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 %
Houston Independent School District 871 $48,015 90.35%
Quest Global Services Na Inc 869 $78,382 92.94%
Delta System Software Inc 857 $67,451 92.65%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 832 $93,452 89.95%
Att Services Inc 832 $110,137 91.03%
Goldman Sachs Services Llc 821 $88,091 90.62%
Kpmg Llp 807 $78,203 89.27%
The University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center 803 $51,991 89.72%
Pvr America Inc 798 $60,366 90.27%
Rackspace Us Inc 779 $86,766 90.69%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Lucid Technologies Inc 74 $82,368 40.22%
Techgene Solutions Llc 73 $83,618 39.89%
Hospitalist Medicine Physicians Of Texas Pllc 72 $125,609 40.68%
International Technologies Pro Llc Dba Iq Techpros 71 $95,044 40.57%
Info Keys Inc 71 $98,390 40.80%
Xtglobalinc 71 $105,383 41.28%
Goldman Sachs Services Llc 70 $112,609 41.67%
Landscape Art Inc 70 $23,367 41.67%
Epsilon Data Management Llc 70 $100,569 41.67%
Dexperts Inc 70 $78,573 41.67%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nail Salons 1 $68,120 100.00%
Convention And Visitors Bureaus 1 $51,792 100.00%
Forging And Stamping 1 $39,520 100.00%
Resin And Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing 1 $56,597 100.00%
Biomass Electric Power Generation 1 $118,206 100.00%
Frozen Fruit Juice And Vegetable Manufacturing 1 $60,882 100.00%
Drycleaning And Laundry Services 1 $48,963 100.00%
All Other Wood Product Manufacturing 1 $90,168 100.00%
Other Personal Services 1 $116,938 100.00%
Mechanical Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing 1 $74,589 100.00%
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