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 %
India 30,008 $123,338 50.36%
Mexico 2,970 $106,169 41.77%
China 1,738 $78,289 47.09%
Canada 1,008 $94,285 43.02%
Pakistan 989 $55,045 46.63%
Nepal 781 $63,878 38.08%
South Korea 771 $41,915 50.20%
Philippines 667 $1,065,077 43.91%
Brazil 435 $74,240 43.20%
Venezuela 390 $81,612 42.62%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Re It Services Inc 48 $87,019 88.89%
Erp Smartlabs Llc 48 $94,928 88.89%
Naten Llc 48 $83,544 88.89%
Moodys Analytics Inc 48 $117,459 88.89%
Claims Services Group Llc 48 $118,931 88.89%
Keystone Technology Partners Inc 48 $94,636 88.89%
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company 48 $105,885 88.89%
Sabic Americas Inc 48 $100,094 88.89%
Ardor It Solutions Inc 48 $92,779 88.89%
Texas Heart Institute 48 $51,564 88.89%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bailey Bailey Farms 1 $32,344 100.00%
Eunice Uvonne Morgan Farms 1 $20,800 100.00%
T And R Farms 1 $23,192 100.00%
John Sims 1 $32,344 100.00%
Staffing Abroad Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
R P Stephens Land Cattle Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Reata Farms General Partnership 1 $32,344 100.00%
Jake And Tina Giesbrecht Farms 1 $15,746 100.00%
Lester Meier Ranch 1 $30,930 100.00%
Dry Land Ag Resources Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Optimization Zorn Dba Oz Systems 2 $76,773 28.57%
Wistron Infocommtexas Corp 2 $43,337 28.57%
His Highness Prince Aga Khan Shia Imami Ismaili Co 2 $54,995 28.57%
Sdb Trade Llc 2 $69,784 28.57%
Great South Texas Corp Dba Computer Solutions 2 $74,214 28.57%
Ecommerce Industries Inc 2 $84,098 28.57%
6 Day Dental Orthodontics North Texas Pa 2 $101,359 28.57%
Aspen Technology Services Corporation 2 $75,536 28.57%
B And N Corporation 2 $98,706 28.57%
Ozburn Hessey Logistics 2 $70,075 28.57%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Highway Street And Bridge Construction 438 $69,545 88.66%
Other Electronic Component Manufacturing 433 $85,412 88.73%
Advertising Agencies 427 $78,009 87.86%
Employment Placement Agencies 427 $87,698 88.04%
Medical Laboratories 423 $73,434 87.58%
Automobile And Light Duty Motor Vehicle Manufacturing 423 $121,087 89.05%
Educational Support Services 420 $70,259 92.11%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 419 $88,590 92.90%
Iron And Steel Pipe And Tube Manufacturing From Purchased Steel 411 $78,887 91.54%
Electric Power Generation 396 $96,209 90.62%

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