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 %
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 %
Global Systems Llc	40	$64,624	90.91%
Stat9 Technologies Inc	40	$70,599	90.91%
Inspirix Technologies Llc	40	$97,295	90.91%
Ceo Foundry Llc	40	$75,354	90.91%
Amma Holdings Llc	40	$41,887	90.91%
Keller Williams Realty Inc	40	$93,010	90.91%
Smartplay Inc	40	$77,945	90.91%
Rtkl Associates Inc	40	$48,507	90.91%
Curtain Wall Design Consulting Inc	40	$56,152	90.91%
Itechstack Inc	40	$89,083	90.91%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Andalib Business Inc	2	$49,754	33.33%
Ascend Management Consulting Llc	2	$144,186	33.33%
R A R Business Inc	2	$40,373	33.33%
Houston Zoo	2	$68,474	33.33%
Suncot Gin Llc	2	$34,518	33.33%
Bandera Japanese Food Enterprises	2	$53,103	33.33%
Houston Golden Peacock Art Center Inc	2	$42,099	33.33%
Louis Berger Dce Llc	2	$120,921	33.33%
Agile Enterprise Solutions Inc	2	$88,473	33.33%
Mauser Usa Llc	2	$80,631	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.