Industry sector · NAICS 42
Wholesale Trade
H-1B wages, OSHA safety and layoff activity across 19,092 employers in Wholesale Trade.
- 19,092
- Employers
- $130,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 2,837
- H-1B filings
The sector at a glance
According to U.S. Department of Labor and OSHA filings, Wholesale Trade spans 19,092 tracked employers, with a $130,000 median H-1B wage and 2,837 H-1B filings on record, against an average DART injury rate of 2.59. Among industries with H-1B volume in this corpus, Wholesale Trade ranks #11 of 22 (about the 50th percentile by total filings).
- 19,092
- employers
- $130,000
- median H-1B wage
- 2,837
- H-1B filings
- 2.59
- avg DART injury rate
What the data says about Wholesale Trade
For Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42), 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 19,092 mapped employers and 2,837 H-1B filings at a $130,000 median disclosed wage. Read the sector numbers first, then judge any one employer against them.
Corpus placement: Wholesale Trade ranks #11 of 22 industries by total H-1B filings (about the 50th percentile). Largest indexed sponsors: Medline Industries, LP, EMC Corporation, Samsung Electronics America, Inc. inside a 2,837-filing sector roster. Safety inventory: sector average DART is 2.59 across 53 employers with ITA rates; 26 employers carry both H-1B volume and a DART figure for the dual-axis chart below.
Wholesale Trade's $130,000 median comes from position-level H-1B disclosures across 19,092 employers (0 filings per employer on average).
Largest indexed sponsors in Wholesale Trade: Medline Industries, LP, EMC Corporation, Samsung Electronics America, Inc.. 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 Wholesale Trade averages about 0 H-1B filings per tracked employer, placing the sector around the 50th percentile of industries by total filings.
Wholesale Trade totals combine every employer mapped to this primary activity: a high sector total does not mean Medline Industries, LP 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 Wholesale Trade
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Medline Industries, LPIL | 280 | $139,065 |
| 2 | EMC CorporationTX | 182 | $178,297 |
| 3 | Samsung Electronics America, Inc.NJ | 164 | $159,000 |
| 4 | Samsung Semiconductor, Inc.CA | 132 | $165,422 |
| 5 | Dell USA L.P.TX | 114 | $161,813 |
| 6 | Dell Products L.P.TX | 96 | $168,994 |
| 7 | Robert Bosch LLCMI | 75 | $143,217 |
| 8 | The Sherwin-Williams CompanyOH | 74 | $123,613 |
| 9 | Copart, INCTX | 57 | $142,526 |
| 10 | Meijer Great Lakes Limited PartnershipMI | 53 | $138,188 |
| 11 | Arrow Electronics, Inc.CO | 51 | $156,226 |
| 12 | Insight Direct USA, Inc.AZ | 46 | $167,500 |
| 13 | Amerisourcebergen Services CORPORATIONPA | 40 | $131,400 |
| 14 | Grainger Corporate Services LLCIL | 39 | $156,223 |
| 15 | Dell Marketing L.P.TX | 37 | $160,296 |
| 16 | Uline, Inc.WI | 36 | $139,891 |
| 17 | Panasonic Corporation of North America (PNA)NJ | 30 | $154,647 |
| 18 | Cdw LLCIL | 29 | $136,500 |
| 19 | Philips North America LLCMA | 29 | $104,125 |
| 20 | American Honda Motor CO., INC.OH | 25 | $114,000 |
| 21 | DENSO International America, Inc.MI | 23 | $171,412 |
| 22 | Avaya LLCNJ | 22 | $154,875 |
| 23 | CHS Inc.MN | 19 | $143,545 |
| 24 | Masimo CorporationCA | 19 | $142,469 |
| 25 | Mythics, LLCVA | 19 | $109,283 |
What this means for Wholesale Trade jobseekers
Treat Wholesale Trade's $130,000 median and 2.59 average DART as the sector yardstick before ranking any one employer.
- An employer paying well below Wholesale Trade's $130,000 median is worth a second look: compare peers directly. Compare employers
- A DART above 2.59 runs hotter than the Wholesale Trade norm; read the letter grade in that context. How grades work
- H-1B pay for Wholesale Trade roles still hinges on metro prevailing wage: open the worksite city's metro page for the same occupation. Browse metros
Wholesale Trade totals map employers by primary NAICS; multi-sector firms count once, so a busy conglomerate can look smaller here than its full footprint.
Sources, citation, and related links for Wholesale Trade
Disclaimer: The Wholesale Trade 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 Wholesale Trade 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. Wholesale Trade'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.