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 %
Dentists, General	2,026	$119,443	78.89%
Business Intelligence Analysts	1,972	$82,680	88.95%
Biochemists and Biophysicists	1,971	$42,257	91.72%
Logisticians	1,808	$68,973	87.26%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	1,679	$132,664	82.51%
Architectural and Engineering Managers	1,635	$136,070	86.55%
Petroleum Engineers	1,490	$106,931	83.52%
Computer Network Architects	1,413	$99,278	84.06%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	1,343	$95,254	83.47%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	1,335	$43,093	84.60%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Computer Network Architects	201	$108,338	63.41%
Financial Managers	193	$122,422	62.46%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	178	$46,116	57.79%
Food Preparation Workers	174	$18,206	61.70%
Internists, General	173	$118,338	62.01%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists	159	$1,298,129	60.23%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary	156	$44,881	60.00%
Sales Managers	150	$120,555	57.69%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	149	$35,103	57.31%
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers	148	$111,924	57.36%

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 %
Jordan	70	$65,739	43.48%
Egypt	68	$80,853	43.87%
Malaysia	67	$88,383	45.89%
Israel	60	$100,373	42.25%
Japan	60	$90,937	44.44%
United States Of America	57	$82,582	42.22%
Peru	55	$83,686	41.04%
Indonesia	54	$74,485	41.54%
Thailand	51	$54,874	40.16%
Poland	50	$61,314	41.67%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc	3,735	$79,672	85.86%
Jpmorgan Chase Co	3,675	$107,639	85.50%
Ibm Corporation	3,557	$85,959	88.55%
Ibm India Private Limited	3,480	$71,759	90.44%
Mphasis Corporation	3,166	$70,415	95.13%
Amazoncom Services Llc	3,150	$90,498	95.69%
Dallas Independent School District	3,081	$49,551	95.15%
Larsen Toubro Infotech Limited	2,969	$71,964	96.30%
Amazon Web Services Inc	2,697	$88,124	95.07%
Apple Inc	2,652	$113,609	96.75%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Rackspace Us Inc	254	$95,884	34.19%
Arm Inc	226	$105,471	30.54%
Google Llc	223	$91,810	35.57%
Inovant Llc	202	$99,412	32.32%
Kastech Solutions Llc	188	$88,386	32.14%
Atos Syntel Inc	177	$119,140	33.78%
Salesforcecom	175	$103,622	34.25%
Cggveritas Services Us Inc	168	$52,288	34.43%
Indeed Inc	168	$78,344	35.97%
Servesys Corporation	156	$92,113	34.98%

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.