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 %
Procurement Clerks 3 $38,529 75.00%
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 3 $37,613 75.00%
Therapists, All Other 3 $49,969 75.00%
Technical Directors/Managers 3 $71,531 75.00%
Emergency Management Directors 3 $62,234 75.00%
Construction and Building Inspectors 3 $58,275 75.00%
Precision Instrument and Equipment Repairers, All Other 3 $59,897 75.00%
Business Continuity Planners 3 $78,631 75.00%
Electronics Engineering Technicians 3 $68,522 75.00%
Ophthalmologists 3 $128,426 75.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Helpers--Electricians 1 $24,627 4.17%
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 1 $48,131 4.17%
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 1 $51,459 4.17%
Microbiologists 1 $42,224 4.35%
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 1 $34,341 4.35%
Community Health Workers 1 $31,928 4.35%
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 1 $68,016 4.35%
Ship Engineers 1 $82,306 4.35%
Watch Repairers 1 $49,046 4.35%
Physical Therapist Assistants 1 $61,693 4.35%
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 %
Homeaway Inc 77 $92,206 89.53%
Sparta Consulting Inc 77 $76,199 89.53%
Mobilize Llc 77 $67,008 89.53%
Cheniere Energy Inc 77 $126,777 89.53%
3d Technologies Llc 77 $83,370 89.53%
Lifesize Inc 77 $103,400 89.53%
I28 Technologies Corporation 77 $72,667 89.53%
Bechtel Energy Inc 76 $107,962 88.37%
Amadeus North America Inc 76 $103,353 88.37%
Pulse Network Llc 76 $101,558 88.37%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fireeye Inc 4 $122,517 28.57%
Global Value Add Inc 4 $85,275 28.57%
Goerge R Willy Pc 4 $39,068 28.57%
Texas Am Health Science Center 4 $78,994 28.57%
Aviva Wholesale Inc 4 $66,035 28.57%
Gowell International Llc 4 $69,295 28.57%
Crane County Hospital District 4 $43,077 28.57%
Rejoice The Lord Church 4 $29,900 28.57%
Kirkland Ellis Llp 4 $77,267 28.57%
Mint Orthodontics Pllc 4 $86,840 28.57%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists 1,727 $67,351 87.40%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 1,623 $99,521 97.07%
Oil And Gas Extraction 1,364 $108,804 86.71%
Temporary Help Services 1,344 $88,030 88.95%
Credit Card Issuing 1,319 $89,825 91.41%
Process Physical Distribution And Logistics Consulting Services 1,209 $77,902 87.29%
Architectural Services 1,103 $53,215 85.50%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction 1,068 $73,528 84.90%
Marketing Consulting Services 1,065 $81,693 86.17%
Consumer Lending 1,060 $97,581 88.26%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wheat Farming 34 $26,503 100.00%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production 30 $26,425 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 29 $27,771 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 28 $22,369 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 27 $27,428 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 26 $26,514 100.00%
Other Animal Production 26 $27,117 100.00%
Corn Farming 26 $26,423 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 23 $28,305 100.00%
Shellfish Farming 22 $25,222 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer And Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 137 $79,070 27.29%
Private Households 134 $21,847 29.39%
Industrial Building Construction 124 $45,361 27.93%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 123 $82,220 28.21%
Medical Laboratories 114 $64,554 26.33%
Power Distribution And Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 112 $91,793 28.50%
Electric Power Distribution 107 $94,352 27.51%
Offices Of Physicians 107 $3,248,814 30.14%
Scientific Research And Development Services 106 $80,437 34.53%
Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing 92 $38,904 30.98%

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