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 %
Business Workplace Solutions Peo Services Llc	38	$66,038	88.37%
Cintra Us Services Llc	38	$76,809	88.37%
Vmc Soft Technologies Inc	38	$91,301	88.37%
Energy Transfer Partners Llc	38	$107,924	88.37%
Kony Services Inc	38	$90,286	88.37%
Web Yoga Inc	38	$72,039	88.37%
Ibrain Technologies Inc	38	$77,189	88.37%
Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories Llc	38	$65,151	88.37%
Wayfair Llc	38	$105,134	88.37%
Virtue Serve Llc	38	$94,041	88.37%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Nissi Development Group Inc	2	$81,869	33.33%
Excel Midstream Solutions Inc	2	$107,505	33.33%
Uop Llc	2	$139,433	33.33%
Kj Park Inc	2	$37,825	33.33%
Prosource Trace A Matic Llc	2	$80,319	33.33%
Thyssen Petroleum Panther Dome Llc	2	$77,470	33.33%
Mobilis Technologies Llc	2	$89,086	33.33%
Ubc Rags Inc	2	$58,854	33.33%
Lubbock I Enterprises Llcdba Southern Specialty	2	$45,219	33.33%
Judd Thomas Smith Company Pc	2	$70,959	33.33%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals	3,201	$75,699	86.56%
Other Scientific And Technical Consulting Services	2,895	$81,341	80.19%
Commercial Banking	2,824	$98,342	82.57%
Scheduled Passenger Air Transportation	2,731	$83,365	89.04%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services	2,688	$86,679	87.73%
Radio And Television Broadcasting And Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing	2,594	$89,941	87.84%
Offices Of Dentists	2,459	$120,072	89.88%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists	2,369	$129,082	86.78%
Oil And Gas Field Machinery And Equipment Manufacturing	2,272	$83,828	85.38%
Research And Development In The Physical Engineering And Life Sciences	1,740	$70,754	75.69%

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%

Industry	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Hotels Except Casino Hotels And Motels	197	$48,554	24.91%
Supermarkets And Other Grocery Retailers Except Convenience Retailers	196	$63,047	26.70%
Local Messengers And Local Delivery	194	$22,838	27.83%
Consumer Lending	191	$100,752	27.88%
Professional Employer Organizations	178	$97,810	26.18%
Other Activities Related To Real Estate	166	$92,258	25.30%
Marketing Research And Public Opinion Polling	166	$84,223	26.69%
Drugs And Druggists Sundries Merchant Wholesalers	161	$90,993	26.92%
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists	159	$8,619,789	27.13%
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing	145	$90,938	28.83%

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.