Austin, Texas
City · Texas, United States
- Applications on record
- 165,425
- FY2025
- 17,469
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 12,992
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.36%
- Median offered wage (LCA)
- $128,551
Median wage$128,551certified LCAs
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year
All Department of Labor work visa applications with a worksite in Austin, Texas.
Applications by fiscal year — Austin, Texas
Data table
| FY2008 | 3,255 |
| FY2009 | 2,567 |
| FY2010 | 3,029 |
| FY2011 | 3,260 |
| FY2012 | 3,775 |
| FY2013 | 4,222 |
| FY2014 | 5,229 |
| FY2015 | 6,649 |
| FY2016 | 7,581 |
| FY2017 | 8,022 |
| FY2018 | 9,356 |
| FY2019 | 11,036 |
| FY2020 | 10,567 |
| FY2021 | 11,911 |
| FY2022 | 15,787 |
| FY2023 | 13,632 |
| FY2024 | 15,086 |
| FY2025 | 17,469 |
| FY2026* | 12,992 |
| Fiscal year | H-2A | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 2 | 97 | 11,188 | 1,705 |
| FY2025 | 4 | 84 | 14,518 | 2,863 |
| FY2024 | 3 | 84 | 12,902 | 2,097 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 85 | 11,624 | 1,919 |
| FY2022 | 4 | 103 | 14,180 | 1,500 |
| FY2021 | 3 | 82 | 10,481 | 1,345 |
| FY2020 | 3 | 91 | 9,322 | 1,151 |
| FY2019 | 3 | 103 | 9,665 | 1,265 |
| FY2018 | 2 | 109 | 7,864 | 1,381 |
| FY2017 | 2 | 102 | 6,932 | 986 |
| FY2016 | 2 | 93 | 6,313 | 1,173 |
| FY2015 | 1 | 7 | 5,905 | 736 |
| FY2014 | 1 | 0 | 4,628 | 600 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 3,887 | 335 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 3,272 | 503 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 2,822 | 438 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 2,486 | 543 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 2,356 | 211 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 2,878 | 377 |
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications for jobs in Austin, Texas.
- Amazon.com Services LLC5,851
- Apple Inc.5,061
- Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.4,429
- The University of Texas at Austin3,907
- Infosys Limited3,629
- Intel Corporation3,541
- Tata Consultancy Services Limited2,941
- Visa Technology & Operations LLC2,823
- Wipro Limited2,544
- Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.L.C.2,369
- Tesla, Inc.2,185
- IBM Corporation2,073
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Occupations and routes
SOC 2018 occupation and visa programme of the applications.
- Software Developers57,249
- Computer Occupations, All Other15,489
- Electronics Engineers, Except Computer14,581
- Computer Systems Analysts12,381
- Computer Programmers6,504
- Computer and Information Systems Managers3,308
- Data Scientists2,801
- Electrical Engineers2,493
- Industrial Engineers2,410
- Operations Research Analysts2,341
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $128,551; middle half $101,837 to $155,709 · median prevailing wage $108,826 (marker) · 37,897 applications.
- Nursery and Greenhouse Workers4
- General Farm Workers2
- Trees2
- Livestock1
- Hort/nurs.1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Among cities in Texas
Austin, Texas ranks #2 of 505 cities in Texas by work visa applications on record, with 12.76% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.
- Rank in Texas
- 2 of 505
- Share of Texas's city applications
- 12.76%
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.36%
- Houston, TX240,203
- Austin, TX165,425
- Dallas, TX140,534
- Irving, TX135,881
- Plano, TX118,450
- Richardson, TX56,218
- San Antonio, TX43,831
- Frisco, TX36,639
- College Station, TX28,326
- Fort Worth, TX26,695
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026
Job titles with their own pages
Titles with at least 30 labor condition applications here since FY2022.
- .NET Developer
- Accountant
- Advisory Senior Consultant
- Analog Design Engineer
- Analog Engineer
- Analyst
- Application Developer
- Application Engineer
- Applications Developer
- Applications Engineer
- Architect
- Asic Engineer
- Asic II
- Asics Engineer
- Assistant Professor
- Assistant Professor of Instruction
- Associate
- Bilingual Teacher
- Business Analyst
- Business Analyst II
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Business Intelligence Engineer I
- Business Intelligence Engineer II
- Business Intelligence Engineer III
- Business Systems Analyst
- Chief Executive Officer
- Component Design Engineer
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Consultant
- Consultant - US
- Cpu Engineer
- Customer Engineer
- Data Analyst
- Data Center Infrastructure Engineer II
- Data Engineer
- Data Engineer I
- Data Engineer II
- Data Engineer III
- Data Scientist
- Data Scientist II
- Database Administrator
- Design Engineer
- Design Verification
- Design Verification Engineer
- Developer
- Developer L3
- Devops Engineer
- Digital Design Engineer
- Director
- Electrical Engineer
- Electronics Engineer
- Engineer
- Engineer I
- Engineer II
- Engineering Manager
- Engineering Project Manager
- Engineering Project/program
- Engineering Project/program Manager
- Enterprise Act Engineer II
- Fe Engineering
- Financial Analyst
- Front-end Engineer II
- Full Stack Developer
- Functional Consultant
- Graduate Engineer
- Hardware Commodity Specialist II
- Hardware Engineer
- Hardware Engineer, Electronics
- Hardware Systems Engineer
- Hardware Systems Engineering
- HW Commodity Specialist III
- Industrial Engineer
- IT App Development Engineer II
- IT Application Solution Management Analyst
- IT Project Manager
- Java Developer
- Java Full Stack Developer
- Lead Consultant - 2 - US
- Lead Consultant - US
- Lead Engineer
- Lead Software Engineer
- Lead SW Engineer
- Machine Learning Engineer
- Manager
- Manager III, Software Development
- Manager JC50
- Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Manager, Software Development & Engineering
- Manager, Software Engineering
- Manufacturing Controls Dev Engineer
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Manufacturing Equipment Engineer
- Mechanical Design Engineer
- Mechanical Engineer
- Member of Technical Staff
- MTS 1, Software Engineer
- MTS 2, Software Engineer
- MTS Product Development ENG.
