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
737,653 89.40% $83,642 H-1B
70,458 8.54% $108,072 PERM
8,917 1.08% $26,368 H-2A
8,047 0.98% $103,279 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Texas has seen a total of 825,075 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Texas is the H-1B visa with 737,653 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.40% of Texas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 70,458 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.54% of Texas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Texas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industrial Engineering Technologists 15 $48,958 83.33%
Quality Control Analysts 14 $42,340 77.78%
Product Safety Engineers 14 $73,485 77.78%
Fashion Designers 14 $38,238 77.78%
Choreographers 14 $46,611 82.35%
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 14 $35,191 82.35%
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 14 $61,993 82.35%
Credit Counselors 14 $29,240 82.35%
Genetic Counselors 13 $69,120 76.47%
Special Education Teachers, Preschool 13 $49,690 76.47%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Texas Employees Over Time
Texas has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 24,368 employees were hired. Texas peaked in 2024 with 76,794 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 15,362 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Texas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 30,008 $123,338 50.36%
Mexico 2,970 $106,169 41.77%
China 1,738 $78,289 47.09%
Canada 1,008 $94,285 43.02%
Pakistan 989 $55,045 46.63%
Nepal 781 $63,878 38.08%
South Korea 771 $41,915 50.20%
Philippines 667 $1,065,077 43.91%
Brazil 435 $74,240 43.20%
Venezuela 390 $81,612 42.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Health Carousel Llc 278 $60,328 87.15%
E3 Global Inc 277 $70,515 87.11%
Texas State University 277 $51,419 87.66%
International Technologies Pro Llc 277 $62,659 87.66%
Adobe Inc 275 $115,725 87.30%
Eteam Solutions Inc 274 $64,276 87.26%
Genuineit Llc 272 $65,115 86.90%
The University Of Houston 272 $39,470 87.46%
Resource Informatics Group Inc 272 $75,287 88.03%
Ntt Data Americas Inc 271 $110,756 88.27%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Atkinson Pecan Co Llc 8 $26,617 100.00%
Mcfaddin Land Cattle Co Llc 8 $26,450 100.00%
Light Bros Pastoral Co Llc 8 $16,793 100.00%
Quality Turf Farms Lc 8 $26,907 100.00%
Mark Kelly Mccormick Joint Venture 8 $27,898 100.00%
Albert Rosas 8 $26,242 100.00%
15 Black Llc 8 $21,512 100.00%
Mmc Family Limited Partnership 8 $21,889 100.00%
Wrobleski Custom Farm Service 8 $26,707 100.00%
Clayton Williams Farms Inc 8 $27,037 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cvent Inc 21 $88,564 32.81%
Keysight Technologies Inc 21 $104,543 32.81%
Microinfo It 21 $92,166 32.81%
Tekreant Inc 21 $93,570 32.81%
Annapurna Labs Us Inc 21 $123,616 33.33%
H E B 20 $90,280 31.75%
The Univ Of Texas Health Science Center Houston 20 $85,917 32.26%
Sap Labs Llc 20 $107,547 32.26%
Vantage Force Inc 20 $69,487 32.26%
Audubon Engineering Operations Llc 20 $89,602 32.79%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Freight Transportation Arrangement 143 $79,175 99.31%
Mortgage And Nonmortgage Loan Brokers 143 $104,143 100.00%
Other Accounting Services 142 $75,175 99.30%
Nursery And Tree Production 136 $26,956 95.77%
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 132 $36,492 97.06%
Communications Equipment Manufacturing 132 $98,307 100.00%
Ship Building And Repairing 130 $89,500 98.48%
Industrial Building Construction 129 $46,385 99.23%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 128 $83,731 99.22%
Other Support Activities For Air Transportation 122 $52,785 95.31%

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 $83,642. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage