News Summary

• Business Insider analyzed H-1B application data from the first three quarters of the last three fiscal years.
• It found that employers with cash and employees with in-demand skills are seeing a relative advantage from the increasingly uncertain regime.
• Data scientists saw the number of certified applications go up by nearly a quarter year-over-year in 2026, the largest of any other job category with more than 5,000 applications.
• It's evident in some of the largest hiring increases in the data, which are directly tied to generative AI trends.