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 %
Rehabilitation Counselors	14	$34,094	82.35%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	14	$61,993	82.35%
Product Safety Engineers	14	$73,485	82.35%
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Disorder Counselors	13	$40,778	81.25%
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	13	$38,475	81.25%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	13	$70,069	81.25%
Genetic Counselors	13	$69,120	81.25%
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	12	$33,564	75.00%
Fashion Designers	12	$38,856	75.00%
Buyers and Purchasing Agents, Farm Products	12	$45,810	75.00%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Cooks, Short Order	3	$17,756	9.09%
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	3	$20,634	9.09%
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers	3	$70,866	9.09%
Hydrologists	3	$73,057	9.38%
Education Administrators, All Other	3	$55,716	9.38%
Social Science Research Assistants	3	$37,904	9.38%
Sociologists	3	$53,581	9.38%
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers	3	$28,829	9.38%
Tax Preparers	3	$57,560	9.38%
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	3	$33,751	9.38%

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 %
Haiti	2	$140,192	33.33%
Cote D'ivoire	2	$75,842	33.33%
Kuwait	2	$63,347	40.00%
Oman	2	$133,172	40.00%
Equatorial Guinea	2	$55,152	40.00%
Burkina Faso	2	$90,064	40.00%
Iceland	2	$62,411	50.00%
Bahrain	2	$84,833	50.00%
Serbia And Montenegro	2	$93,985	50.00%
Ivory Coast	1	$72,592	25.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Infosys Limited	27,665	$77,291	99.60%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited	16,570	$70,484	99.50%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp	11,557	$91,444	98.16%
Deloitte Consulting Llp	8,774	$89,461	98.63%
Wipro Limited	8,078	$74,717	93.03%
Hcl America Inc	8,075	$80,333	98.61%
Ernst Young Us Llp	7,629	$81,449	98.43%
Accenture Llp	7,071	$84,743	98.18%
Tech Mahindra Americasinc	5,536	$74,370	99.62%
Capgemini America Inc	4,206	$92,709	95.46%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Ntt Data Inc	914	$101,623	4.86%
Dell Usa Lp	743	$92,978	8.26%
Muy Pizza Houston Llc	511	$16,816	38.83%
Ernst Young Us Llp	488	$105,053	49.90%
Visa Technology And Operations Llc	373	$101,504	39.35%
Samsung Austin Semiconductor Llc	324	$93,953	34.18%
Amazoncom Services Llc	310	$96,117	33.92%
Muy Pizza Tejas Llc	297	$16,840	36.85%
Cemex Construction Materials Houston Llc	282	$33,335	35.70%
Hewlett Packard Company	264	$83,741	34.06%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Sales Financing	360	$87,957	90.45%
Electric Bulk Power Transmission And Control	360	$91,514	92.07%
Medical Equipment And Supplies Manufacturing	358	$87,221	92.51%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences Except Nanotechnology And Biotechnology	355	$72,285	92.21%
Electric Power Distribution	350	$94,320	91.15%
Research And Development In Biotechnology Except Nanobiotechnology	347	$75,599	90.60%
Other Insurance Related Activities	340	$90,704	89.01%
Electric Power Generation	338	$94,466	88.48%
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	335	$72,650	87.70%
Industrial Gas Manufacturing	335	$96,569	88.86%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Prefabricated Metal Building And Component Manufacturing	2	$28,870	100.00%
Specialized Freight Trucking	2	$32,240	100.00%
Wholesale Trade	2	$25,896	100.00%
Beverage Manufacturing	2	$27,102	100.00%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	2	$28,642	100.00%
Amusement And Theme Parks	2	$29,900	100.00%
Refrigerated Warehousing And Storage	2	$30,025	100.00%
Stationery And Office Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	2	$22,589	100.00%
Other Amusement And Recreation Industries	2	$29,016	100.00%
Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers	2	$29,900	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Offices Of Chiropractors	27	$45,907	22.31%
Motor And Generator Manufacturing	27	$84,281	23.48%
All Other Insurance Related Activities	27	$95,987	23.68%
Paint And Coating Manufacturing	27	$69,384	23.89%
Site Preparation Contractors	27	$85,702	24.11%
Structural Steel And Precast Concrete Contractors	26	$59,159	23.42%
Pharmaceutical And Medicine Manufacturing	26	$94,898	23.64%
Graphic Design Services	26	$52,650	24.30%
Travel Agencies	26	$73,874	24.30%
Drycleaning And Laundry Services	25	$27,419	23.58%

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.