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 %
Industrial Engineers 3,585 $80,325 87.27%
Financial Analysts 3,563 $72,240 87.87%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 3,543 $61,803 89.27%
Information Security Analysts 3,039 $92,127 78.00%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 2,960 $44,990 76.15%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 2,908 $45,979 89.18%
Sales Engineers 2,672 $98,996 82.34%
Chemical Engineers 2,658 $93,753 83.24%
Statisticians 2,379 $74,120 81.64%
Physical Therapists 2,247 $71,710 80.51%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 1 $28,870 1.59%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Marketing Managers 297 $119,955 46.92%
Operations Research Analysts 257 $54,552 43.41%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 252 $59,607 42.57%
Chemical Engineers 250 $108,822 51.98%
Information Security Analysts 240 $102,724 50.74%
Financial Analysts 230 $81,980 48.63%
Dentists, General 219 $115,372 48.67%
Computer Programmers 218 $78,525 50.23%
General and Operations Managers 208 $111,236 64.20%
Logisticians 206 $73,013 64.98%
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 %
Yasme Soft Inc 361 $63,343 89.80%
3s Business Corporation 360 $74,478 89.78%
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 360 $85,600 89.78%
Capgemini Us Llc 358 $95,303 89.28%
Paypal Inc 358 $111,307 89.72%
Nationstar Mortgage Llc 357 $100,046 89.70%
Satyam Computer Services Ltd 356 $69,290 89.67%
Cameron International Corporation 356 $87,180 89.90%
Salesforce Inc 355 $111,373 90.10%
Sree Infotech Llc 354 $63,492 90.31%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Statoil Gulf Services Llc 28 $129,223 35.00%
Tekpros Inc 28 $79,973 35.00%
Essilor Of America Inc 28 $91,342 35.00%
Zeva Technology Llc 28 $79,007 35.00%
Yana Software Inc 28 $76,936 35.00%
Mobilenet Services Inc 28 $83,236 35.44%
Principle Information Technology Company 28 $92,136 35.44%
Blackhawk Network Inc 28 $104,013 35.44%
Polycom Inc 28 $86,845 35.44%
Continental Technology Solutionsinc 27 $107,534 34.18%

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