Metro area · TX

AUSTIN, TX

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 183 employers in the AUSTIN, TX metro.

183
Employers
$134,895
Median H-1B wage
19,180
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

AUSTIN, TX, TX aggregates 183 tracked employers at a $134,895 median H-1B wage and 19,180 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Transportation & Warehousing.

183
employers
$134,895
median H-1B wage
19,180
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesTransportation & WarehousingAdministrative & Waste ServicesManufacturingFinance & InsuranceInformation & Media

What the data says about this metro

Metro pages on PlainEmployers gather every employer whose federal filings tie to a single regional labor market, so you can see where H-1B hiring concentrates, which sectors dominate, and how often layoffs are filed in one place. Every figure below comes from the same three public datasets behind individual profiles, the Department of Labor H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury records, and state WARN Act notices, aggregated across the metro. Use these regional numbers as the backdrop against which any single local employer should be read.

AUSTIN, TX, TX aggregates 183 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $134,895, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Transportation & Warehousing, Administrative & Waste Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.

Headline sponsors: Google LLC, CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC, and IBM Corporation, together 4,953 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Metro-area figures sum the employer records tied to this region's labor market, based on WARN Act notices and US Department of Labor data. Geographic boundaries are approximate: a filing is attributed to the metro of the affected worksite, so a multi-site employer may appear across several metros, and remote reductions can be hard to localize. Local economic conditions, seasonal patterns, and the presence of one or two very large employers can all skew a metro's totals. Use these numbers to understand the broad shape of activity in the area, not as a precise census, and consult the individual records and the methodology for the underlying detail.

Employer mix in AUSTIN, TX

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in AUSTIN, TX, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in AUSTIN, TX

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian wage
1 Google LLC Professional & Technical Services 2,367 $355,887
2 CAPGEMINI AMERICA INC Professional & Technical Services 1,420 $363,409
3 IBM Corporation Professional & Technical Services 1,166 -
4 NVIDIA Corporation Manufacturing 752 $210,677
5 Cisco Systems, Inc. Manufacturing 510 $147,817
6 Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Manufacturing 480 -
7 BYTEDANCE INC. Administrative & Waste Services 392 $220,469
8 Amazon Data Services, Inc Information & Media 343 $150,039
9 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Manufacturing 287 $168,976
10 Adobe Inc. Professional & Technical Services 284 $200,809
11 Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Finance & Insurance 266 $155,995
12 Visa Technology & Operations LLC Finance & Insurance 224 $145,066
13 Expedia, Inc. Information & Media 186 $152,114
14 HTC GLOBAL SERVICES INC. Professional & Technical Services 181 $109,152
15 V-Soft Consulting Group, INC Professional & Technical Services 164 $100,091
16 People Tech Group, Inc Professional & Technical Services 160 $128,620
17 Applied Materials, Inc. Manufacturing 159 $150,983
18 INTELLECTT, INC. Professional & Technical Services 153 $98,842
19 Visa U.S.A. Inc. Finance & Insurance 146 $181,819
20 Humana Inc. Management of Companies 134 $193,847
21 Baylor College of Medicine Educational Services 130 $118,331
22 The University of Texas at Austin Educational Services 130 $94,142
23 HEALTH CARE SERVICE CORPORATION Finance & Insurance 118 $138,186
24 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Manufacturing 102 $219,729
25 Quadrant Technologies LLC Professional & Technical Services 101 $109,731

What this means if you work in AUSTIN, TX

Use AUSTIN, TX's $134,895 median as the local benchmark, H-1B wages are legally tied to each metro's prevailing wage, so the same role pays differently city to city.

  • A same-role H-1B offer well below $134,895 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 183 tracked employers.
  • Google LLC leads local H-1B sponsorship; compare its pay and safety grade against peers before applying. Compare employers
  • Check an employer’s WARN layoff history for job-stability risk in this metro. Largest layoffs

Metro figures aggregate worksites by city; a multi-site employer can appear across several metros, and remote roles are hard to localize.