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 %
Appraisers, Real Estate 2 $51,220 66.67%
Musicians, Instrumental 2 $44,377 66.67%
Tool and Die Makers 2 $44,117 66.67%
Anthropologists 2 $49,670 66.67%
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 2 $49,439 66.67%
Forensic Science Technicians 2 $51,854 66.67%
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 2 $68,422 66.67%
Nursery and Greenhouse Managers 2 $51,834 66.67%
Foresters 2 $60,632 66.67%
Physical Therapist Assistants 2 $64,322 66.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Compliance Managers 1 $113,090 4.35%
Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other 1 $24,398 4.55%
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 1 $66,768 4.55%
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 1 $36,130 4.55%
Atmospheric and Space Scientists 1 $51,480 4.55%
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 1 $25,126 4.55%
Riggers 1 $18,741 4.55%
Tool and Die Makers 1 $47,965 4.55%
Helpers--Electricians 1 $24,627 4.55%
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 1 $48,131 4.55%
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 %
Cisco Systems Inc 1,154 $97,881 93.74%
Citibank Na 1,133 $112,981 93.95%
Camelot Integrated Solutions Inc 1,097 $71,284 91.42%
System Soft Technologies Llc 1,056 $79,179 89.04%
Goldman Sachs Co Llc 1,036 $76,504 87.80%
Ust Global Inc 1,035 $63,853 88.61%
Sabre Glbl Inc 1,034 $96,884 88.91%
International Business Machines Corporation 1,019 $101,749 91.64%
Hitachi Consulting Corporation 984 $77,260 88.97%
Ntt Data Services Llc 982 $102,452 89.35%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Expedia Inc 95 $105,219 43.18%
Telecom Technology Services Inc 94 $105,444 43.32%
Conduent Business Services Llc 94 $101,768 43.32%
Epace Technologiesinc 92 $85,877 43.60%
Maruthi Technologies Llc 90 $85,944 42.86%
Innocore Solutions Inc 90 $89,092 43.06%
American General Life Insurance Company 86 $99,468 42.36%
Nexius Solutions Inc 85 $97,790 42.08%
Hp Inc 83 $104,905 41.09%
Mckinsey Company Inc United States 81 $114,738 40.10%

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