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 %
Investment Fund Managers 2 $148,845 100.00%
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 1 $16,827 50.00%
Receptionists and Information Clerks 1 $19,344 50.00%
Office Clerks, General 1 $19,406 50.00%
Physical Therapist Aides 1 $20,592 50.00%
Childcare Workers 1 $20,613 50.00%
Medical Assistants 1 $21,278 50.00%
Medical Transcriptionists 1 $21,736 50.00%
Home Health Aides 1 $22,402 50.00%
Bill and Account Collectors 1 $22,880 50.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers 1 $36,130 4.76%
Computer Operators 1 $26,395 4.76%
Photographers 1 $35,984 4.76%
Food Batchmakers 1 $26,437 4.76%
Helpers--Electricians 1 $24,627 4.76%
Counseling Psychologists 1 $42,827 4.76%
Fraud Examiners, Investigators and Analysts 1 $68,016 4.76%
Environmental Engineering Technicians 1 $62,275 4.76%
Ship Engineers 1 $82,306 4.76%
Watch Repairers 1 $49,046 4.76%
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 %
Armenia 11 $67,512 45.83%
Austria 11 $90,769 47.83%
Nicaragua 10 $69,634 45.45%
Belgium 10 $72,983 47.62%
Turkmenistan 10 $55,805 47.62%
Saudi Arabia 10 $75,373 47.62%
Palestine 10 $31,743 47.62%
Kosovo 10 $37,475 50.00%
Czech Republic 10 $70,562 50.00%
Iraq 9 $76,581 45.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Infosys Limited 27,665 $77,291 99.60%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 16,570 $70,484 99.50%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 11,557 $91,444 98.16%
Deloitte Consulting Llp 8,774 $89,461 98.63%
Wipro Limited 8,078 $74,717 93.03%
Hcl America Inc 8,075 $80,333 98.61%
Ernst Young Us Llp 7,629 $81,449 98.43%
Accenture Llp 7,071 $84,743 98.18%
Tech Mahindra Americasinc 5,536 $74,370 99.62%
Capgemini America Inc 4,206 $92,709 95.46%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Ntt Data Inc 914 $101,623 4.86%
Dell Usa Lp 743 $92,978 8.26%
Muy Pizza Houston Llc 511 $16,816 38.83%
Ernst Young Us Llp 488 $105,053 49.90%
Visa Technology And Operations Llc 373 $101,504 39.35%
Samsung Austin Semiconductor Llc 324 $93,953 34.18%
Amazoncom Services Llc 310 $96,117 33.92%
Muy Pizza Tejas Llc 297 $16,840 36.85%
Cemex Construction Materials Houston Llc 282 $33,335 35.70%
Hewlett Packard Company 264 $83,741 34.06%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cosmetology And Barber Schools 1 $47,923 100.00%
Other Gasoline Stations 1 $70,886 100.00%
Stationery Product Manufacturing 1 $97,989 100.00%
Historical Sites 1 $95,347 100.00%
Beer Wine And Liquor Retailers 1 $45,573 100.00%
Fertilizer And Compost Manufacturing 1 $133,952 100.00%
Frozen Cakes Pies And Other Pastries Manufacturing 1 $32,712 100.00%
Furniture Retailers 1 $38,397 100.00%
Sewage Treatment Facilities 1 $93,995 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Retailers 1 $128,690 100.00%
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