We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Texas Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
648,491 89.03% $81,327 H-1B
65,709 9.02% $109,397 PERM
7,187 0.99% $24,982 H-2A
7,046 0.97% $101,670 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Texas has seen a total of 728,433 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Texas is the H-1B visa with 648,491 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.03% of Texas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 65,709 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 9.02% of Texas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Texas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 301 $53,744 79.42%
Engineering Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other 287 $49,091 81.53%
Actuaries 280 $83,146 80.00%
Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary 279 $50,607 79.71%
Bioinformatics Scientists 269 $56,982 77.52%
Veterinarians 267 $85,719 77.17%
Managers, All Other 264 $99,481 77.19%
Speech-Language Pathologists 263 $57,542 78.74%
Geological and Petroleum Technicians 261 $55,083 81.56%
Chief Executives 261 $183,927 82.33%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Clergy 44 $37,215 36.97%
Architectural and Civil Drafters 43 $45,449 37.72%
Economics Teachers, Postsecondary 42 $54,917 37.17%
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41 $50,600 36.28%
Computer User Support Specialists 41 $58,982 36.94%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 41 $23,676 37.61%
Veterinarians 41 $83,877 37.96%
Self-Enrichment Education Teachers 40 $39,942 37.04%
Pediatricians, General 39 $114,221 36.45%
Childcare Workers 39 $19,689 36.79%
Texas Employees Over Time
Texas has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 24,368 employees were hired. Texas peaked in 2022 with 76,593 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 71,542 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Texas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 27,075 $125,137 51.02%
Mexico 2,686 $111,220 42.55%
China 1,602 $77,369 47.96%
Canada 905 $94,063 43.24%
Pakistan 859 $56,053 41.88%
South Korea 771 $41,915 41.92%
Nepal 630 $64,395 51.18%
Brazil 389 $74,672 31.65%
Philippines 380 $1,835,273 43.38%
Venezuela 359 $82,316 42.69%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Indsoft Inc 55 $83,839 90.16%
Fair Isaac Corporation 54 $108,526 88.52%
Guidewire Software Inc 54 $104,367 88.52%
Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association 54 $82,913 88.52%
Ipivot Llc 54 $78,096 88.52%
Ksoft Systems Inc 54 $68,932 88.52%
Idhasoft Inc 54 $55,064 88.52%
Sgs North America Inc 54 $86,031 88.52%
Mary Kay Inc 54 $89,448 88.52%
Nb Ventures Inc 54 $96,372 88.52%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kipp Austin Public Schools 3 $53,110 33.33%
Prepaid Cellular Llc 3 $47,140 33.33%
Ba Laboratories Inc 3 $46,675 33.33%
Haldortopsoe Inc 3 $97,711 33.33%
Pv Fluid Products Inc 3 $82,915 33.33%
Dental Health Associates Of Texas Pc 3 $114,372 33.33%
Universal Surgical Assistants Inc 3 $56,652 33.33%
Page Southerland Page Inc 3 $81,678 33.33%
Dialexa Llc 3 $91,762 33.33%
Lancaster Regional Hospital Lp 3 $87,291 33.33%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists 1,727 $67,351 87.40%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 1,623 $99,521 97.07%
Oil And Gas Extraction 1,364 $108,804 86.71%
Temporary Help Services 1,344 $88,030 88.95%
Credit Card Issuing 1,319 $89,825 91.41%
Process Physical Distribution And Logistics Consulting Services 1,209 $77,902 87.29%
Architectural Services 1,103 $53,215 85.50%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction 1,068 $73,528 84.90%
Marketing Consulting Services 1,065 $81,693 86.17%
Consumer Lending 1,060 $97,581 88.26%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wheat Farming 34 $26,503 100.00%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production 30 $26,425 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 29 $27,771 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 28 $22,369 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 27 $27,428 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 26 $26,514 100.00%
Other Animal Production 26 $27,117 100.00%
Corn Farming 26 $26,423 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 23 $28,305 100.00%
Shellfish Farming 22 $25,222 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer And Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 137 $79,070 27.29%
Private Households 134 $21,847 29.39%
Industrial Building Construction 124 $45,361 27.93%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 123 $82,220 28.21%
Medical Laboratories 114 $64,554 26.33%
Power Distribution And Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 112 $91,793 28.50%
Electric Power Distribution 107 $94,352 27.51%
Offices Of Physicians 107 $3,248,814 30.14%
Scientific Research And Development Services 106 $80,437 34.53%
Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing 92 $38,904 30.98%

Texas Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Texas to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Texas over all years is $81,327. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage