State comparison

Florida vs Texas

H-1B filing geography compared side-by-side. Volume, national share, top sponsoring employers and most-filed occupations. Built from the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report.

Summary

Florida and Texas are major H-1B sponsorship states, but Texas significantly outpaces Florida in visa petition volume. Texas has filed 993,563 H-1B applications historically, compared to Florida's 294,620 — roughly 3.4 times higher. This reflects Texas's larger tech, energy, and professional services sectors, particularly in cities like Austin, Dallas, and Houston.

Florida ranks as a strong secondary H-1B market, with substantial activity in Miami, Tampa, and Orlando driven by finance, healthcare, and technology employers. While Florida's filing count is substantially lower, it remains in the upper tier of U.S. states for H-1B sponsorship, indicating robust demand for skilled visa workers in the state.

Florida vs Texas H-1B
H-1B filings by state
Texas H-1B sponsorship
Florida H-1B comparison
which state hires H-1B workers

State A

Florida

FLRank #9

State B

Texas

TXRank #2

Key metrics

National share is each state’s portion of total US H-1B filings.

Metric	Florida	Texas
Total filings	294,620	993,563▲
National share %	3.16%	10.65%▲
Rank nationally	#9	#2▲
Top sponsor	TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED	INFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share	3.5%	3.8%
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B demand in each state.

Florida

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	15,130
FY2011	15,230
FY2012	16,370
FY2013	15,285
FY2014	17,644
FY2015	20,402
FY2016	20,850
FY2017	21,815
FY2018	23,174
FY2019	2,725
FY2020	17,210
FY2021	24,009
FY2022	19,623
FY2023	20,526
FY2024	17,975
FY2025	20,089
FY2026	6,563

Texas

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	28,668
FY2011	31,431
FY2012	37,947
FY2013	42,217
FY2014	51,851
FY2015	62,552
FY2016	68,466
FY2017	66,163
FY2018	64,506
FY2019	8,319
FY2020	59,117
FY2021	90,790
FY2022	84,528
FY2023	91,294
FY2024	83,888
FY2025	90,478
FY2026	31,348

Top 5 sponsors — Florida

1TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED5,8803.5%
2INFOSYS LIMITED5,8803.5%
3Deloitte Consulting LLP5,2693.1%
4UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA3,2291.9%
5COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP3,0891.8%

Top 5 sponsors — Texas

1INFOSYS LIMITED22,7453.8%
2COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORP13,7562.3%
3TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED12,9892.1%
4Tech Mahindra (Americas) Inc.8,0121.3%
5Deloitte Consulting LLP7,8161.3%

Top 5 occupations — Florida

115-1252Software Developers78,228
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts26,434
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other19,674
415-1251Computer Programmers11,846
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers10,561

Top 5 occupations — Texas

115-1252Software Developers328,885
215-1211Computer Systems Analysts95,726
315-1299Computer Occupations, All Other77,519
415-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers38,340
515-1251Computer Programmers37,238

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