EXPLORE / LOCATIONS / TEXAS

Texas (TX)

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232,955

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

93.5%

LCA certification rate

13,784

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Texas highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

WAWashington

MTMontana

NDNorth Dakota

MNMinnesota

WIWisconsin

MIMichigan

VTVermont

NHNew Hampshire

OROregon

IDIdaho

WYWyoming

SDSouth Dakota

IAIowa

ILIllinois

INIndiana

OHOhio

NYNew York

MAMassachusetts

RIRhode Island

CACalifornia

NVNevada

UTUtah

COColorado

NENebraska

KSKansas

MOMissouri

KYKentucky

WVWest Virginia

PAPennsylvania

NJNew Jersey

CTConnecticut

AZArizona

NMNew Mexico

OKOklahoma

ARArkansas

TNTennessee

VAVirginia

MDMaryland

DEDelaware

HIHawaii

TXTexas

LALouisiana

MSMississippi

ALAlabama

GAGeorgia

SCSouth Carolina

NCNorth Carolina

DCDistrict of Columbia

FLFlorida

LCA filings by year

// worksite in Texas

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

90,478

84,36193.2%

2024

83,888

78,06393.1%

2023

91,294

84,93593.0%

2022

84,528

78,84493.3%

2021

90,790

85,50294.2%

2020

59,117

55,86394.5%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

12,464

54395.8%

2024

21,357

70196.8%

2023

6,923

51693.1%

2022

17,821

42097.7%

2021

17,809

80795.7%

2020

14,166

5,40972.4%

2019

11,652

7,08362.2%

2018

6,942

4,73359.5%

2017

12,407

2,39083.8%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

10,610

25097.7%

2024

8,246

5599.3%

2021

6,832

5599.2%

2020

5,811

11998.0%

2019

4,683

3199.3%

2018

2,994

399.9%

2017

2,565

1299.5%

2016

2,091

2698.8%

2015

2,082

1099.5%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

16,989

24798.6%

2024

17,108

3899.8%

2019

12,422

13798.9%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP743

Oracle America, Inc.470

Tesla, Inc.319

INFOSYS LIMITED258

UT Southwestern Medical Center124

Texas A&M University123

The University of Texas at Austin84

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER83

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers35,235

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects5,823

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers3,597

Computer Programmers3,562

Information Technology Project Managers3,494

Data Scientists2,610

Computer Systems Analysts2,564

Business Intelligence Analysts2,094

Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE