EMPLOYMENT TYPE MIX · DOL LCA DATA

Texas Tech University H-1B New Employment

Of Texas Tech University's 251 certified H-1B filings with a stated employment type (FY2021–2026), 49% are new employment at a median of $73K/year. The rest are extensions, transfers and amendments for workers already sponsored.

49%
New Employment
123
New-Hire Filings
$73K
Median, New Hires
$78K
Median, Renewals

Is Texas Tech University Hiring New H-1B Workers?

Yes. At 49%, Texas Tech University files a high share of genuinely new H-1B employment, so a meaningful part of its sponsorship goes to people it has not sponsored before. That is the population an outside applicant joins.

Employment Type Breakdown at Texas Tech University

New employmentA worker not already on H-1B with this employer, the route in from outside
123 filings · 49%
Continuation / extensionExtending an existing H-1B for someone already on staff
71 filings · 28.3%
Change of employerTaking on a worker who already holds H-1B elsewhere
27 filings · 10.8%
Amended petitionChanging the terms of an existing petition, such as a new work site
6 filings · 2.4%
Change at same employerA material change to the same worker's existing role
19 filings · 7.6%
Concurrent employmentA second, simultaneous H-1B alongside another employer
5 filings · 2%

Bars are scaled to this employer's largest category, not to 100%. Percentages are of Texas Tech University's 251 certified filings that state an employment type. A small number of filings tick more than one box, so the shares can total slightly above 100%.

Is That Share Rising or Falling?

FY2022
43.5% of 23
FY2023
59.1% of 22
FY2024
57.1% of 98
FY2025
47.6% of 84
FY2026
16.7% of 24

New-employment share per fiscal year, each against that year's filings with a stated type. Bars are scaled to this employer's peak year.

What Roles Is Texas Tech University Hiring Into?

Job titles on Texas Tech University's new-employment filings specifically, which is what it is actually growing rather than merely maintaining.

RoleNew-Hire FilingsMedian Wage
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary10$113K
Biochemists and Biophysicists8$55K
Soil and Plant Scientists7$49K
Business Teachers, Postsecondary6$138K
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary6$106K
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary6$55K
Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary4$76K
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary4$84K

Why This Number Matters

Total sponsorship volume is the figure most job boards quote, and on its own it is misleading. An employer filing thousands of petitions a year can be filing almost all of them to extend people it sponsored years ago, which tells an outside applicant very little about their odds.

The new-employment share separates the two. It is the employer's own checkbox on the Labor Condition Application, not an estimate, and it identifies the filings that represent someone entering the company rather than staying in it.

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Counted from US Department of Labor LCA disclosure files (FY2021–2026) for certified petitions filed by Texas Tech University with annual wages between $30K and $1M. Shares are of the 251 filings that tick at least one employment-type box; the remaining 22.5% of Texas Tech University's 324 certified filings state no type and are excluded rather than counted as renewals. A certified LCA is a step toward an H-1B petition, not an approved visa.