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 %
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 %
Avaya Inc 201 $96,269 89.33%
Numbers Only Inc 201 $72,803 89.33%
Marlabs Inc 201 $77,175 89.33%
Weatherford International Inc 201 $78,097 89.33%
Brillio Llc 201 $83,563 89.73%
Techmagix Inc 200 $77,994 89.29%
Christus Health 200 $87,604 89.29%
Synapsis Inc 200 $87,163 89.29%
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso 199 $59,090 89.24%
Dibon Solutions Inc 199 $49,627 89.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
C4i Technologies Inc 14 $95,512 32.56%
Wise Equation Solutions Inc 14 $86,301 32.56%
Wwex Franchise Holdings Llc 13 $115,640 30.23%
Uworld Llc 13 $96,493 30.23%
Athenahealth Inc 13 $89,240 30.23%
New York Life Insurance Company 13 $112,638 30.23%
Softtek Integration Systems Inc 13 $89,922 30.23%
Express Scripts Services Company 13 $92,554 30.23%
Sourceonit Inc 13 $91,257 30.23%
Dnv Gl Usa Inc 13 $101,878 30.23%

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