Industry sector · NAICS 62

Healthcare & Social Assistance

H-1B wages, OSHA safety and layoff activity across 28,920 employers in Healthcare & Social Assistance.

28,920
Employers
$114,462
Median H-1B wage
11,481
H-1B filings

The sector at a glance

According to U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA filings, Healthcare & Social Assistance spans 28,920 tracked employers, with a $114,462 median H-1B wage and 11,481 H-1B filings on record, against an average DART injury rate of 3.59. Among industries with H-1B volume in this corpus, Healthcare & Social Assistance ranks #7 of 22 (about the 68th percentile by total filings).

28,920
employers
$114,462
median H-1B wage
11,481
H-1B filings
3.59
avg DART injury rate

What the data says about Healthcare & Social Assistance

For Healthcare & Social Assistance (NAICS 62), 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 28,920 mapped employers and 11,481 H-1B filings at a $114,462 median disclosed wage. Read the sector numbers first, then judge any one employer against them.

Corpus placement: Healthcare & Social Assistance ranks #7 of 22 industries by total H-1B filings (about the 68th percentile). Largest indexed sponsors: Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Mayo Clinic inside a 11,481-filing sector roster. Safety inventory: sector average DART is 3.59 across 38 employers with ITA rates; 26 employers carry both H-1B volume and a DART figure for the dual-axis chart below.

Healthcare & Social Assistance's $114,462 median comes from position-level H-1B disclosures across 28,920 employers (0 filings per employer on average).

Healthcare & Social Assistance's 3.59 average DART (injuries per 100 FTE with days away/restricted/transfer) sits on the higher-injury side of sectors we track: an employer near that mark is ordinary here, not automatically a red flag.

Sponsorship intensity in Healthcare & Social Assistance averages about 0 H-1B filings per tracked employer, placing the sector around the 68th percentile of industries by total filings.

Healthcare & Social Assistance totals combine every employer mapped to this primary activity: a high sector total does not mean Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania 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.

H-1B filing volume vs. OSHA safety rate in Healthcare & Social Assistance

Exploratory join of two independent federal populations for Healthcare & Social Assistance 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. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 26 entities by H-1B filings (DOL OFLC) (X) and OSHA DART rate (ITA) (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Large sponsor, higher injury rateSmaller sponsor, higher injury rateLarge sponsor, safer than peersSmaller sponsor, safer than peers 0100200300 0246810 H-1B filings (DOL OFLC) OSHA DART rate (ITA)
Exploratory join of two independent federal populations for Healthcare & Social Assistance 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.
Sources, citation, and related links for Healthcare & Social Assistance

Disclaimer: The Healthcare & Social Assistance 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 Healthcare & Social Assistance 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. Healthcare & Social Assistance'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.