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 %
Photonics Engineers	7	$87,197	87.50%
Securities and Commodities Traders	7	$106,406	87.50%
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	7	$85,889	87.50%
Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians	6	$37,629	75.00%
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists	6	$43,930	75.00%
Special Education Teachers, All Other	6	$40,566	75.00%
Manufacturing Engineering Technologists	6	$54,351	75.00%
Medical Records and Health Information Technicians	6	$43,361	75.00%
Billing and Posting Clerks	6	$33,682	75.00%
Electrical Engineering Technicians	6	$46,217	75.00%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Special Education Teachers, Preschool	2	$48,934	7.41%
Soil and Plant Scientists	2	$51,657	7.41%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop	2	$14,217	7.41%
Legal Secretaries	2	$46,758	7.41%
Recreation Workers	2	$18,398	7.41%
Floral Designers	2	$21,258	7.41%
Financial Examiners	2	$84,251	7.41%
Mathematical Technicians	2	$32,053	7.69%
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	2	$40,150	7.69%
Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons	2	$15,829	7.69%

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 %
Kiranam Technologies Inc	161	$68,154	88.46%
Fusion Solutions Llc	161	$68,297	88.95%
Infomerica Inc	160	$75,726	88.40%
Ector County Independent School District	160	$42,135	88.40%
Sbase Technologies Inc	159	$73,065	88.33%
Hindsight Software Solutions Inc	159	$82,989	88.33%
Saika Technologies Inc	159	$82,735	88.33%
Aspire Systems Inc	159	$75,216	88.33%
H E B Lp	159	$105,158	88.83%
Whole Foods Market Services Inc	158	$95,421	88.27%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Luminex Corporation	10	$93,989	31.25%
Athens Independent School District	10	$39,983	31.25%
Turner Townsend Inc	10	$115,032	31.25%
Cloudgen Llc	10	$96,710	31.25%
Charles A Garcia Md Pa	10	$48,867	31.25%
Aig Travel Assist Inc	10	$87,258	31.25%
Murphy Exploration Production Co	10	$103,077	31.25%
Sanjel Usa Inc	10	$101,972	31.25%
Aker Solutions Inc	10	$100,042	31.25%
Altisource	10	$108,784	31.25%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services	271,128	$78,337	92.28%
Computer Systems Design Services	38,977	$85,144	92.96%
Engineering Services	22,070	$81,052	83.43%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	18,742	$85,924	73.44%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools	18,715	$50,725	88.08%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	15,022	$85,906	95.17%
Other Computer Related Services	13,954	$77,657	89.33%
Elementary And Secondary Schools	10,617	$46,338	84.64%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants	9,414	$76,775	96.21%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services	8,418	$94,296	95.19%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine	627	$25,559	100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming	450	$27,812	100.00%
Apiculture	374	$25,810	100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming	349	$36,190	100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production	326	$26,130	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming	325	$32,835	100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots	282	$25,578	100.00%
Other Crop Farming	278	$26,973	100.00%
Sheep Farming	253	$19,789	100.00%
Hay Farming	198	$26,877	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Computer Systems Design Services	22,702	$78,528	70.66%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services	1,959	$93,173	8.63%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing	1,683	$226,619	32.12%
Electronic Computer Manufacturing	1,569	$158,367	48.89%
General Freight Trucking Local	1,333	$34,675	41.62%
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities	1,200	$100,790	47.51%
Computing Infrastructure Providers Data Processing Web Hosting And Related Services	1,068	$93,720	50.09%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	1,034	$85,366	52.78%
General Freight Trucking Long Distance Truckload	953	$39,497	56.63%
Oil And Gas Field Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	791	$96,060	50.41%

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.