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 %
Optometrists	45	$87,195	78.95%
Tax Preparers	43	$34,182	78.18%
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products	43	$43,983	78.18%
Designers, All Other	42	$42,942	76.36%
Electrical Engineering Technologists	42	$56,590	77.78%
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	41	$69,326	75.93%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	41	$41,751	77.36%
Legal Support Workers, All Other	40	$48,248	76.92%
Chemical Technicians	40	$36,551	76.92%
Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary	40	$49,193	76.92%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Technical Writers	9	$65,682	18.37%
Physicists	9	$66,291	18.37%
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	9	$44,695	18.37%
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	9	$35,227	18.37%
Mental Health Counselors	9	$34,692	18.37%
Prosthodontists	9	$98,577	18.37%
Obstetricians and Gynecologists	9	$175,702	18.37%
History Teachers, Postsecondary	8	$37,676	16.67%
Chiropractors	8	$48,162	16.67%
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	8	$36,029	16.67%

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 %
Navayuga Infotech Llc	37	$72,478	90.24%
Symphony Teleca Services Inc	37	$84,426	90.24%
Opel Systems Inc	37	$71,316	90.24%
Amatel Inc	37	$65,143	90.24%
Aker Subsea Inc	37	$78,839	90.24%
Frontier Communications Parent Inc	37	$118,155	90.24%
Staffcube Llc	37	$74,927	90.24%
Texperts Inc	36	$80,316	87.80%
Charus Inc	36	$58,283	87.80%
National Financial Services Llc	36	$84,906	87.80%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Cybermak Information Systems Inc	2	$156,780	33.33%
7 Rt Llc	2	$18,637	33.33%
New Generation Restaurant Group Llc	2	$41,111	33.33%
Jj Marketing Inc	2	$45,157	33.33%
Rewardstyle Inc	2	$73,351	33.33%
Orix Corporation Usa	2	$99,861	33.33%
Imagevisionai Llc	2	$111,176	33.33%
Precision Scheduling Consultants Llc	2	$62,733	33.33%
Spurcroft Inc	2	$148,262	33.33%
Marsh Mclennan Shared Services Llc	2	$127,910	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.