State comparison

Washington 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

Texas and Washington are two major hubs for H-1B visa sponsorship, but differ significantly in scale and composition. Texas has filed 993,563 H-1B petitions compared to Washington's 407,237, making Texas the larger sponsor by more than 2.4 times. This reflects Texas's larger overall workforce and broader industry base, with major employment centers in Houston, Dallas, and Austin spanning technology, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing.

Washington, while smaller in total filings, has concentrated H-1B activity in the Seattle metro area, driven primarily by the technology sector. The state's H-1B sponsorship is dominated by a smaller number of major tech employers, whereas Texas's petitions are distributed across a wider range of industries and companies. Both states remain among the top H-1B destinations nationally, competing for skilled international talent in tech, healthcare, and engineering roles.

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State A

Washington

WARank #6

State B

Texas

TXRank #2

Key metrics

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

Metric	Washington	Texas
Total filings	407,237	993,563▲
National share %	4.36%	10.65%▲
Rank nationally	#6	#2▲
Top sponsor	Microsoft Corporation	INFOSYS LIMITED
Top sponsor share	20.6%	3.8%
Top occupation	Software Developers	Software Developers

Filings by fiscal year

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

Washington

Time series
Period	Value
FY2010	11,235
FY2011	11,359
FY2012	13,218
FY2013	15,493
FY2014	17,921
FY2015	21,665
FY2016	23,151
FY2017	25,476
FY2018	26,842
FY2019	4,453
FY2020	32,427
FY2021	44,510
FY2022	38,067
FY2023	37,614
FY2024	34,089
FY2025	36,307
FY2026	13,410

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 — Washington

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 — Washington

115-1252Software Developers175,532
215-1299Computer Occupations, All Other32,568
315-2051Data Scientists24,866
415-1211Computer Systems Analysts20,133
515-1253Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers19,807

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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