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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 %
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 %
My Supply Chain Group Llc 34 $93,711 89.47%
Gd Copper Usa Inc 33 $41,777 86.84%
Sca Inc 33 $43,019 86.84%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 33 $72,054 89.19%
Alfa Mutual Insurance Company 32 $74,272 86.49%
Kamtek Inc 32 $69,693 86.49%
Amdocs Inc 31 $81,395 83.78%
Hwashin America Corporation 31 $42,877 86.11%
Lg Electronics Alabama Inc 31 $53,938 86.11%
Bahwan Cybertek Inc 31 $60,709 86.11%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aia Recycling Corp 5 $62,554 33.33%
Altapointe Health Systems Inc 5 $104,961 33.33%
Kj Usa Inc 5 $58,315 35.71%
Biohorizons Implant Systems Inc 5 $68,399 35.71%
Guru Group Llc 5 $50,361 35.71%
Leehan America Inc 4 $52,624 28.57%
Auto Electronic America Corporation 4 $49,796 28.57%
Rohr Inc 4 $91,993 28.57%
City Of Huntsville Utilities 4 $100,022 30.77%
Amdocs Inc 4 $65,858 30.77%

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