- MTS Product Development Engineer
- MTS Silicon Design Engineer
- MTS Software Development ENG.
- MTS Systems Design ENG.
- Network Development Engineer II
- Network Engineer
- Package Consultant 2
- Physical Design Engineer
- Pmts Silicon Design Engineer
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Principal Consultant - US
- Principal Engineer
- Principal Software Engineer
- Process Engineer
- Product Designer
- Product Development Engineer
- Product Engineer
- Product Manager
- Product Manager III
- Product Manager III - Technical
- Production Services Engineer
- Production Support Lead - US
- Professional Services Consultant
- Professional Services II
- Professional Services III
- Program Manager
- Program Manager II
- Program Manager III
- Programmer Analyst
- Project Delivery Specialist
- Project Engineer
- Project Lead L1
- Project Manager
- Project Manager - US
- Project Manager L1
- Python Developer
- QA Engineer
- Quality Assurance Engineer
- Quality Assurance Engineer I
- Quality Assurance Engineer II
- Quality Engineer
- Research Associate
- Research Engineering/scientist Associate III
- Research Fellow
- Research Scientist
- SA JC60 - Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
- Salesforce Developer
- SAP Consultant
- SAP Fico Consultant
- Security Engineer
- Security Engineer I
- Security Engineer II
- Senior Asics Engineer
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate JC60 -computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Senior Business Analyst
- Senior Consultant
- Senior Cpu Engineer
- Senior Data Analyst
- Senior Data Engineer
- Senior Data Scientist
- Senior Design Engineer
- Senior Devops Engineer
- Senior DSP Architecture and Design Engineer
- Senior Engineer
- Senior Manager
- Senior Manager JC45 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Senior Member of Technical Staff
- Senior Product Manager
- Senior Project Manager - US
- Senior Software Developer
- Senior Software Development Engineer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Staff Cpu Engineer
- Senior Staff Engineer
- Senior Systems Engineer
- Senior Technical Support Engineer
- Senior Technology Architect - US
- Silicon Design Engineer
- Silicon Engineer
- Silicon Engineering
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Smts Silicon Design Engineer
- Smts Systems Design ENG.
- Software Application Developer
- Software Architect
- Software Dev Engineer I
- Software Dev Engineer II
- Software Dev Engineer III
- Software Developer
- Software Developer II
- Software Developer, Applications
- Software Development Engineer
- Software Development Engineer - Applications
- Software Development Engineer - Systems
- Software Development Engineer - Test
- Software Development Engineer I
- Software Development Engineer II
- Software Development Engineer III
- Software Development Engineer in Test
- Software Development Engineering
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer - SR. Consultant Level
- Software Engineer 2
- Software Engineer 3
- Software Engineer I
- Software Engineer II
- Software Engineer III
- Software Engineering
- Software Engineering Advisor
- Software Engineering Applications
- Software Engineering Senior Advisor
- Software Engineering Systems
- Software Principal Engineer
- Software Programmer II
- Software Quality Assurance Engineer
- Software Test Engineer
- Solution Architect
- Solution Architect II
- Solution Architect L1
- Solutions Architect
- Solutions Architect I
- Solutions Architect II
- Solutions Architect III
- Solutions Consultant
- Specialist Master
- Specialist Programmer
- Specialist Senior
- SR. Cybersecurity Engineer
- SR. Data Engineer
- SR. Manager
- SR. Manager, Software Development & Engineering Senior
- SR. Manager, Software Development & Engineering SR.
- SR. Product Development Engineer
- SR. Product Manager
- SR. Silicon Design Engineer
- SR. Site Reliability Engineer
- SR. Software Developer
- SR. Software Development Engineer
- SR. Software Engineer
- SR. Specialist - Software Development & Engineering
- SR. SW Engineer
- SR. SW Test Engineer
- SR. Systems Analyst
- SR. Systems Design Engineer
- SR. Systems Engineer
- Staff Asics Engineer
- Staff Cpu Engineer
- Staff Data Engineer
- Staff Engineer
- Staff Manufacturing Engineer
- Staff ML Scientist
- Staff Site Reliability Engineer
- Staff Software Engineer
- Staff SW Engineer
- Staff SW Test Engineer
- Staff Systems Engineer
- Strategic Sourcing Manager
- Supply Chain Manager II
- Supply Chain Manager III
- Supply Demand Planning
- System Administrator
- System Development Engineer I
- System Development Engineer II
- System Validation Engineer
- Systems Analyst
- Systems Design Engineer
- Systems Engineer
- Technical Analyst
- Technical Architect
- Technical Lead
- Technical Lead L1
- Technical Product Manager
- Technical Program Manager
- Technical Program Manager II
- Technical Program Manager III
- Technical Project Manager
- Technical Project/program Management Engineer
- Technical Solutions Consultant
- Technical Support Engineer
- Technical Test Lead - US
- Techno Functional Consultant L2
- Technology Analyst - US
- Technology Architect - US
- Technology Architect L1
- Technology Consultant 2
- Technology Lead - US
- Test Engineer
- Tools and Automation Engineer
- Validation Engineer
- Verification Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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