Houston, Texas
City · Texas, United States
- Applications on record
- 240,203
- FY2025
- 11,300
- FY2026 to 30 June
- 7,944
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.98%
- Median offered wage (LCA)
- $102,856
Median wage$102,856certified 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 Houston, Texas.
Applications by fiscal year — Houston, Texas
Data table
| FY2008 | 11,910 |
| FY2009 | 9,763 |
| FY2010 | 10,319 |
| FY2011 | 11,241 |
| FY2012 | 13,658 |
| FY2013 | 13,990 |
| FY2014 | 17,010 |
| FY2015 | 19,487 |
| FY2016 | 18,759 |
| FY2017 | 14,941 |
| FY2018 | 14,750 |
| FY2019 | 13,406 |
| FY2020 | 10,917 |
| FY2021 | 9,326 |
| FY2022 | 10,675 |
| FY2023 | 10,124 |
| FY2024 | 10,683 |
| FY2025 | 11,300 |
| FY2026* | 7,944 |
| Fiscal year | H-2A | H-2B | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 4 | 82 | 6,405 | 1,453 |
| FY2025 | 3 | 135 | 9,350 | 1,812 |
| FY2024 | 5 | 87 | 8,891 | 1,700 |
| FY2023 | 4 | 69 | 8,363 | 1,688 |
| FY2022 | 3 | 57 | 9,371 | 1,244 |
| FY2021 | 1 | 53 | 7,838 | 1,434 |
| FY2020 | 0 | 55 | 9,488 | 1,374 |
| FY2019 | 2 | 50 | 11,840 | 1,514 |
| FY2018 | 2 | 55 | 12,746 | 1,947 |
| FY2017 | 0 | 44 | 13,400 | 1,497 |
| FY2016 | 0 | 48 | 16,346 | 2,365 |
| FY2015 | 1 | 14 | 17,530 | 1,942 |
| FY2014 | 0 | 0 | 15,292 | 1,718 |
| FY2013 | 0 | 0 | 12,922 | 1,068 |
| FY2012 | 0 | 0 | 12,020 | 1,638 |
| FY2011 | 0 | 0 | 9,633 | 1,608 |
| FY2010 | 0 | 0 | 8,511 | 1,808 |
| FY2009 | 0 | 0 | 9,037 | 726 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 0 | 10,442 | 1,468 |
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 Houston, Texas.
- Infosys Limited8,041
- Baylor College of Medicine4,575
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP3,358
- Deloitte Consulting LLP3,205
- Accenture LLP2,943
- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center2,542
- The University of Houston2,460
- Wipro Limited2,273
- Larsen & Toubro Infotech Limited2,245
- Schlumberger Technology Corporation1,841
- Advent Global Solutions Inc.1,783
- Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.1,685
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.
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 $102,856; middle half $80,000 to $132,000 · median prevailing wage $91,998 (marker) · 23,903 applications.
- Nursery and Greenhouse Workers2
- Drivers1
- General Farm Workers1
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
Among cities in Texas
Houston, Texas ranks #1 of 505 cities in Texas by work visa applications on record, with 18.52% of the applications for worksites in the state's cities that have their own page.
- Rank in Texas
- 1 of 505
- Share of Texas's city applications
- 18.52%
- Share of U.S. total
- 1.98%
- 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
- Analyst
- Application Developer
- Application Developer (JR) - Java Full Stack
- Application Engineer
- Applications Consultant 2
- Applications Consultant 3
- Applications Developer
- Architect
- Assistant Professor
- Associate
- Associate Attorney
- Associate Professor
- Associate, Software Engineer
- Associate, Software Engineer III
- Audit & Assurance Assistant
- Bilingual Teacher
- Business Analyst
- Business Architecture Manager
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Business Systems Analyst
- Civil Engineer
- Computer Programmer
- Computer Systems Analyst
- Computer Systems Engineer
- Consultant
- Consultant - US
- Data Analyst
- Data Engineer
- Data Scientist
- Database Administrator
- Design Engineer
- Developer
- Devops Engineer
- Director
- Dot Net Developer
- Electrical Engineer
- Elementary Bilingual Teacher
- Elementary School Teacher
- Engineer
- Environmental Scientist
- Fellow
- Financial Analyst
- Full Stack Developer
- Graduate Engineer
- Industrial Designer
- Industrial Engineer
- Information Technology Project Manager
- Instructor
- Instructor, Research Faculty Appointment
- IT Project Manager
- Java Application Developer
- Java Developer
- Landscape Designer
- Lead Consultant - US
- Management Analyst
- Manager
- Manager JC50
- Manager JC50 - Computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Market Research Analyst
- Math Teacher
- Mechanical Engineer
- Middle School Teacher
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator
- Network Engineer
- Operations Manager
- Oracle Database Administrator
- Packaged App Development Assoc Manager
- Packaged App Development Manager
- Physical Therapist
- Postdoctoral Associate
- Postdoctoral Associate/fellow
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow
- Principal Consultant
- Principal Consultant - US
- Process Engineer
- Program Manager
- Programmer Analyst
- Project Engineer
- Project Management Specialist
- Project Manager
- Project Manager - US
- QA Engineer
- Quality Engineer
- Research Assistant I
- Research Assistant II
- Research Assistant Professor
- Research Associate
- Research Associate I
- Research Investigator
- Research Scientist
- Salesforce Developer
- SAP Consultant
- Science Teacher
- Secondary School Teacher
- Seismic Imaging Analyst
- Senior Analyst
- Senior Associate
- Senior Associate JC60 -computer Systems Engineers/architects
- Senior Business Analyst
- Senior Consultant
- Senior Data Engineer
- Senior Engineer
- Senior Manager
- Senior Principal Consultant
- Senior Process Engineer
- Senior Project Engineer
- Senior Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager - US
- Senior Research Assistant
- Senior Research Associate
- Senior Research Scientist
- Senior Software Developer
- Senior Software Engineer
- Senior Technical Lead
- Software Application Developer
- Software Architect
- Software Developer
- Software Developer, Applications
- Software Developers
- Software Engineer
- Software Engineer II
- Software Programmer
- Software Programmer II
- Software QA Engineer
- Solution Architect
- Solutions Architect
- Specialist Master
- SR. Software Developer
- SR. Software Engineer
- Staff Accountant
- Staff Engineer
- Staff Scientist
- Structural Engineer
- Systems Analyst
- Systems Engineer
- Tax Consultant
- Tax Senior
- Technical Lead
- Technical Lead L1
- Technology Analyst - US
- Technology Architect - US
- Technology Consultant 2
- Technology Lead - US
- Technology Project Lead 1
- Validation Engineer
- Vice President
- Vice President, Lead Software Engineer
- Vice President, Software Engineer
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026
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