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Alabama Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
17,834 82.34% $72,264 H-1B
2,891 13.35% $56,904 PERM
805 3.72% $23,427 H-2A
129 0.60% $76,869 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Alabama has seen a total of 21,659 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Alabama is the H-1B visa with 17,834 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 82.34% of Alabama's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,891 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 13.35% of Alabama's total visas.

Top Occupations in Alabama (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors 1 $33,904 50.00%
Judicial Law Clerks 1 $34,570 50.00%
Musicians and Singers 1 $35,880 50.00%
Sales Agents, Financial Services 1 $35,880 50.00%
Law Teachers, Postsecondary 1 $36,050 50.00%
Industrial Safety and Health Engineers 1 $36,941 50.00%
Product Safety Engineers 1 $36,941 50.00%
Social Workers, All Other 1 $37,149 50.00%
Copy Writers 1 $37,378 50.00%
Survey Researchers 1 $37,699 50.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Alabama Employees Over Time
Alabama has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,139 employees were hired. Alabama peaked in 2018 with 1,641 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 1,327 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Alabama From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Cambodia 21 $18,388 33.87%
Nepal 19 $49,066 32.76%
United Kingdom 16 $69,235 37.21%
Spain 14 $79,105 45.16%
Bangladesh 13 $35,841 41.94%
South Africa 11 $79,138 39.29%
Turkey 10 $68,841 38.46%
Colombia 9 $81,921 45.00%
France 9 $72,782 50.00%
Australia 8 $66,268 44.44%

Top Hiring Companies in Alabama (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Goodrich Corporation 6 $59,030 85.71%
Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc 6 $62,220 85.71%
Amazon Web Services Inc 6 $75,313 85.71%
Stellar Software Network Inc 6 $69,011 85.71%
Johnson Bros Corporation A Southland Company 6 $56,472 85.71%
Binary Computer Intl Corp 6 $70,179 85.71%
Star Aviation Inc 6 $74,807 85.71%
Sprint Corporation 6 $69,014 85.71%
Msid Us Inc 6 $76,846 85.71%
Electricfil Corporation 6 $65,194 85.71%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Alabama (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 3,786 $54,376 77.68%
Custom Computer Programming Services 3,382 $68,622 89.26%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 960 $148,263 87.43%
Computer Systems Design Services 723 $68,576 91.29%
Offices Of Physicians 561 $111,531 80.60%
Engineering Services 478 $64,942 88.52%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 403 $147,914 88.18%
Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 382 $52,647 92.05%
Commercial Banking 357 $77,710 92.73%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 278 $73,988 85.54%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Nursery And Tree Production 130 $23,001 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 73 $25,140 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 65 $24,928 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 62 $24,211 100.00%
Oilseed And Grain Combination Farming 46 $25,483 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 40 $23,973 100.00%
Crop Production 35 $25,290 100.00%
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 34 $22,699 100.00%
Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers 30 $24,813 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 25 $23,488 100.00%

Alabama Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Alabama to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Alabama over all years is $72,264. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage