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Alabama Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
19,324 81.55% $73,386 H-1B
3,158 13.33% $55,963 PERM
1,065 4.49% $25,084 H-2A
150 0.63% $79,141 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Alabama has seen a total of 23,697 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Alabama is the H-1B visa with 19,324 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 81.55% of Alabama's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 3,158 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 13.33% of Alabama's total visas.

Top Occupations in Alabama (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 2,146 $74,654 88.06%
Computer Systems Analysts 1,159 $65,127 90.55%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 782 $157,263 74.55%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 746 $84,489 78.78%
Computer Programmers 628 $57,634 74.67%
Mechanical Engineers 591 $70,214 83.12%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 556 $47,678 83.48%
Internists, General 503 $80,767 82.06%
Industrial Engineers 445 $66,307 86.58%
Computer Occupations, All Other 402 $72,103 92.84%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 749 $20,127 88.74%
Software Developers, Applications 192 $83,984 24.49%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 113 $17,616 23.89%
Mechanical Engineers 106 $71,066 33.65%
Industrial Engineers 95 $64,891 64.63%
Internists, General 81 $171,219 57.86%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 55 $155,551 91.67%
Computer Systems Analysts 52 $83,284 88.14%
Accountants and Auditors 52 $53,729 118.18%
Electrical Engineers 37 $79,243 88.10%
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 216 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colombia 9 $81,921 50.00%
Russia 8 $64,163 44.44%
Jamaica 6 $41,069 33.33%
Peru 6 $116,249 37.50%
Iran 6 $54,067 40.00%
Egypt 5 $57,279 35.71%
Ghana 5 $54,783 35.71%
Lebanon 5 $129,729 38.46%
Malaysia 5 $66,027 41.67%
Israel 4 $67,382 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Alabama (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Alabama Infectious Disease Center Pc 6 $187,549 100.00%
Cemex Southeast Llc 5 $104,817 83.33%
Caprus It Inc 5 $72,342 83.33%
Honda Kaihatsu Kogyo Usa Inc 5 $30,264 83.33%
Kmin Usa Inc 5 $44,907 83.33%
Meister Logistics Corporation America 5 $38,068 83.33%
Ntn Bower Corporation 5 $60,794 83.33%
Best Practice Service Llc 5 $41,825 83.33%
Seungsan Pack America Corporation 5 $45,223 83.33%
Saadat Ansari Md Llc 5 $51,172 83.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Alabama (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Restaurants And Other Eating Places 1 $38,085 100.00%
Casino Hotels 1 $40,373 100.00%
All Other Travel Arrangement And Reservation Services 1 $42,994 100.00%
Cement And Concrete Product Manufacturing 1 $75,795 100.00%
Iron And Steel Forging 1 $86,570 100.00%
Used Merchandise Retailers 1 $167,939 100.00%
Motion Picture And Video Production 1 $40,206 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Retailers 1 $60,154 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 1 $65,603 100.00%
All Other Legal Services 1 $30,285 100.00%
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 $73,386. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage