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 %
Graphic Designers 560 $44,582 83.83%
Medical and Health Services Managers 556 $70,772 84.63%
Biomedical Engineers 541 $66,723 82.85%
Internists, General 538 $136,622 83.02%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 500 $44,014 77.28%
Economists 476 $81,697 79.73%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 475 $53,151 84.97%
Occupational Therapists 446 $65,879 83.05%
Budget Analysts 403 $58,133 77.06%
Materials Scientists 401 $59,664 86.80%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 60 $31,741 39.22%
Medical and Health Services Managers 60 $77,476 41.38%
Occupational Therapists 59 $12,574,875 40.69%
Computer Hardware Engineers 59 $101,528 40.97%
Home Health Aides 57 $18,220 41.61%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 57 $42,353 41.91%
Credit Analysts 57 $66,178 41.91%
Cooks, Fast Food 56 $17,253 41.48%
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 55 $21,374 41.04%
Purchasing Managers 55 $109,001 41.04%
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 %
Singular Analysts Inc 391 $73,258 89.27%
Populus Group Llc 389 $99,984 89.22%
Ltimindtree Limited 387 $87,528 89.38%
Orchestra Technology Inc 386 $62,337 89.15%
The Boston Consulting Group Inc 384 $101,010 88.89%
Hitachi Vantara Llc 383 $97,374 89.28%
Optum Services Inc 381 $107,663 89.23%
Emc Corporation 379 $100,805 88.97%
University Of Texas At San Antonio 377 $55,995 89.13%
Vmware Inc 377 $107,499 89.76%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Vertraus Inc 31 $83,101 36.05%
Mediatek Usa Inc 31 $113,100 36.47%
Dal Tile Corporation 31 $90,947 36.47%
Whole Foods Market Services Inc 31 $99,404 36.90%
Yeti Technologies Yeti Computers 30 $67,599 35.71%
Isqare Technologiesinc 30 $82,160 36.14%
Siemens Plm Software Inc 30 $86,662 36.14%
Mpowertech Inc 30 $100,058 36.14%
Gsk Solutions Inc 29 $97,474 35.37%
Intel Americas Inc 29 $98,611 35.37%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Offices Of Physical Occupational And Speech Therapists And Audiologists 1,727 $67,351 87.40%
All Other Financial Investment Activities 1,623 $99,521 97.07%
Oil And Gas Extraction 1,364 $108,804 86.71%
Temporary Help Services 1,344 $88,030 88.95%
Credit Card Issuing 1,319 $89,825 91.41%
Process Physical Distribution And Logistics Consulting Services 1,209 $77,902 87.29%
Architectural Services 1,103 $53,215 85.50%
Commercial And Institutional Building Construction 1,068 $73,528 84.90%
Marketing Consulting Services 1,065 $81,693 86.17%
Consumer Lending 1,060 $97,581 88.26%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Wheat Farming 34 $26,503 100.00%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production 30 $26,425 100.00%
Tree Nut Farming 29 $27,771 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 28 $22,369 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 27 $27,428 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 26 $26,514 100.00%
Other Animal Production 26 $27,117 100.00%
Corn Farming 26 $26,423 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 23 $28,305 100.00%
Shellfish Farming 22 $25,222 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Computer And Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing 137 $79,070 27.29%
Private Households 134 $21,847 29.39%
Industrial Building Construction 124 $45,361 27.93%
Petrochemical Manufacturing 123 $82,220 28.21%
Medical Laboratories 114 $64,554 26.33%
Power Distribution And Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 112 $91,793 28.50%
Electric Power Distribution 107 $94,352 27.51%
Offices Of Physicians 107 $3,248,814 30.14%
Scientific Research And Development Services 106 $80,437 34.53%
Ready Mix Concrete Manufacturing 92 $38,904 30.98%

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