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 %
Ideal Source Inc	46	$92,370	88.46%
Toyota Motor Credit Corporation	46	$95,513	88.46%
Slesha Inc	46	$79,704	88.46%
Openlogix Corporation	46	$86,131	88.46%
Macrosoft Inc	46	$96,333	88.46%
Texas Am Agrilife Research Part Of Tamus Agricultural Prg	46	$39,210	88.46%
Texas Heart Institute	46	$51,021	88.46%
Atria Group Llc	46	$61,723	88.46%
Only It Consulting Llc	46	$82,872	88.46%
Nexcruit It Services Llc	46	$79,375	88.46%

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %

Company	# of Jobs	Avg Wage	Approval %
Rw3 Technologies Inc	2	$87,714	25.00%
J G Trybus Corporation	2	$56,254	28.57%
Iconma Llc	2	$56,638	28.57%
Triple Point Technology Inc	2	$110,459	28.57%
Almouie Pediatrics	2	$115,457	28.57%
Volta Llc	2	$95,004	28.57%
Solid Silicon Technology Llc Dba Aragio Solutions	2	$105,685	28.57%
Altair Semiconductor Inc	2	$95,919	28.57%
Fss Technologies Inc	2	$76,586	28.57%
St Davids Healthcare	2	$56,493	28.57%

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.