Metro area · TX
Houston, TX
H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 1,104 employers in the Houston, TX metro.
- 1,104
- Employers
- $123,656
- Median H-1B wage
- 11,618
- H-1B filings
The metro at a glance
Houston, TX, TX aggregates 1,104 tracked employers at a $123,656 median H-1B wage and 11,618 H-1B filings on record, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services and Management of Companies.
- 1,104
- employers
- $123,656
- median H-1B wage
- 11,618
- H-1B filings
- 5
- top industries
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.
Houston, TX, TX aggregates 1,104 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $123,656, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Management of Companies, Educational Services. The mix is computed from actual DOL/OSHA/WARN filings in this specific metro; see methodology for source documentation.
Headline sponsors: Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Mphasis Corporation, and L&T Technology Services Limited, together 3,982 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 Houston, TX
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
594 employers
- Manufacturing 96
Manufacturing
96 employers
- Wholesale Trade 47
Wholesale Trade
47 employers
- Mining & Extraction 44
Mining & Extraction
44 employers
- Finance & Insurance 43
Finance & Insurance
43 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist… 30
Healthcare & Social Assistance
30 employers
- Information & Media 26
Information & Media
26 employers
What this shows Professional & Technical Services is the largest tracked sector in Houston, TX, shaping the metro's wage and hiring profile.
Top employers in Houston, TX
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernst & Young U.S. LLP Professional & Technical Services | 2,873 | $171,258 |
| 2 | Mphasis Corporation Professional & Technical Services | 789 | $118,871 |
| 3 | L&T Technology Services Limited Professional & Technical Services | 320 | $101,005 |
| 4 | SKILLTUNE TECHNOLOGIES INC Professional & Technical Services | 253 | $125,586 |
| 5 | Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 221 | $191,233 |
| 6 | Decision Six Inc Professional & Technical Services | 190 | $91,093 |
| 7 | THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS M.D. ANDERSON CANCER CENTER Educational Services | 171 | $119,311 |
| 8 | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company Professional & Technical Services | 168 | $161,720 |
| 9 | Applied Materials, Inc. Manufacturing | 159 | $150,983 |
| 10 | Texas A&M University Educational Services | 156 | $86,502 |
| 11 | Databricks, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 155 | $170,998 |
| 12 | SAP America, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 146 | $164,984 |
| 13 | Baylor College of Medicine Educational Services | 130 | $118,331 |
| 14 | Insight Global, LLC Administrative & Waste Services | 94 | $122,810 |
| 15 | NATSOFT CORPORATION Professional & Technical Services | 90 | $152,143 |
| 16 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Educational Services | 84 | $111,434 |
| 17 | Citigroup Global Markets Inc. Finance & Insurance | 76 | $189,149 |
| 18 | Birlasoft Solutions, Inc. Professional & Technical Services | 56 | $118,736 |
| 19 | BOFA SECURITIES, INC. Finance & Insurance | 54 | $212,386 |
| 20 | Schlumberger Technology Corporation Mining & Extraction | 53 | $129,527 |
| 21 | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP Professional & Technical Services | 52 | $150,836 |
| 22 | 3i INFOTECH, INC. Professional & Technical Services | 52 | $92,009 |
| 23 | The Methodist Hospital Research Institute Professional & Technical Services | 52 | $76,517 |
| 24 | University of Houston Educational Services | 51 | $94,372 |
| 25 | W.M. RICE UNIVERSITY Educational Services | 50 | $164,186 |
What this means if you work in Houston, TX
Use Houston, TX's $123,656 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 $123,656 is worth questioning, the median here is set by 1,104 tracked employers.
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 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.