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 %
Degolyer And Macnaughton Corporation 31 $116,365 91.18%
Infectious Disease Doctors Pa 31 $149,540 91.18%
Google Inc 30 $93,150 88.24%
Harmony Science Academy Dallas 30 $46,362 88.24%
Texas Health And Human Services Commission 30 $120,893 88.24%
Texarkana Independent School District 30 $39,215 88.24%
Helen Of Troy Nevada Corporation 30 $89,860 88.24%
Tamko Building Products Inc 30 $92,612 88.24%
Apogee Medical Group Inc 30 $68,590 88.24%
Comtrix Solutions Inc 30 $58,151 88.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Rc Hardware Solutions Llc 2 $58,906 40.00%
Technology Service Professionals 2 $126,693 40.00%
Anthony Medical Chiropractic Center 2 $40,414 40.00%
Idcus Inc 2 $85,509 40.00%
Falkon Technologies Llc 2 $85,748 40.00%
Klp Commercial Llc 2 $51,532 40.00%
Alpha Forest International Inc 2 $75,244 40.00%
Lewis Resource Management Llc 2 $94,328 40.00%
Standard Harvest Llc 2 $74,630 40.00%
Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies Texas Llc 2 $52,593 40.00%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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