,080 median comes from position-level H-1B disclosures across 8,575 employers (0 filings per employer on average).
Largest indexed sponsors in Accommodation & Food Services: Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Marriott International, Inc., McDonald's Corporation. Open each profile for salary mix, OSHA grade, and WARN history, then check the metro page for the same role, because prevailing wage is metro-occupation specific.
Sponsorship intensity in Accommodation & Food Services averages about 0 H-1B filings per tracked employer, placing the sector around the 32nd percentile of industries by total filings.
Accommodation & Food Services totals combine every employer mapped to this primary activity: a high sector total does not mean Ochsner Clinic Foundation or its peers are cutting jobs, and a low total does not rule out layoffs at individual firms. Multi-sector companies are counted once under their primary NAICS. Treat these aggregates as the starting yardstick, then drill into the individual employer records and source filings before drawing conclusions.
Top employers in Accommodation & Food Services
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ochsner Clinic FoundationLA | 65 | $78,378 |
| 2 | Marriott International, Inc.MD | 50 | $159,007 |
| 3 | McDonald's CorporationIL | 34 | $167,863 |
| 4 | Hilton Domestic Operating Company Inc.VA | 29 | $142,375 |
| 5 | Compass Group USA, Inc.NC | 21 | $122,900 |
| 6 | Hyatt CorporationIL | 21 | $149,697 |
| 7 | Domino's Pizza, Inc.MI | 20 | $113,004 |
| 8 | Choice Hotels International Services CorpAZ | 16 | $135,915 |
| 9 | Yum Connect, LLCKY | 14 | $138,567 |
| 10 | Six Continents Hotels, Inc. (InterContinental Hotels Group)GA | 12 | $141,541 |
| 11 | MGM Resorts Satellite, LLCNV | 11 | $151,850 |
| 12 | Inspire Resources, LLCGA | 9 | $148,517 |
| 13 | Wyndham Hotel Group, LLCNJ | 9 | $141,341 |
| 14 | Darden CorporationFL | 8 | $132,350 |
| 15 | Sodexo, Inc.MD | 8 | $113,616 |
| 16 | Best Western International, Inc.AZ | 7 | $139,380 |
| 17 | Hilton Resorts CorporationFL | 7 | $130,492 |
| 18 | Wake Forest UniversityNC | 7 | $69,667 |
| 19 | Cmg Strategy CO., LLCCA | 6 | $147,579 |
| 20 | Shria Management LLCTX | 6 | $76,333 |
| 21 | Burger King Company LLCFL | 5 | $184,700 |
| 22 | Highgate Hotels LPNY | 5 | $87,575 |
| 23 | MGM Resorts International Operations, Inc.NV | 5 | $127,002 |
| 24 | Raa Nyc LLCNY | 5 | $76,128 |
| 25 | Wyndham Vacation Ownership, Inc.FL | 5 | $124,821 |
What this means for Accommodation & Food Services jobseekers
Treat Accommodation & Food Services's $106,080 median and 2.55 average DART as the sector yardstick before ranking any one employer.
- An employer paying well below Accommodation & Food Services's $106,080 median is worth a second look: compare peers directly. Compare employers
- A DART above 2.55 runs hotter than the Accommodation & Food Services norm; read the letter grade in that context. How grades work
- H-1B pay for Accommodation & Food Services roles still hinges on metro prevailing wage: open the worksite city's metro page for the same occupation. Browse metros
Accommodation & Food Services totals map employers by primary NAICS; multi-sector firms count once, so a busy conglomerate can look smaller here than its full footprint.
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Disclaimer: The Accommodation & Food Services overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.
PlainEmployers renders Accommodation & Food Services directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, and WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. Accommodation & Food Services's rollup combines every employer record mapped to this sector; no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.