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 %
Engineers, All Other	1,312	$73,677	83.62%
General and Operations Managers	1,208	$95,603	78.24%
Chemists	1,144	$56,114	78.95%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	1,136	$87,495	79.50%
Materials Engineers	1,061	$79,652	86.19%
Marketing Managers	1,032	$114,236	84.52%
Construction Managers	932	$78,744	81.68%
Computer Hardware Engineers	910	$100,685	81.91%
Cost Estimators	902	$61,081	84.14%
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	862	$85,486	81.40%

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Materials Engineers	141	$81,362	55.95%
Construction Managers	136	$86,263	56.90%
Combined Food Preparation and Serving Workers, Including Fast Food	134	$18,029	56.30%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	129	$17,718	54.66%
Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	128	$99,841	55.90%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	121	$88,201	54.02%
Cost Estimators	112	$64,806	53.08%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	111	$136,363	53.88%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	111	$20,188	54.15%
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	103	$38,602	50.74%

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 %
Technodeed Llc	34	$85,673	89.47%
Sunpower Corporation Systems	34	$99,547	89.47%
Hire It People Inc	34	$91,291	89.47%
Rock Central Llc	34	$96,766	89.47%
Agiletal Technologies Inc	34	$90,731	89.47%
Nebula Partners Llc	34	$90,008	89.47%
Srk Systems Inc	34	$90,525	89.47%
Snowflake Inc	34	$125,187	89.47%
Altisource Solutions Inc	34	$104,081	89.47%
Agile It Global Llc	34	$87,545	89.47%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Molecular Templates Inc	2	$86,664	40.00%
Areeba Saamia Inc	2	$39,926	40.00%
Pas Global Llc	2	$100,173	40.00%
Adcetera Design Studio Inc	2	$62,556	40.00%
Megger	2	$99,435	40.00%
Builder Homesite Inc	2	$76,201	40.00%
Posco International America Corp	2	$48,329	40.00%
Wunderman Data Management Llc	2	$78,520	40.00%
Pacheco Koch Consulting Engineers Inc	2	$64,168	40.00%
Consurgo India Llc	2	$133,900	40.00%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing	18	$94,609	81.82%
Flight Training	18	$60,156	81.82%
Deep Sea Passenger Transportation	18	$106,086	81.82%
Remediation Services	18	$91,303	81.82%
Investigation And Personal Background Check Services	18	$78,167	81.82%
Other Building Finishing Contractors	18	$63,866	81.82%
Office Furniture Except Wood Manufacturing	18	$111,282	81.82%
Other Legal Services	18	$85,997	81.82%
Lessors Of Other Real Estate Property	18	$63,589	81.82%
Nonferrous Metal Except Aluminum Smelting And Refining	18	$70,641	81.82%

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.