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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 %
Costa Rica 3 $77,590 42.86%
Bahamas 2 $84,515 33.33%
Guatemala 2 $37,856 33.33%
Ecuador 2 $125,715 33.33%
Nigeria 2 $42,251 33.33%
Serbia 2 $92,550 33.33%
Jordan 2 $125,690 33.33%
Trinidad And Tobago 2 $72,374 33.33%
Portugal 2 $39,083 40.00%
Saudi Arabia 2 $55,344 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Alabama (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
The University Of Alabama At Birmingham 893 $63,164 71.61%
The Univ Of Ala At Birmingham Uab 846 $47,474 71.51%
Auburn University 478 $54,035 77.98%
The University Of Alabama 477 $51,881 80.71%
Slk America Inc 259 $70,395 77.54%
University Of Alabama Health Services Foundation Pc 252 $86,204 90.32%
Regions Bank 200 $77,526 88.11%
Univ Of Ala Health Services Foundation Uahsf 168 $82,098 81.95%
Cgi Technologies And Solutions Inc 159 $61,931 88.33%
Intergraph Corporation 141 $68,734 87.04%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
University Of Alabama 122 $52,551 19.00%
Joon Llc Dba Ajin Usa 72 $55,857 22.71%
Smart Alabama Llc 59 $55,225 23.41%
Health Care Authority Of The City Of Huntsville 53 $178,378 21.63%
Sja Inc 48 $53,977 30.19%
Outokumpu Stainless Usa Llc 42 $76,231 34.43%
Wiz Tech Inc 41 $31,203 33.88%
Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Alabama 36 $87,552 35.29%
Seohan Auto Usa Corporation 33 $52,138 35.87%
Regions Bank 30 $84,550 37.04%

Top Industries in Alabama (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 25 $25,031 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 22 $26,327 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 20 $22,970 100.00%
Aquaculture 19 $25,737 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 18 $22,729 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 16 $25,121 100.00%
Cotton Ginning 16 $25,119 100.00%
Finfish Farming And Fish Hatcheries 11 $24,153 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 11 $23,464 100.00%
Farm Management Services 8 $23,026 100.00%

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