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 %

Occupation	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Chefs and Head Cooks	69	$50,010	39.88%
Environmental Engineers	67	$80,043	39.18%
Human Resources Specialists	66	$60,158	38.82%
Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	65	$21,111	38.46%
Economists	64	$84,646	38.32%
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	63	$52,327	38.41%
Helpers--Production Workers	63	$20,656	39.62%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary	63	$38,310	40.65%
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	60	$31,741	38.96%
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	60	$98,529	39.22%

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 %
Pecos Barstow Toyah Independent School District	44	$40,160	89.80%
Hewitt Associates Llc	44	$65,272	89.80%
Systel Inc Of Delaware	44	$73,433	89.80%
Prolim Consulting Inc	44	$87,813	89.80%
Baker Hughes A Ge Company Llc	44	$102,315	89.80%
Insys Group Inc	44	$92,581	89.80%
Westlake Chemical Corporation	44	$108,482	89.80%
3s Network Inc	44	$49,975	89.80%
Softpath System Llc	44	$69,150	89.80%
Vedicsoft Solutions Inc	44	$54,066	89.80%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Asma Business Inc Dba Johns Countryette	2	$53,695	28.57%
Shin Jeong Investment Inc	2	$20,572	28.57%
Mgb Trader International Inc	2	$42,412	28.57%
Om Trading Inc Dba Om Produce	2	$68,360	28.57%
Orion Engineered Carbons Llc	2	$91,198	28.57%
Smartvault Corporation	2	$111,166	28.57%
Geostock Us Llc	2	$87,121	28.57%
Permian Premier Health Services	2	$93,645	28.57%
Resource Integrators Llc	2	$88,494	28.57%
Global Geophysical Services Inc	2	$98,124	28.57%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Home Health Care Services	772	$63,919	82.57%
Other Activities Related To Real Estate	760	$91,506	81.72%
Offices Of Physicians	758	$129,130	86.33%
Insurance Carriers	730	$87,798	87.32%
Satellite Telecommunications	693	$113,275	86.63%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling	683	$87,822	87.01%
Mortgage And Nonmortgage Loan Brokers	657	$92,836	89.02%
Professional Employer Organizations	655	$94,324	89.97%
Drilling Oil And Gas Wells	644	$96,335	89.20%
Air Conditioning And Warm Air Heating Equipment And Commercial And Industrial Refrigeration Equipment Manufacturing	602	$84,252	86.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Farm Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	14	$26,804	100.00%
Oilseed Except Soybean Farming	14	$26,505	100.00%
Grape Vineyards	13	$28,787	100.00%
Water Supply And Irrigation Systems	13	$27,378	100.00%
Berry Except Strawberry Farming	13	$25,813	100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming	12	$27,413	100.00%
Flower Nursery Stock And Florists Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	11	$25,597	100.00%
Wineries	11	$25,962	100.00%
Goat Farming	11	$23,369	100.00%
Floriculture Production	9	$24,960	100.00%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Electric Power Generation Transmission And Distribution	63	$87,039	26.25%
Surgical And Medical Instrument Manufacturing	63	$92,699	28.38%
Other Activities Related To Credit Intermediation	60	$77,294	29.41%
Nursing Care Facilities Skilled Nursing Facilities	59	$54,863	29.95%
Jewelry Watch Precious Stone And Precious Metal Merchant Wholesalers	58	$66,994	29.59%
Sports And Recreation Instruction	55	$41,618	28.35%
Tire And Tube Merchant Wholesalers	55	$44,723	28.50%
Iron And Steel Mills And Ferroalloy Manufacturing	54	$57,116	28.27%
Regulation And Administration Of Communications Electric Gas And Other Utilities	54	$96,920	28.27%
Audio And Video Equipment Manufacturing	53	$82,798	28.04%

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.