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Texas State Agency Deep Dive · August 29, 2026

Texas Dept. of Transportation
Workforce & H-1B Analysis

TxDOT has long been a reliable path from working-class Texas into the middle class — stable government careers in engineering, IT, and administration. This report documents the current employee workforce composition alongside 138 H-1B worker positions placed at TxDOT by outside vendors in FY2026, asking who those jobs were meant for.

13,575
State Employees
$74,838
Avg Annual Salary
138
H-1B Workers (FY2026)
30
H-1B Sponsoring Vendors
$112,024
H-1B Avg Wage

For generations, a job at TxDOT meant something. It meant your kids could go to college. It meant a pension and health insurance in a state that doesn't offer much of either. It was one of the clearest on-ramps into the middle class available to working Texans — Black, Hispanic, White, and Native American families alike built careers there.

The data below shows 138 H-1B worker positions currently placed at TxDOT through 30 outside staffing and consulting firms. The largest single vendor, CGI Technologies, holds three petitions totaling 101 positions — 73.2% of all H-1B placements at the agency — including two separate 50-position mass filings six months apart. Those are IT positions that Texas workers could fill. Nobody in Austin, San Antonio, or El Paso got a phone call first.

TxDOT Payroll — Current State Employees
13,575
Employees on Payroll
$74,838
Average Annual Salary
$1,015,921,291
Total Annual Payroll
$344,000
Highest Salary
54.7%
White / Non-Hispanic
31.1%
Hispanic / Latino
8.2%
Black / African American
4.1%
Asian
Employee Ethnicity Composition
Employee Count by Ethnicity
Average Salary by Ethnicity
Salary Band Distribution by Ethnicity
Ethnicity Detail
EthnicityEmployees% of AgencyAvg SalaryShare
WHITE 7,428 54.7% $75,392
HISPANIC 4,216 31.1% $72,502
BLACK 1,110 8.2% $74,177
ASIAN 559 4.1% $89,881
OTHER 179 1.3% $69,016
AM INDIAN 83 0.6% $63,977
Salary Band × Ethnicity
Ethnicity<$50K$50–75K$75–100K$100–150K>$150KTotal
WHITE 394 4,455 1,469 873 233 7,428
HISPANIC 381 2,482 819 451 80 4,216
BLACK 71 670 213 138 18 1,110
ASIAN 36 162 150 195 14 559
OTHER 25 100 28 25 1 179
AM INDIAN 8 63 9 3 0 83
H-1B Vendor Placements at TxDOT — FY2026 (Q3 Cumulative)
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138 H-1B worker positions placed at TxDOT by 30 outside vendors in FY2026
None of these workers are direct TxDOT employees. They are employed by staffing and consulting firms that have filed H-1B petitions naming TxDOT facilities as the work site. The agency — funded by Texas taxpayers — is the end client. Texas workers were not required to be considered first. Data source: DOL LCA Disclosure Data, cumulative through FY2026 Q3.
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CGI Technologies holds 101 of the 138 positions — 73.2% of all H-1B placements — via 2 separate 50-position petitions
CGI's first 50-position petition was certified 2025-12-08 for "Software Quality/Test Engineer" at Level II, $87,672/year. A second, separate 50-position petition was certified 2026-05-04 for "Software Developer III" at Level III, $139,152/year. A third, single-position petition followed on 2026-05-14 at $159,600. This is not a one-time mass filing — CGI has now run the same batch pattern twice at TxDOT in six months, and a third time at the Comptroller.
Vendor / Sponsor H-1B Workers Avg Wage Job Titles Level
CGI Technologies and Solutions Inc.
Two petitions cover 50 positions each — one filed December 2025, a second filed May 2026. Same mass-filing pattern also seen at the Comptroller.
I-200-26117-837217 (50), I-200-25335-444674 (50), I-200-26127-879972 (1)
