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 %
Cooks, Restaurant 4 $29,219 66.67%
Dental Assistants 4 $34,471 66.67%
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 4 $31,200 66.67%
Copy Writers 4 $46,498 66.67%
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 4 $41,184 66.67%
Archivists 4 $41,699 66.67%
Set and Exhibit Designers 4 $38,870 80.00%
Environmental Compliance Inspectors 4 $44,070 80.00%
Counseling Psychologists 4 $42,130 80.00%
Electromechanical Engineering Technologists 4 $57,879 80.00%
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 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 %
Jeff Pickering Cpa 32 $53,035 88.89%
Infosys Solutions Inc 32 $68,452 88.89%
Isoftech Inc 32 $73,627 88.89%
Sysfore Technologies Inc 32 $66,459 88.89%
Farm Credit Bank Of Texas 32 $105,628 88.89%
Symbol Software Services Inc 32 $73,191 88.89%
Visionworks Of America Inc 32 $86,681 88.89%
Aia Engineers Ltd 32 $59,367 88.89%
Shalom Media Usa Inc 32 $30,519 88.89%
Texas State University San Marcos 32 $39,405 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Teadit Na Inc 2 $79,945 40.00%
Paramount Jewelers Llc 2 $57,752 40.00%
Phazr Inc 2 $86,612 40.00%
Elmore Holdings Inc 2 $34,466 40.00%
Liberty Oilfield Services Llc 2 $103,012 40.00%
Stepan Company 2 $128,020 40.00%
Manahil Inc 2 $25,283 40.00%
Pulse Structural Monitoring Inc 2 $87,027 40.00%
Enermech Mechanical Services Inc 2 $136,792 40.00%
Balques Inc 2 $92,352 40.00%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

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.

State Avg Wage