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
737,653 89.40% $83,642 H-1B
70,458 8.54% $108,072 PERM
8,917 1.08% $26,368 H-2A
8,047 0.98% $103,279 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Texas has seen a total of 825,075 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Texas is the H-1B visa with 737,653 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 89.40% of Texas's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 70,458 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 8.54% of Texas's total visas.

Top Occupations in Texas (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Biological Technicians 724 $32,759 80.36%
Sales Managers 723 $106,314 81.79%
Environmental Engineers 704 $73,889 84.21%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 695 $47,136 83.23%
Lawyers 682 $104,883 81.68%
Physicists 682 $55,902 89.38%
Database Architects 678 $89,255 90.76%
Financial Specialists, All Other 643 $57,984 86.42%
Data Warehousing Specialists 642 $82,729 87.11%
Industrial Production Managers 628 $94,106 86.86%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bakers 75 $21,386 40.76%
Human Resources Specialists 72 $61,137 39.56%
Construction Laborers 69 $25,355 38.12%
Environmental Engineers 68 $81,171 38.64%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 68 $52,404 39.31%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 66 $38,199 39.05%
Economists 66 $84,882 39.52%
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers 65 $21,111 39.16%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 65 $43,485 39.39%
Medical and Health Services Managers 63 $78,152 39.13%
Texas Employees Over Time
Texas has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 24,368 employees were hired. Texas peaked in 2024 with 76,794 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 15,362 in 2025.

Top Countries with Workers in Texas From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Maldives 1 $58,469 25.00%
Luxembourg 1 $120,099 25.00%
Suriname 1 $83,034 25.00%
Tajikistan 1 $66,144 33.33%
Paraguay 1 $63,898 33.33%
Burundi 1 $30,992 33.33%
Gabon 1 $153,858 33.33%
Estonia 1 $100,776 33.33%
Gambia 1 $107,598 33.33%
Ivory Coast 1 $72,592 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Charles Schwab Company Inc 755 $125,120 88.62%
Qualcomm Technologies Inc 754 $119,900 89.02%
Wm Rice University 745 $51,750 88.06%
Igate Technologies Inc 745 $66,865 89.54%
Photon Infotech Inc 742 $89,809 89.29%
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company 728 $106,756 88.67%
National Oilwell Varco Lp 723 $78,401 88.39%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 720 $88,583 88.24%
Goldman Sachs Bank Usa 718 $89,813 88.10%
Salesforcecom Inc 711 $109,063 87.35%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Kevin Huffman Farms Llc 13 $28,347 100.00%
2l Cattle Company Llc 13 $14,803 100.00%
Jollisant Farms 13 $24,267 100.00%
Barons Creek Farms 13 $25,014 100.00%
Hank Leslie Cranek Farms 13 $23,698 100.00%
Brad Ashburn Farms Llc 13 $25,144 100.00%
Dutton Farms 13 $23,632 100.00%
Pablo Cantu 13 $25,453 100.00%
Panhandle Harvesting Services Llc 13 $25,781 100.00%
Prospect Acres 13 $23,877 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Southwest Airlines Co 69 $108,991 43.95%
Trinet Usa Inc 69 $99,741 44.23%
Sam Houston State University 68 $42,007 43.87%
Avant Systems Inc 68 $95,273 43.87%
Austin Independent School District 67 $42,451 43.23%
University Of Houston 67 $47,625 43.51%
National Instruments Corporation 67 $89,673 43.79%
William Marsh Rice University 66 $50,347 43.71%
Tachyon Technologies Llc 66 $85,419 43.71%
Tm Transportation Services Llc 65 $43,028 44.52%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 308,059 $80,251 92.44%
Computer Systems Design Services 45,212 $87,268 93.22%
Engineering Services 23,669 $81,982 80.27%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 20,980 $87,811 76.89%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 20,958 $52,095 88.49%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 16,066 $87,152 93.06%
Other Computer Related Services 15,495 $79,872 91.78%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 11,459 $47,046 84.99%
Offices Of Certified Public Accountants 11,057 $79,974 96.23%
Administrative Management And General Management Consulting Services 9,669 $97,374 95.34%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 737 $27,023 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 631 $29,255 100.00%
Apiculture 487 $27,247 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 452 $32,403 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 446 $34,546 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 439 $27,825 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 384 $26,758 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 355 $28,192 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 308 $29,822 100.00%
Sheep Farming 301 $20,451 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 34,143 $106,453 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 24,239 $79,151 100.00%
Engineering Services 5,474 $94,792 100.00%
Other Computer Related Services 3,335 $93,473 100.00%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 3,289 $45,569 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 2,625 $51,926 100.00%
Semiconductor And Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 2,312 $96,426 100.00%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 2,115 $94,139 100.00%
Semiconductor And Related Device Manufacturing 1,786 $220,315 100.00%
Electronic Computer Manufacturing 1,651 $155,727 100.00%

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 $83,642. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage