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 %
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects	8,381	$84,003	94.72%
Database Administrators	8,059	$74,351	92.03%
Operations Research Analysts	7,718	$72,455	91.16%
Electrical Engineers	6,741	$87,329	87.98%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	6,126	$46,294	91.27%
Computer and Information Systems Managers	5,955	$135,982	91.91%
Civil Engineers	5,577	$73,303	86.48%
Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers	4,552	$80,254	94.07%
Information Technology Project Managers	4,075	$90,904	93.66%
Web Developers	3,751	$59,078	87.58%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Fence Erectors	3	$32,705	2.91%
Helpers--Production Workers	3	$28,031	3.19%
Packers and Packagers, Hand	3	$30,243	3.26%
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers	2	$49,520	2.33%
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	2	$25,522	2.44%
Fishers and Related Fishing Workers	1	$26,354	1.28%
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	1	$28,870	1.32%
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	1	$34,258	1.37%
Biological Technicians	1	$26,354	1.47%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	1	$18,000	1.54%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Electrical Engineers	764	$92,936	82.68%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	576	$44,609	65.23%
Civil Engineers	536	$84,454	62.25%
Database Administrators	508	$83,428	64.22%
Management Analysts	500	$95,162	69.64%
Sales Engineers	473	$104,799	68.06%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	391	$25,688	56.34%
Industrial Engineers	355	$86,325	51.37%
Statisticians	355	$65,196	51.60%
Architectural and Engineering Managers	340	$135,896	52.96%

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 %
Lorven Group Inc	46	$74,895	88.46%
Csc Consulting Inc	46	$77,769	88.46%
Sirius Sps Llc	46	$62,729	88.46%
Apps Solutions Inc	46	$84,531	88.46%
Upen Group Inc	46	$72,022	88.46%
Maximus Inc	46	$96,737	88.46%
Ws Atkins Inc	46	$77,438	88.46%
Softway Solutions Inc	46	$72,285	88.46%
Adept Scripts Inc	46	$76,794	88.46%
Ancile Inc	46	$87,754	88.46%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
U Save Insurance Services Inc	2	$42,599	25.00%
Trimeca Usa	2	$146,474	25.00%
Jw Williams Inc	2	$90,449	25.00%
Skylar Capital Management Lp	2	$102,482	25.00%
Aju Besteel Usa Inc	2	$113,173	25.00%
Skb Global Consulting Inc	2	$87,537	25.00%
Dunan Microstaq Inc	2	$85,499	25.00%
X Tech Fab Ready Solutions Inc	2	$62,722	25.00%
Sizzle Inc	2	$20,572	25.00%
Pentair Thermal Management Llc	2	$100,641	25.00%

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.