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 %
Software Developers, Applications 127,421 $90,294 91.38%
Computer Systems Analysts 81,524 $73,742 92.33%
Computer Programmers 47,455 $61,995 88.60%
Computer Occupations, All Other 30,578 $77,665 92.95%
Software Developers, Systems Software 17,566 $95,441 90.17%
Management Analysts 10,989 $82,735 92.67%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 10,471 $105,053 88.44%
Mechanical Engineers 10,339 $81,900 89.68%
Accountants and Auditors 10,161 $60,351 90.80%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 10,056 $70,263 90.14%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Agricultural Equipment Operators 2,406 $27,727 354.87%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 2,343 $27,569 399.83%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1,595 $28,390 359.23%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 236 $27,125 55.66%
Nursery Workers 142 $26,461 34.80%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 105 $40,515 35.00%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 61 $26,151 26.18%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 25 $32,154 13.89%
Construction Laborers 22 $31,823 14.10%
Fence Erectors 15 $36,938 10.20%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 21,207 $119,683 171.16%
Computer Systems Analysts 7,804 $82,127 119.99%
Computer Occupations, All Other 3,169 $91,198 72.10%
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,978 $98,907 57.48%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,797 $98,751 53.64%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 1,266 $37,261 54.76%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,059 $81,518 49.65%
Computer and Information Systems Managers 945 $135,675 53.30%
Accountants and Auditors 890 $74,608 75.23%
Mechanical Engineers 823 $92,527 78.38%
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 %
Guatemala 16 $76,707 43.24%
Uganda 14 $75,064 38.89%
Dominican Republic 14 $68,202 40.00%
Austria 14 $95,206 42.42%
Jamaica 14 $54,954 45.16%
Sweden 13 $71,968 41.94%
Denmark 13 $103,480 44.83%
Turkmenistan 13 $56,671 46.43%
Dominica 13 $58,609 46.43%
Tanzania 12 $74,779 42.86%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Baylor University 196 $46,777 88.69%
Cbi Inc 195 $94,181 88.24%
Emc Consulting Group Inc 195 $87,445 88.24%
Sailpoint Technologies Inc 193 $103,826 88.13%
Safeway Inc 192 $129,019 87.67%
Satyam Computer Services Limited 192 $64,081 87.67%
Stiaos Technologies Inc 192 $82,711 87.67%
Sabre Inc 192 $75,973 88.07%
Sai Business Solutions Llc 192 $69,246 88.07%
Advithri Technologies Llc 191 $84,795 88.02%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
G E Cotton Farms Inc 6 $26,635 100.00%
La La Ranch Llc 6 $28,784 100.00%
Hwy 67 Gin Co Inc 6 $28,382 100.00%
No Water Farms Llc 6 $31,051 100.00%
Todd Otahal Farms Llc 6 $27,810 100.00%
Obryan Ranch 6 $27,047 100.00%
Reeves County Water Improvement District 1 6 $28,302 100.00%
Dennis B Vest 6 $19,655 100.00%
Jongsma Harvesting 6 $27,882 100.00%
Paradise Creek Farm Inc 6 $23,043 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Webber Llc 13 $82,805 31.71%
Exeter Finance Llc 13 $94,312 31.71%
Adalitek Group Llc 13 $91,546 32.50%
Becton Dickinson And Company 13 $72,656 32.50%
Uworld Llc 13 $96,493 32.50%
Databricks Inc 13 $117,374 32.50%
Aveva Software Llc 13 $113,186 32.50%
Express Scripts Services Company 13 $92,554 32.50%
Sourceonit Inc 13 $91,257 33.33%
Fmc Technologies Inc 13 $100,115 33.33%

Top Industries in Texas (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Hay Farming 258 $28,082 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 217 $28,365 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 185 $29,593 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 176 $27,976 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 168 $29,645 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Farming 164 $27,392 100.00%
Cotton Farming 124 $28,068 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 122 $27,538 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 122 $24,481 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 114 $28,094 100.00%

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