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 %
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 855 $60,743 82.29%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 838 $59,089 81.36%
Commercial and Industrial Designers 835 $53,915 82.19%
Computer and Information Research Scientists 831 $88,748 83.52%
Biological Scientists, All Other 801 $44,042 83.09%
Human Resources Specialists 780 $56,104 85.15%
Accountants 778 $59,236 85.21%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 771 $56,525 84.82%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 744 $53,560 84.45%
Financial Managers 729 $122,291 84.38%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industrial Production Managers 102 $116,446 51.00%
Petroleum Engineers 100 $144,368 50.51%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 86 $56,362 43.43%
Cooks, Restaurant 85 $26,006 43.59%
Helpers--Roofers 81 $23,025 42.63%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 79 $64,911 41.80%
Lawyers 78 $113,505 41.49%
Bakers 73 $21,262 40.11%
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 69 $18,966 38.12%
Chefs and Head Cooks 69 $50,010 39.66%
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 %
Ebay Inc 507 $106,189 90.70%
Mythri Consulting Llc 498 $76,687 89.25%
Infovision Inc 493 $90,119 88.67%
Inovant Llc 492 $92,571 88.65%
Cloud Hybrid Technologies Llc 491 $69,768 89.76%
Mouri Tech Llc 490 $81,731 90.41%
Namitus Technologies Inc 482 $73,359 89.76%
Vsion Technologies Inc 469 $69,607 87.50%
Genpact Llc 466 $77,980 87.76%
Chemtex Environmental Laboratory Inc 465 $55,259 87.74%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aa Software Networking Inc 40 $83,542 35.71%
Equinix Inc 39 $109,594 35.14%
Atlassian Inc 39 $108,207 35.14%
Rsm Technology Solutions Inc 39 $87,831 35.45%
Soumava Sen Dds Pc 39 $106,253 35.45%
Jeris Seafood Inc 38 $22,871 34.55%
Saika Technologies Inc 38 $98,332 34.86%
Grt Transportation Llc 38 $39,269 35.51%
Ra Trucking Inc 38 $25,270 35.85%
Tornado Bus Company Inc 38 $49,212 36.19%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 86 $25,532 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 82 $28,129 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 74 $26,581 100.00%
Animal Production And Aquaculture 63 $26,326 100.00%
Crop Production 62 $28,649 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 60 $26,178 100.00%
All Other Animal Production 53 $24,610 100.00%
Potato Farming 40 $26,677 100.00%
Agriculture Forestry Fishing And Hunting 35 $28,153 100.00%
Horses And Other Equine Production 35 $25,144 100.00%

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