101 $113,869 Software Developer III / Software Quality/Test Engineer II/III
Computer Aid, Inc
Three identical petitions, same title and wage, filed April–June 2026.
I-200-26148-957565, I-200-26110-811226, I-200-26100-779092
3 $132,925 Incident Manager III
RIZONTEK, INC.
All 3 filed at $47/hr — annualizes to ~$97,760.
I-200-25308-370312, I-200-25339-462666, I-200-25339-462668
3 $97,760 Systems Analyst II II
Archents Inc
Highest-wage petitions on file.
I-200-26061-673169, I-200-26036-622608
2 $151,351 Software Developer III III/IV
Camelot Integrated Solutions Inc
Remote workers, Liberty Hill TX.
I-200-25307-363740, I-200-25325-428183
2 $114,754 Software Developer / GIS Software Developer II
Hire Soft Solutions LLC
I-200-26098-768177, I-200-26098-768129
2 $102,555 DevOps AEM Platform Engineer I/II
International Systems Technologies Inc.
Includes a Withdrawn petition.
One of the two petitions carries a status of Withdrawn.
I-200-26167-018779, I-200-26163-011824
2 $76,867 Computer Programmer II
ABN TECH CORPORATION
I-200-26100-780335
1 $86,029 Windows Server Administrator II
CBN Tech Force, Inc.
I-200-26124-864229
1 $86,029 System Engineer II
Code Acuity, Inc.
Filed hourly at $55/hr.
I-200-26140-932224
1 $114,400 Splunk Engineer / Site Reliability Engineer II
CYBEROBOTIX TECHNOLOGY, INC.
I-200-25350-487013
1 $90,605 Software Engineer II
Daman, Inc.
I-200-26104-793866
1 $125,000 Software Developer II
Digitalis Inc
I-200-26089-740749
1 $117,437 Network Engineer II
Eval Consulting, Inc.
Filed hourly at $44/hr.
I-200-26148-959113
1 $91,520 Systems Engineer II
Flexera Global, Inc.
I-200-26002-530271
1 $115,000 Software Engineer II
INVICTUS INFOTECH LLC
I-200-26137-919837
1 $93,000 System Software Engineer II
KANAP SYSTEMS LLC
I-200-26056-664752
1 $90,355 Software Developer I
KNS IT GROUP INC
I-200-26113-828581
1 $92,250 Computer System Business Analyst II
Kollasoft Inc
I-200-25268-335514
1 $105,976 SQL Server DBA II
LORVENK TECHNOLOGIES LLC
I-200-25274-351348
1 $114,754 Software Developer II
PIONEER CONSULTING SERVICES LLC
I-200-26083-725001
1 $120,536 AWS DevOps Engineer II
Sainar Solutions Inc
I-200-25328-432813
1 $114,754 Software Developer II
Saxon Global Inc.
I-200-26163-010964
1 $106,662 UAT Lead III
Select Minds LLC
I-200-26112-821667
1 $117,437 Network Engineer II
SkillzDepot Inc.
I-200-26056-663935
1 $114,754 Software Developer 2 II
STECK SYSTEMS, INC
I-200-26160-996398
1 $76,128 Business Analyst I
The University of Texas at Austin
Includes a Withdrawn petition.
UT Austin as TxDOT worksite, Fort Worth. Certified-Withdrawn.
I-200-23321-509293
1 $85,000 Research Engineering Scientist Associate III I
TRANSCEND IT SOLUTIONS LLC.
I-200-25310-385396
1 $90,605 Web Applications Programmer II
Vizva Tech Solutions, LLC
Remote worker based in Shawnee, KS.
I-200-26128-886304
1 $134,950 Full-Stack Developer IV
ZENITH INFOTEK, LLC
Filed hourly at $44.35/hr.
I-200-26118-843185
1 $92,248 Business Analyst 2 II
TOTAL (30 vendors) 138 $112,024 FY2026, cumulative through Q3
H-1B Workers by Vendor (FY2026)
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Texas Agency Series — All Five Agencies
TxDOT — 138 H-1B worker positions, 30 vendors, CGI holds 101 across 3 petitions including 2 separate 50-position mass filings. Scale is the story.
OAG — 9 workers, 7 vendors, spanning both the general office and the Child Support Division.
Comptroller — 66 workers, 12 vendors; CGI's second 50-position mega-petition shows up here too.
Agriculture — 11 petitions, 9 vendors, a $38,439 wage gap between two titles for one role.
DFPS — largest agency in the series and the lowest-paid; 5 withdrawn placements. The gap between who Texas pays and who Texas contracts is the story.

