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 %
Ecolab Usa Inc 43 $98,007 89.58%
Engineering Square Llc 43 $93,419 89.58%
Data Strategies Interchange Llc 43 $97,750 89.58%
National Financial Services Llc 43 $88,102 89.58%
Intelliswift Software Inc 43 $85,643 89.58%
Gyansys Inc 43 $93,623 89.58%
Swift Technical Services Llc 43 $102,598 89.58%
Fortis Talent Llc 43 $95,654 89.58%
Itsutra Inc 43 $64,788 89.58%
Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company Inc 43 $87,585 89.58%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Skip Row Farms Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Morfeld Research Conservation Llc 1 $32,344 100.00%
Cota Irrigation And Custom Harvest Llc 1 $21,528 100.00%
Toni Lynn Rose 1 $26,354 100.00%
Tejas Feeders 1 $32,344 100.00%
Radf Properties Llc 1 $24,107 100.00%
John And Neta Loepky Farms 1 $24,960 100.00%
Hog Slat Inc 1 $24,107 100.00%
Klaas Talsma 1 $28,870 100.00%
David Carthel 1 $24,107 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hellenic Marine Llc 2 $123,011 33.33%
Rock Flow Dynamics Inc 2 $87,807 33.33%
Griffin Dewatering Corporation 2 $51,948 33.33%
Kalsi Engineering Inc 2 $81,806 33.33%
Talisman Energy Services Inc 2 $155,906 33.33%
Bridgework Partners Llc 2 $76,773 33.33%
Schaumburg Polk Inc 2 $81,068 33.33%
Goals Llc 2 $125,892 33.33%
Hmt Inc 2 $97,584 33.33%
J Walter Thompson Usa Inc 2 $67,673 33.33%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

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