Metro area · TX

HOUSTON, TX

H-1B hiring, wages and employer concentration across 210 employers in the HOUSTON, TX metro.

210
Employers
$123,656
Median H-1B wage
11,618
H-1B filings

The metro at a glance

HOUSTON, TX, TX aggregates 210 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 Administrative & Waste Services.

210
employers
$123,656
median H-1B wage
11,618
H-1B filings
5
top industries
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesInformation & MediaWholesale TradeHealthcare & Social AssistanceUtilities

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 210 employers at a median disclosed H-1B wage of $123,656, with hiring concentrated in Professional & Technical Services, Administrative & Waste Services, Information & Media. 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

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

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

Top employers in HOUSTON, TX

# Employer H-1B filingsMedian 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 210 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.