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 %
Saudi Arabia 12 $70,784 42.86%
Zambia 12 $57,517 46.15%
Tanzania 12 $74,779 46.15%
Uzbekistan 11 $87,718 42.31%
Iraq 11 $73,324 45.83%
Azerbaijan 11 $75,506 45.83%
Nicaragua 11 $64,922 47.83%
Armenia 11 $67,512 47.83%
Czech Republic 11 $66,683 47.83%
Cambodia 11 $36,880 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Texas (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Health Carousel Llc 278 $60,328 87.15%
E3 Global Inc 277 $70,515 87.11%
Texas State University 277 $51,419 87.66%
International Technologies Pro Llc 277 $62,659 87.66%
Adobe Inc 275 $115,725 87.30%
Eteam Solutions Inc 274 $64,276 87.26%
Genuineit Llc 272 $65,115 86.90%
The University Of Houston 272 $39,470 87.46%
Resource Informatics Group Inc 272 $75,287 88.03%
Ntt Data Americas Inc 271 $110,756 88.27%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Atkinson Pecan Co Llc 8 $26,617 100.00%
Mcfaddin Land Cattle Co Llc 8 $26,450 100.00%
Light Bros Pastoral Co Llc 8 $16,793 100.00%
Quality Turf Farms Lc 8 $26,907 100.00%
Mark Kelly Mccormick Joint Venture 8 $27,898 100.00%
Albert Rosas 8 $26,242 100.00%
15 Black Llc 8 $21,512 100.00%
Mmc Family Limited Partnership 8 $21,889 100.00%
Wrobleski Custom Farm Service 8 $26,707 100.00%
Clayton Williams Farms Inc 8 $27,037 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cvent Inc 21 $88,564 32.81%
Keysight Technologies Inc 21 $104,543 32.81%
Microinfo It 21 $92,166 32.81%
Tekreant Inc 21 $93,570 32.81%
Annapurna Labs Us Inc 21 $123,616 33.33%
H E B 20 $90,280 31.75%
The Univ Of Texas Health Science Center Houston 20 $85,917 32.26%
Sap Labs Llc 20 $107,547 32.26%
Vantage Force Inc 20 $69,487 32.26%
Audubon Engineering Operations Llc 20 $89,602 32.79%

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