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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 %
Software Developers, Applications 2,150 $74,700 88.22%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,159 $65,126 90.62%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 792 $156,481 81.73%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 717 $85,619 75.71%
Computer Programmers 629 $57,651 86.40%
Mechanical Engineers 532 $68,656 74.82%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 511 $46,219 83.36%
Internists, General 504 $80,723 84.14%
Industrial Engineers 404 $65,122 87.07%
Computer Occupations, All Other 402 $72,103 92.84%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 249 $24,131 241.75%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 124 $24,563 206.67%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 111 $25,120 198.21%
Nursery Workers 88 $24,267 176.00%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 55 $24,321 112.24%
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 9 $26,229 20.00%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 4 $26,510 11.11%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 3 $31,963 9.68%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 3 $24,745 10.71%
Farm Labor Contractors 1 $24,939 3.70%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 627 $19,945 74.29%
Software Developers, Applications 192 $83,984 24.49%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 113 $17,616 35.87%
Mechanical Engineers 99 $70,175 39.29%
Industrial Engineers 89 $64,798 61.81%
Internists, General 81 $171,219 61.83%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 55 $155,551 91.67%
Computer Systems Analysts 52 $83,284 88.14%
Accountants and Auditors 47 $52,805 106.82%
Electrical Engineers 36 $79,512 90.00%
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 %
Georgia 1 $64,870 100.00%
Denmark 1 $187,200 100.00%
Lithuania 1 $68,994 100.00%
Yemen 1 $208,000 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Alabama (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
2a Usa Inc 10 $62,654 90.91%
Cmc Americas Inc 10 $63,760 90.91%
Cs Eng Inc 10 $54,019 90.91%
Comtek Global Inc 10 $68,091 90.91%
Rapidit Inc 10 $65,609 90.91%
Alabama Gas Corporation 10 $80,018 90.91%
Steris Corporation 10 $78,874 90.91%
Lee Precision Machine Shop Inc 10 $61,574 90.91%
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies Inc 10 $78,800 90.91%
Hcl America Inc 10 $79,309 90.91%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Crimson Urgent Care Llc 1 $187,199 33.33%
Purohit Pediatric Clinic Llc 1 $187,200 33.33%
Golden Beauty Supply 1 $17,035 33.33%
Tgl Communications Inc 1 $70,824 33.33%
Birmingham Infectious Diseases Pc 1 $187,200 33.33%
Tr Llc 1 $45,178 33.33%
General Telecom Inc 1 $63,544 33.33%
Mission Mark Llc 1 $27,144 33.33%
Nwmc Winfield Physicians Llc 1 $178,485 33.33%
Henig Furs Inc 1 $57,803 33.33%

Top Industries in Alabama (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Machinery Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 4 $25,719 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 4 $26,712 100.00%
Fish And Seafood Merchant Wholesalers 4 $24,201 100.00%
Dairy Cattle And Milk Production 4 $24,253 100.00%
Hay Farming 3 $26,451 75.00%
Merchant Wholesalers Durable Goods 3 $25,785 100.00%
Support Activities For Agriculture And Forestry 3 $32,739 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 3 $25,508 100.00%
Cotton Farming 3 $23,428 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 2 $22,620 66.67%

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