OAG  ·  Comptroller  ·  Agriculture  ·  DFPS
Top 20 TxDOT Job Classifications
Class CodeTitleEmployeesAvg Salary
9306 TRANS MAINT SPEC II 1,257 $54,144
9307 TRANS MAINT SPEC III 990 $58,520
2129 ENGINEERING SPECIALIST III 667 $69,188
2128 ENGINEERING SPECIALIST II 564 $64,841
9309 TRANS MAINT SPEC V 537 $66,353
2130 ENGINEERING SPECIALIST IV 532 $74,912
9305 TRANS MAINT SPEC I 483 $50,535
2127 ENGINEERING SPECIALIST I 468 $58,923
9026 EQUIPMENT OPERATOR I 381 $59,971
2131 ENGINEERING SPECIALIST V 325 $79,914
1623 DIRECTOR IV 314 $136,108
9308 TRANS MAINT SPEC IV 281 $61,777
59 CLERK III 231 $25,405
2156 ENGINEER V 222 $112,327
2157 ENGINEER VI 208 $125,696
2119 ENGINEERING AIDE 206 $22,789
158 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT V 194 $60,854
156 ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT IV 182 $54,878
2124 ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN II 153 $58,200
2155 ENGINEER IV 139 $102,975
25 Highest-Paid TxDOT Employees
NameTitleEthnicityAnnual Salary
WILLIAMS , MARC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHITE $344,000
BARTH , BRIAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $335,710
HENDRICKSON , BRANDYE DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $335,710
ASHER , BENJAMIN PORTFOLIO MANAGER VI WHITE $324,403
JOHNSON , CARL DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $320,000
GRAHAM , JEFFREY DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $318,636
STEWART , STEPHEN DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $306,385
SELISSEN , ANH DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV ASIAN $306,385
DAVIS , JEFFREY DEPUTY DIRECTOR IV WHITE $300,000
BUTLER , JESSICA DEPUTY DIRECTOR III WHITE $288,655
BUR , MOHAMED DEPUTY DIRECTOR III BLACK $288,655
LYKINS , ERIC DEPUTY DIRECTOR III WHITE $288,655
MAYS , CAROLINE DEPUTY DIRECTOR III BLACK $272,934
TOWNSEND , PARSONS DEPUTY DIRECTOR III WHITE $267,750
BLEWETT , REBECCA GENERAL COUNSEL V WHITE $253,931
ANDERSON , DARRAN DEPUTY DIRECTOR III WHITE $250,610
CLEMENS , CEASON DISTRICT ENGINEER WHITE $248,313
GARCIA , ALEJANDRO DEPUTY DIRECTOR III HISPANIC $245,696
ALLBRITTON , THOMAS DISTRICT ENGINEER WHITE $244,800
FERGUSON JR , HAROLD DISTRICT ENGINEER WHITE $244,643
SALAZAR , DAVID DISTRICT ENGINEER HISPANIC $243,444
BENAVIDEZ , CHARLES DISTRICT ENGINEER HISPANIC $241,022
THOMAS , TRENT DEPUTY DIRECTOR II WHITE $227,678
TREVINO , TOMAS DISTRICT ENGINEER HISPANIC $226,937
BOHNE , CHAD DISTRICT ENGINEER WHITE $226,668
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About This Data
Employee payroll data is sourced from the Texas State Auditor's Office. Ethnicity classifications are as recorded in state HR systems. No employee shown here has been identified as an H-1B visa holder — ethnicity data does not indicate immigration or visa status. H-1B data sourced from DOL LCA Disclosure Data, table 2026h1b_combined, SOURCE_QUARTER='Q3' — DOL's Q3 FY2026 quarterly extract is cumulative fiscal-year-to-date, so this single extract supersedes the separate Q1/Q2 files used in an earlier version of this report and requires no cross-quarter deduplication. Filtered to records listing TxDOT or Texas Department of Transportation as the secondary entity (the actual worksite client agency, not merely the worker's city). Research by GuestWorkerVisas.com — one independent researcher, 23 years of data.