VISA ATLASWork visas & talent mobility

The University of Texas at Austin

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
4,015
FY2025 applications
299
FY2026 to 30 June
232
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.7%
Median offered wage
$83,200
Most common occupation
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.7%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

The University of Texas at Austin appears in 4,015 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 299.

Applications by fiscal year — The University of Texas at Austin

150299FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
150299FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY2008160
FY2009216
FY2010191
FY2011194
FY2012191
FY2013246
FY2014254
FY2015202
FY2016246
FY2017143
FY2018132
FY2019175
FY2020235
FY2021225
FY2022226
FY2023203
FY2024245
FY2025299
FY2026*232
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2266
FY202528316
FY20242369
FY20231985
FY202221214
FY202121312
FY202022510
FY201916510
FY20181284
FY20171358
FY201623313
FY201519210
FY201423717
FY20132442
FY201217912
FY20111895
FY201015932
FY20092133
FY20081528

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

The University of Texas at Austin: applications by worksite state

1+1+2+3+5+
1+1+2+3+5+
Data table
StateApplications
TX3,990
MA6
CA5
MS3
MD3
IL2
NY2
NJ1
GA1
LA1
OR1
Worksite states
  1. Texas3,990
  2. Massachusetts6
  3. California5
  4. Mississippi3
  5. Maryland3
  6. Illinois2
  7. New York2
  8. New Jersey1
  9. Georgia1
  10. Louisiana1
Worksite cities
  1. Austin, TX3,907
  2. Port Aransas, TX44
  3. Mesquite, TX8
  4. Boston, MA5
  5. Stanford, CA5
  6. Temple, TX4
  7. Vicksburg, MS3
  8. Gaithersburg, MD3
  9. Houston, TX3

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers320
  2. Biological Scientists, All Other271
  3. Physicists189
  4. Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary155
  5. Chemists154
  6. Biochemists and Biophysicists140
  7. Materials Scientists132
  8. Business Teachers, Postsecondary113
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Postdoctoral Fellow1,283
  2. Assistant Professor715
  3. Research Associate614
  4. Research Engineering/scientist Associate III176
  5. Research Fellow133
  6. Lecturer103
  7. Professor60
  8. Assistant Professor of Instruction58

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $83,200; middle half $65,000 to $111,000 · median prevailing wage $58,261 (marker) · 709 applications.

$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
$40k$65k$90k$115k$140k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I506
  2. Level II111
  3. Level III128

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. South Korea19
  2. Canada15
  3. United Kingdom14
  4. India14
  5. Italy13
  6. China12
  7. Germany11
  8. Mexico7
  9. Israel5
  10. Iran5

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

110220FY2010FY2013FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
110220FY2010FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY2010122
FY2013168
FY20171
FY201867
FY2019106
FY2020119
FY2021220
FY2022145
FY202363
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023310320
FY2022701754
FY20211250954
FY2020721471
FY2019601460
FY2018400272
FY20171000
FY20131001681
FY2010881341

Among employers in Texas

The University of Texas at Austin has 4,015 work visa applications on record (FY2008–FY2026), ranking #21 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #239 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.29% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
21 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
239 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
0.29%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 611) in Texas
630
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264