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 %
Teachers and Instructors, All Other	142	$28,772	83.04%
Natural Sciences Managers	139	$104,324	81.76%
Hospitalists	135	$148,445	80.36%
Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other	134	$59,153	81.71%
Technical Writers	133	$59,282	82.10%
Auditors	133	$61,063	83.13%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	132	$25,477	83.54%
Psychiatrists	131	$142,280	82.91%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	128	$51,195	81.01%
Judicial Law Clerks	126	$39,076	81.29%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Actuaries	25	$105,419	31.65%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	25	$72,405	31.65%
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	25	$28,452	32.47%
Carpenters	25	$2,656,640	32.47%
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	24	$56,873	31.17%
Marine Engineers	24	$71,776	31.58%
Auditors	24	$67,453	31.58%
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary	24	$34,767	32.00%
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	24	$65,884	32.00%
Compliance Officers	23	$63,375	30.67%

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 %
Catalyst Systems Inc	39	$59,766	90.70%
Comtek Global Inc	39	$82,855	90.70%
Rs Software India Ltd	39	$61,643	90.70%
Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District	39	$43,295	90.70%
Service Oriented Solutions Llc	39	$71,327	90.70%
Covetus Llc	39	$66,801	90.70%
Capgemini America Inc Legacy Capgemini Financial Services Inc	39	$94,222	90.70%
Yaltech Consulting Inc	39	$63,514	90.70%
Age Associates Pllc	39	$63,949	90.70%
Source Mantra Inc	39	$74,638	90.70%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Harlingen Medical Center Limited Partnership	2	$75,171	33.33%
Medical Center Laboratory Ii	2	$54,725	33.33%
Nickster Inc	2	$29,224	33.33%
Og Energy Solutions Llc	2	$110,313	33.33%
Rcg Global Services	2	$94,360	33.33%
Dewalch Technologies	2	$76,606	33.33%
Graham Isd	2	$40,727	33.33%
Richard Design Services Inc	2	$135,554	33.33%
S B International Inc	2	$125,248	33.33%
Af Technologies Inc	2	$52,354	33.33%

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.