Houston Independent School District

Educational Services · Primarily TX · PERM filings 2014–2025

#859 top sponsor

Overview

Houston Independent School District is a Educational Services employer that has filed 87 PERM green-card applications between FY2014 and FY2025. That places it #859 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 42 were certified (48.3% approval rate), taking about 354 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, with most worksites in TX, and the median sponsored wage is $58,957.

87

PERM filings

48.3%

approval

5

denied

$58,957

median wage

354d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 72 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (21%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India15
  • Mexico14
  • Venezuela8
  • Spain7
  • Colombia7
  • Taiwan3
  • Grenada2
  • Belize2
  • China2
  • Bangladesh2

Prior visa status

  • H-1B69
  • L-21
  • TPS1

Education

  • Bachelor's52
  • Master's19
  • Doctorate1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Houston Independent School District most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 33 $59,470
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and CareerTechnical Education 9 $57,741
Bilingual Teacher 8 $55,787
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 6 $66,983
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School 5 $59,215
Math Teacher 4 $54,983
School Psychologists 3 $72,675
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 3 $57,338
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 2 $63,500
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 2 $61,979

Common job titles

Bilingual Teacher 41 Math Teacher 15 Science Teacher 8 Special Education Teacher 5 Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) 3 Special Education Resource Teacher 2 CTE Teacher (NES CTE Teacher) 1 Elementary School ESL Teacher 1 Math Teacher - High School 1 Physics Teacher 1 Bilingual Techer 1 Teacher, Special Education (Elementary School) 1

Worksite states

TX 87

Wage range

$55,692

25th

$58,957

median

$63,000

75th

$65,000

90th

Law firms used

  • Foster LLP69
  • Law Offices of Adan G. Vega Associates, PLLC11
  • Law Offices of Adan G. Vega Associates2
  • Law Offices of Vega & Associates1
  • Law Offices of Vega & Associates, PLLC1
  • FosterQuan, LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-20345-31929 Bilingual TeacherDenied Houston, TX Jun 9, 2022
A-21158-97432 Special Education TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Jun 1, 2022
A-21224-30951 Special Education Teacher, Middle SchoolCertified - Expired Houston, TX May 10, 2022
A-21195-17093 Math TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Apr 20, 2022
A-21139-88704 Math TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Mar 16, 2022
A-20223-86579 Math TeacherCertified - Expired Houton, TX Mar 16, 2022
A-21145-91901 Math TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Mar 16, 2022
A-21139-88646 Bilingual Kindergarten TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Mar 16, 2022
A-21217-27628 Special Education, Behavior Specialist Consultant TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Feb 17, 2022
A-21195-17426 Special Education Teacher SC Life SkillsCertified - Expired Houston, TX Jan 19, 2022
A-21195-17336 Special Education Resource TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Jan 19, 2022
A-21196-18115 Science TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 28, 2021
A-21196-17788 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 17, 2021
A-21195-17343 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 17, 2021
A-21158-97445 Special Education TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 9, 2021
A-21159-98121 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 6, 2021
A-21146-92448 Teacher, ESLCertified - Expired Houston, TX Dec 6, 2021
A-20349-33194 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Oct 21, 2021
A-20349-33097 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Oct 21, 2021
A-20346-32246 Bilingual TeacherCertified - Expired Houston, TX Oct 21, 2021

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.