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 %
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 %
Newrez Llc	40	$119,638	90.91%
Elite Exceed Llc	40	$95,447	90.91%
Hm Health Solutions Inc	40	$106,138	90.91%
Sainar Solutions Inc	40	$96,421	90.91%
Absg Consulting Inc	39	$92,499	88.64%
Dsi Telecom Inc	39	$79,066	88.64%
Farmers Group Inc	39	$110,382	88.64%
Ecclesiastes Inc	39	$90,299	88.64%
Ecolab Usa Inc	39	$97,716	88.64%
Themesoft Inc	39	$84,150	88.64%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Kens Produce Us Inc	2	$61,891	33.33%
Iland Internet Solutions Corporation	2	$173,181	33.33%
Kasasa Ltd	2	$96,107	33.33%
Centerville Texan Llc	2	$53,290	33.33%
Preferred Hospital Leasing Hemphill Inc	2	$35,485	33.33%
Hmt Inc	2	$97,584	33.33%
J Walter Thompson Usa Inc	2	$67,673	33.33%
Goals Llc	2	$125,892	33.33%
Bridgework Partners Llc	2	$76,773	33.33%
Neema Gospel Church	2	$31,055	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.