State trend · AL

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filing Trends in Alabama

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Alabama, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.

Total PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filings
11,514
Employers (2026)
223
Median Wage (2026)
$22,464

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Alabama-worksite PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.

  1. 1. Consolidated Catfish Producers LLC 2,530 PERM
  2. 2. Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC 862 PERM
  3. 3. KOCH FOODS OF ALABAMA LLC 545 PERM
  4. 4. Alabama Catfish, LLC 318 PERM
  5. 5. Koch Foods of Gadsden, LLC dba Koch Foods 260 PERM
  6. 6. Auburn University 172 PERM
  7. 7. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM 166 PERM
  8. 8. UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA 125 PERM
  9. 9. Home Instead Senior Care 106 PERM
  10. 10. HYUNDAI POWER TRANSFORMERS USA 91 PERM
  11. 11. JCG FOODS OF ALABAMA, LLC 81 PERM
  12. 12. DAS NORTH AMERICA 70 PERM
  13. 13. SEOHAN AUTO USA CORP 67 PERM
  14. 14. MOBIS ALABAMA, LLC 65 PERM
  15. 15. JCS Systems, Inc. 62 PERM
  16. 16. InfoDrive Systems, Inc. 60 PERM
  17. 17. MicroNet IT Solutions, Inc. 58 PERM
  18. 18. MANDO AMERICA CORPORATION 57 PERM
  19. 19. SJA, INC 56 PERM
  20. 20. SMART Alabama LLC 55 PERM

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