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 %
Talent Directors 2 $91,520 50.00%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 2 $27,924 50.00%
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 2 $19,251 50.00%
Appraisers, Real Estate 2 $51,220 66.67%
Intelligence Analysts 2 $49,587 66.67%
Nursery and Greenhouse Managers 2 $51,834 66.67%
Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks 2 $38,314 66.67%
Pipelayers 2 $23,750 66.67%
Musicians, Instrumental 2 $44,377 66.67%
Commercial Pilots 2 $98,372 66.67%
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 %
Belgium 10 $72,983 45.45%
Palestine 10 $31,743 45.45%
Kosovo 10 $37,475 47.62%
Bahamas 9 $69,742 45.00%
Grenada 9 $59,222 47.37%
Panama 9 $75,849 47.37%
Morocco 8 $76,058 44.44%
Moldova 8 $81,210 44.44%
Lithuania 8 $86,115 47.06%
Angola 8 $79,676 47.06%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Infosys Limited 29,488 $78,343 99.59%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 18,886 $72,137 99.43%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 13,931 $92,459 98.24%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 9,438 $91,735 98.71%
Hcl America Inc 9,213 $81,738 98.57%
Ernst Young Us Llp 9,115 $84,639 97.54%
Wipro Limited 8,722 $75,353 93.90%
Accenture Llp 7,531 $86,328 98.15%
Tech Mahindra Americasinc 5,536 $74,370 99.62%
Amazoncom Services Llc 4,911 $94,088 96.45%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Blaine Larsen Farms Inc 102 $25,572 100.00%
Del Norte Harvesting Llc 97 $29,940 100.00%
Mandujano Brothers 33 $24,122 100.00%
Pure Beauty Farms Inc 30 $30,111 100.00%
King Ranch Turfgrass Lp 30 $23,854 100.00%
Walther Farms Llc Tx 28 $29,754 100.00%
Wiggins Watermelons Llc 28 $26,463 100.00%
Css Farms Llc 23 $28,132 100.00%
Ricetec Inc 23 $25,812 100.00%
Integrated Agribusiness Solutions Llc 22 $28,183 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ntt Data Inc 977 $102,563 4.87%
Dell Usa Lp 771 $93,314 8.49%
Ernst Young Us Llp 546 $106,393 41.49%
Muy Pizza Houston Llc 511 $16,816 49.28%
Amazoncom Services Llc 458 $99,251 45.35%
Visa Technology And Operations Llc 427 $101,706 43.66%
Atos Syntel Inc 358 $120,077 36.64%
Samsung Austin Semiconductor Llc 350 $95,547 40.56%
Muy Pizza Tejas Llc 297 $16,840 34.90%
Cemex Construction Materials Houston Llc 282 $33,335 33.77%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Freight Transportation Arrangement 143 $79,175 99.31%
Mortgage And Nonmortgage Loan Brokers 143 $104,143 100.00%
Other Accounting Services 142 $75,175 99.30%
Nursery And Tree Production 136 $26,956 95.77%
All Other Specialty Trade Contractors 132 $36,492 97.06%
Communications Equipment Manufacturing 132 $98,307 100.00%
Ship Building And Repairing 130 $89,500 98.48%
Industrial Building Construction 129 $46,385 99.23%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 128 $83,731 99.22%
Other Support Activities For Air Transportation 122 $52,785 95.31%

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