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 %
Database Architects 682 $89,188 78.94%
Biological Technicians 678 $32,231 82.28%
Environmental Engineers 661 $72,570 83.78%
Data Warehousing Specialists 651 $82,662 87.50%
Physicists 638 $56,495 86.57%
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 630 $46,478 85.60%
Sales Managers 629 $104,362 89.60%
Financial Specialists, All Other 623 $58,209 90.03%
Lawyers 603 $102,266 88.81%
Industrial Production Managers 572 $92,377 84.99%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Texas Tech University 465 $45,617 87.74%
Mastech Digital Technologies Inc 464 $101,017 87.71%
The Methodist Hospital Research Institute 447 $45,480 85.31%
Flexera Global Inc 443 $73,151 84.70%
Vedicsoft Solutions Llc 442 $65,238 85.99%
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston 440 $58,151 86.27%
Applied Materials Inc 439 $93,100 86.59%
Techstar Consulting Inc 437 $68,339 88.28%
Baker Hughes Incorporated 432 $77,268 87.98%
The Dow Chemical Company 430 $97,318 88.11%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Edvensoft Solutions Llc 38 $108,520 36.19%
Cybersoft Technologies Inc 38 $85,440 36.19%
Port Arthur Isd 37 $46,497 37.00%
Sri Anjaneya Technologies 37 $86,345 37.37%
Resource Informatics Group Inc 37 $87,952 37.37%
M9 Consulting Inc 37 $107,403 38.14%
Zenith Infotek Llc 37 $123,955 38.54%
Alcon Laboratories Inc 37 $90,800 38.95%
Celanese International 37 $86,948 38.95%
Smith International Inc 36 $219,167 37.89%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Other Social Advocacy Organizations 36 $60,894 90.00%
Hardware Manufacturing 35 $75,681 87.50%
Document Preparation Services 35 $89,571 87.50%
All Other Support Services 35 $84,700 87.50%
New Housing For Sale Builders 35 $61,381 87.50%
Other Electric Power Generation 35 $92,325 87.50%
Construction And Mining Except Oil Well Machinery And Equipment Merchant Wholesalers 34 $73,278 85.00%
Automobile Dealers 34 $70,924 85.00%
Museums 34 $49,271 85.00%
Other Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers 34 $59,179 87.18%
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