Industry sector · NAICS 61

Educational Services

H-1B wages, OSHA safety and layoff activity across 3,735 employers in Educational Services.

Compiled by PlainEmployers · August 6, 2026

3,735
Employers: $73,899
Median H-1B wage: 20,609
H-1B filings

The sector at a glance

According to U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA filings, Educational Services spans 3,735 tracked employers, with a $73,899 median H-1B wage and 20,609 H-1B filings on record, against an average DART injury rate of 1.47. Among industries with H-1B volume in this corpus, Educational Services ranks #3 of 22 (about the 86th percentile by total filings).

3,735
employers: $73,899
median H-1B wage: 20,609
H-1B filings: 1.47
avg DART injury rate

What the data says about Educational Services

For Educational Services (NAICS 61), 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 3,735 mapped employers and 20,609 H-1B filings at a $73,899 median disclosed wage. Read the sector numbers first, then judge any one employer against them.

Corpus placement: Educational Services ranks #3 of 22 industries by total H-1B filings (about the 86th percentile). Largest indexed sponsors: University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, The Leland Stanford, Jr University inside a 20,609-filing sector roster. Safety inventory: sector average DART is 1.47 across 14 employers with ITA rates; 14 employers carry both H-1B volume and a DART figure for the dual-axis chart below. Sponsorship intensity averages ~6 filings per tracked employer under NAICS 61.

Educational Services's 1.47 average DART is on the lower-injury side of the corpus; an employer well above that mark is a clearer outlier than the same rate would be in a high-DART sector.

Largest indexed sponsors in Educational Services: University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, The Leland Stanford, Jr University. 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.

Educational Services totals combine every employer mapped to this primary activity: a high sector total does not mean University of Michigan 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 Educational Services

#	Employer	H-1B filings	Median wage
1	University of MichiganMI	333	$88,020
2	Johns Hopkins UniversityMD	287	$91,959
3	The Leland Stanford, Jr UniversityCA	262	$101,403
4	Washington UniversityMO	251	$91,789
5	University Of FloridaFL	218	$132,748
6	University of Wisconsin SystemWI	209	$78,589
7	Columbia UniversityNY	191	-
8	Yale UniversityCT	188	$94,692
9	University of California, San FranciscoCA	187	-
10	UT Southwestern Medical CenterTX	184	$100,297
11	Emory UniversityGA	183	$88,157
12	Purdue UniversityIN	177	$85,799
13	University Of California, San DiegoCA	174	$94,077
14	The University Of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer CenterTX	171	$119,311
15	Northwestern UniversityIL	169	$104,589
16	The University of Alabama at BirminghamAL	166	-
17	University of IllinoisIL	164	$93,065
18	The Ohio State UniversityOH	161	$98,601
19	Texas A&M UniversityTX	156	$86,502
20	The University Of Southern CaliforniaCA	156	$89,163
21	Harvard UniversityMA	155	$113,614
22	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMA	155	$92,824
23	University of California, Los AngelesCA	154	$107,160
24	Dallas Independent School DistrictTX	150	$71,087
25	The University of VirginiaVA	148	$86,612

Exploratory join of two independent federal populations for Educational Services employers that have BOTH figures: DOL OFLC H-1B LCA filing counts (FY2024–FY2025 disclosure window) on X, and OSHA Injury Tracking Application DART rates (establishment calendar-year injury logs) on Y. These are not the same vintage or category set, the chart does not claim a causal ratio. A large H-1B sponsor is not automatically a riskier or safer workplace than a small one.

What this means for Educational Services jobseekers

Educational Services's $73,899 median sits beside a lower-injury 1.47 DART peer group; a high-DART employer here is a sharper outlier.

An employer paying well below Educational Services's $73,899 median is worth a second look: compare peers directly. Compare employers
A DART above 1.47 runs hotter than the Educational Services norm; read the letter grade in that context. How grades work
H-1B pay for Educational Services roles still hinges on metro prevailing wage: open the worksite city's metro page for the same occupation. Browse metros

Educational Services totals map employers by primary NAICS; multi-sector firms count once, so a busy conglomerate can look smaller here than its full footprint.

PlainEmployers renders Educational 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. Educational 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.