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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 %
South Korea 717 $43,748 48.28%
India 309 $96,678 43.58%
Vietnam 276 $20,479 55.53%
China 197 $28,750 47.36%
Mexico 77 $58,698 40.53%
Canada 54 $80,551 36.73%
Philippines 48 $42,723 37.80%
Pakistan 34 $102,395 36.56%
Brazil 29 $57,747 39.19%
Germany 27 $79,416 41.54%

Top Hiring Companies in Alabama (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Protective Life Insurance Company 7 $66,605 87.50%
Ingenics Corporation 7 $75,822 87.50%
Pricewaterhousecoopers Llp 7 $48,951 87.50%
Saibersys Inc 7 $62,629 87.50%
Resource Management Service Llc 7 $57,394 87.50%
The Ssi Group Llc 7 $64,831 87.50%
Vensoft Inc 7 $55,649 87.50%
J One Fa Inc 7 $63,710 87.50%
Alabama Interactive Llc 7 $54,531 87.50%
Amensys Inc 7 $77,216 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Snl Investments Llc 1 $45,240 50.00%
Isure Llc 1 $50,336 50.00%
Ko And Yun Llp 1 $61,110 50.00%
Corillian Corporation 1 $74,214 50.00%
Sitara Inc 1 $35,090 50.00%
Ju Young Manufacturing America Inc 1 $40,643 50.00%
Kyungshinlear Sales Engineering Llc 1 $51,563 50.00%
Ali Properties Llc 1 $40,290 50.00%
Kukdong Usa Inc 1 $61,547 50.00%
American Promol Events Inceast Dba Tnt Fireworks 1 $122,699 50.00%

Top Industries in Alabama (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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