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
737,653 89.40% $83,642 H-1B
70,458 8.54% $108,072 PERM
8,917 1.08% $26,368 H-2A
8,047 0.98% $103,279 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Texas has seen a total of 825,075 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Texas is the H-1B visa with 737,653 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.40% of Texas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 70,458 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.54% of Texas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Texas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
School Psychologists 4 $48,710 66.67%
Copy Writers 4 $46,498 66.67%
Real Estate Brokers 4 $67,460 66.67%
Video Game Designers 4 $102,477 66.67%
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 4 $68,271 80.00%
Legal Secretaries 4 $40,893 80.00%
Dental Laboratory Technicians 4 $45,256 80.00%
Procurement Clerks 4 $40,446 80.00%
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians 4 $161,569 80.00%
Insurance Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 4 $86,081 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 2024 with 76,794 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 15,362 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Texas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
India 30,008 $123,338 50.36%
Mexico 2,970 $106,169 41.77%
China 1,738 $78,289 47.09%
Canada 1,008 $94,285 43.02%
Pakistan 989 $55,045 46.63%
Nepal 781 $63,878 38.08%
South Korea 771 $41,915 50.20%
Philippines 667 $1,065,077 43.91%
Brazil 435 $74,240 43.20%
Venezuela 390 $81,612 42.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hexaware Technologies Inc 711 $75,720 88.32%
Citicorp Credit Services Inc Usa 704 $113,212 88.33%
Copart Inc 692 $93,090 87.48%
The University Of Texas At Dallas 691 $52,924 89.05%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center 687 $60,566 88.65%
Nxp Usa Inc 680 $98,341 87.86%
Mastech Digital Technologies Inc 677 $102,174 87.47%
Trans American Information Systems Inc 673 $87,516 87.06%
Salesforce Inc 673 $116,062 87.06%
Nemo It Solutions Inc 663 $60,045 87.93%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Venegas Shearing 13 $26,198 100.00%
Turner Pollard 12 $25,367 100.00%
Bu Growers Ltd 12 $25,693 100.00%
Briscoe Ranch Inc 12 $18,597 100.00%
2j Donnell Livestock Llc 12 $18,086 100.00%
Dw Regeneration Inc 12 $27,222 100.00%
Joshua Creek Shooting Resort Inc 12 $25,269 100.00%
Soyars Ranch 12 $19,319 100.00%
V Valencia Harvesting Inc 12 $27,565 100.00%
Kutscherousky Farms 12 $25,222 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sr Professionals Lp 64 $81,555 43.84%
Tasacom Technologies Inc 64 $104,662 43.84%
Tenaris Bay City Inc 64 $72,805 43.84%
Advithri Technologies 63 $112,337 44.37%
Fpt Usa Corp 62 $92,272 43.66%
Pvr America Inc 62 $95,093 43.66%
Sriven Systems Of Tx Inc 60 $115,407 42.25%
Sirius Xm Radio Inc 60 $109,458 42.55%
Donato Technologies Inc 59 $99,764 41.84%
Network Objects Inc 58 $80,850 41.43%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cotton Ginning 113 $29,414 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 108 $26,871 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 81 $27,027 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 75 $27,903 100.00%
All Other Animal Production 69 $26,481 100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture 63 $26,326 100.00%
Crop Production 62 $28,649 100.00%
Potato Farming 56 $28,268 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 55 $29,776 100.00%
Wheat Farming 51 $28,114 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Oil And Gas Field Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing 811 $96,609 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 773 $1,447,011 100.00%
Temporary Help Services 744 $1,553,998 100.00%
Management Consulting Services 744 $99,812 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 729 $107,792 100.00%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 712 $372,380 100.00%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation 707 $91,761 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 699 $116,235 100.00%
Limited Service Restaurants 674 $21,874 100.00%
Offices Of Dentists 637 $543,854 100.00%

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 $83,642. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage