Checked Oct 23, 2026

H-1B Salaries in Houston, TX

H-1B Labor Condition Applications for jobs located in Houston, TX, decided in fiscal year 2026 through Jun 30, 2026.

Certified filings: 6,045; FY 2026 through Q3
Median offered wage: $106,000; Middle half $83,886 to $138,000
Positions requested: 7,624; On certified filings
Texas median offered: $114,400; All certified filings

Top employers

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#	Employer	Certified	Median wage
1	The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center	184	$77,050
2	Infosys Limited	166	$82,306
3	Ernst & Young U.S. LLP	156	$164,146
4	Baylor College of Medicine	134	$70,057
5	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	76	$79,724
6	Mphasis Corporation	65	$116,000
7	LTIMindtree Limited	64	$96,200
8	JPMorgan Chase & Co.	63	$155,000
9	Accenture LLP	56	$150,150
10	The Methodist Hospital Research Institute	54	$69,705
11	W.m. Rice University	53	$76,500
12	Deloitte Consulting LLP	52	$142,500
13	University of Houston	52	$89,064
14	Schlumberger Technology Corporation	50	$135,000
15	Corporate Solutions General INC	46	$89,420
16	Capgemini America Inc	37	$138,000
17	Houston Independent School District	35	$67,500
18	PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC	33	$181,000
19	CGG Services (U.S.) Inc.	32	$107,430
20	National Oilwell Varco, L..P	30	$115,255
21	BP America Inc.	28	$150,700
22	Amazon.com Services LLC	27	$142,800
23	Boston Consulting Group, Inc.	27	$190,000
24	Compunnel Software Group, INC	26	$106,000
25	Zeus Solutions Inc	26	$105,976
26	Amazon Web Services, Inc.	25	$157,300
27	Deloitte & Touche LLP	25	$82,000
28	Foxconn Assembly LLC	24	$73,278
29	American General Life Insurance Company	22	$121,000
30	Data Strategies Interchange LLC	22	$120,000

Top occupations

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#	Occupation	Certified	Median wage
1	Software Developers	1,292	$110,000
2	Computer Occupations, All Other	449	$108,243
3	Data Scientists	329	$100,000
4	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	223	$72,000
5	Civil Engineers	206	$100,380
6	Accountants and Auditors	197	$94,120
7	Computer Systems Analysts	179	$117,208
8	Computer Programmers	151	$80,000
9	Financial and Investment Analysts	148	$125,278
10	Mechanical Engineers	144	$115,920
11	Management Analysts	143	$129,917
12	Electrical Engineers	135	$119,340
13	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	125	$91,500
14	Industrial Engineers	122	$97,760
15	Computer and Information Systems Managers	115	$198,500
16	Operations Research Analysts	111	$107,000
17	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	90	$83,600
18	Project Management Specialists	87	$93,200
19	Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	81	$75,000
20	Biochemists and Biophysicists	78	$74,200
21	Biological Scientists, All Other	70	$77,420
22	Database Administrators	67	$92,000
23	Logisticians	59	$81,349
24	Database Architects	53	$131,040
25	Sales Engineers	48	$135,812
26	Architectural and Engineering Managers	43	$203,299
27	Information Security Analysts	43	$115,640
28	Chemical Engineers	41	$135,000
29	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	40	$62,875
30	Petroleum Engineers	39	$157,700

Most common job titles

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#	Job title	Certified	Median wage
1	Software Developer	292	$105,976
2	Software Engineer	197	$105,976
3	Assistant Professor	91	$120,999
4	Data Engineer	64	$102,297
5	Postdoctoral Fellow	63	$67,900
6	Research Scientist	54	$77,069
7	Postdoctoral Associate/Fellow	50	$65,000
8	Computer Programmer	47	$72,696
9	Data Scientist	47	$110,495
10	Instructor	47	$77,000
11	Manager	46	$150,899
12	Project Engineer	43	$95,056
13	Project Manager	39	$108,300
14	Business Analyst	31	$88,500
15	Data Analyst	31	$74,767
16	Associate	29	$130,520
17	Consultant	29	$190,000
18	Technology Consultant 2	29	$80,974
19	Accountant	26	$73,543
20	Senior Associate	26	$121,500

Data sources

H-1B Labor Condition Application (LCA) Disclosure DataU.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Data as of 06/30/2026

City is the work location on the filing, matched to Census place names.

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