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 %
Recaro Aircraft Seating Americas Llc	47	$74,791	88.68%
Johnson Controls Inc	47	$94,177	88.68%
Isani Consultants Lp	47	$69,843	88.68%
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation	47	$113,048	88.68%
Redsalsa Technologies Inc	47	$65,131	88.68%
Yashraj Technologies Inc	47	$73,002	90.38%
Acxiom Corporation	47	$93,900	90.38%
P3 Technologies Inc	46	$66,457	88.46%
Sriven Technologies Llc	46	$82,144	88.46%
Streebo Inc	46	$64,513	88.46%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Uranium Resources Inc	2	$69,285	25.00%
Cy Fair Music Arts	2	$44,533	25.00%
Psi Industries Inc	2	$93,008	25.00%
Huitt Zollars Inc	2	$79,498	25.00%
J Otis Mitchell Co Pc	2	$66,914	25.00%
Han Bat Shul Lung Tang Inc	2	$36,941	25.00%
Tudor Pickering Holt Co Management Llc	2	$145,101	25.00%
Starkey Laboratories Inc	2	$118,321	25.00%
Royal Jubilee Inc	2	$38,459	25.00%
Yangtze River Restaurant Inc Dba China Bowl	2	$22,651	25.00%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	3,201	$75,699	86.56%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	2,895	$81,341	80.19%
Commercial Banking	2,824	$98,342	82.57%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation	2,731	$83,365	89.04%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	2,688	$86,679	87.73%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	2,594	$89,941	87.84%
Offices Of Dentists	2,459	$120,072	89.88%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	2,369	$129,082	86.78%
Oil And Gas Field Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	2,272	$83,828	85.38%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	1,740	$70,754	75.69%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming	86	$25,532	100.00%
Cotton Ginning	82	$28,129	100.00%
Other Grain Farming	74	$26,581	100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture	63	$26,326	100.00%
Crop Production	62	$28,649	100.00%
All Other Crop Farming	60	$26,178	100.00%
All Other Animal Production	53	$24,610	100.00%
Potato Farming	40	$26,677	100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting	35	$28,153	100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production	35	$25,144	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels	197	$48,554	24.91%
Supermarkets And Other Grocery Retailers Except Convenience Retailers	196	$63,047	26.70%
Local Messengers And Local Delivery	194	$22,838	27.83%
Consumer Lending	191	$100,752	27.88%
Professional Employer Organizations	178	$97,810	26.18%
Other Activities Related To Real Estate	166	$92,258	25.30%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling	166	$84,223	26.69%
Drugs And Druggists Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	161	$90,993	26.92%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists	159	$8,619,789	27.13%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing	145	$90,938	28.83%

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.