Updated
PERM jobs in Montgomery, AL
- Decisions
- 900
- Approved
- 93.5%
- Median certified wage
- $57,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 175 | 30 | 5 |
| FY2017 | 63 | 9 | 1 |
| FY2018 | 63 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2019 | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2020 | 40 | 0 | 3 |
| FY2021 | 78 | 2 | 3 |
| FY2022 | 78 | 0 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 43 | 4 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 37 | 4 | 9 |
| FY2025 | 66 | 1 | 7 |
| FY2026 | 121 | 1 | 5 |
Top sponsors
- KOCH FOODS OF ALABAMA, LLC 125
- HYUNDAI POWER TRANSFORMERS USA 83
- DAS North America, Inc. 72
- JCS Systems, Inc. 61
- MICRONET IT SOLUTIONS, INC. 58
- Hospital Physician Services Southeast, Professional Corporation 25
- AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY 25
- HD HYUNDAI POWER TRANSFORMERS USA, INC. 21
- Seungsan Pack America Corporation 21
- Jackson Hospital & Clinic, Inc. 20
Top occupations
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 89
- Software Developers, Applications 72
- Team Assemblers 51
- Mechanical Engineers 46
- Industrial Engineers 42
- Helpers--Production Workers 37
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers 26
- Industrial Production Managers 26
- Accountants and Auditors 25
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians 24
Industries
- Poultry Processing 125
- Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing 121
- Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing 104
- Custom Computer Programming Services 65
- Motor Vehicle Seating and Interior Trim Manufacturing 48
- Engineering Services 43
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 29
- Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists) 28
- General Medical and Surgical Hospitals 21
- Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors 17
Countries of citizenship
- South Korea 453
- India 98
- China 42
- Mexico 29
- Canada 13
- Jamaica 8
- Pakistan 7
- Nepal 5
- Turkey 5
- Philippines 4
Worker's education
- Bachelor's 305
- Master's 128
- High School 90
- None 52
- Other 49
- Associate's 41
- Doctorate 21
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 230
- E-2 130
- F-1 57
- L-1 33
- TN 22
- J-1 18
- NOT IN USA 14
- F-2 7
- H-2B 5
- H-3 4
H-1B in Montgomery, AL
1,254 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,162 (93%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Auburn University at Montgomery 30
- Jackson Hospital and Clinic, Inc. 20
- Rheem Manufacturing Company 19
- Hospital Physician Services Southeast, Professional Corporation 18
- Alabama State University 15
- cognizant-technology-solutions-us-corporation 14
- Hospital Physician Services Southeast PC 12
- HD HYUNDAI POWER TRANSFORMERS USA, INC. 11
- Alfa Mutual Insurance Company 10
- Ernst & Young U.S. LLP 10
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 134
- Hospitalists 71
- Data Scientists 24
- Mechanical Engineers 22
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 20
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 19
- Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 17
- Manufacturing Engineers 14
- Database Administrators 11
- Computer Systems Analysts 10
Where Montgomery, AL sits
- County
- Montgomery County
- Census places Montgomery city in it
- Metro area
- Montgomery, AL
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Montgomery, AL
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
89.7 is BEA's price level for the Montgomery, AL metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 64.3. A salary here buys about 112% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers89 PERM decisions
- Team Assemblers51 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers46 PERM decisions
- Industrial Engineers42 PERM decisions
- Helpers--Production Workers37 PERM decisions
- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers26 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers | — | $24,440 | $27,872 | $31,283 | $34,715 |
| Team Assemblers | — | $29,952 | $38,043 | $46,155 | $54,246 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $94,570 | $70,595 | $82,846 | $95,077 | $107,328 |
| Industrial Engineers | $79,480 | $68,578 | $79,643 | $90,709 | $101,774 |
| Helpers--Production Workers | $38,630 | $30,098 | $34,070 | $38,064 | $42,037 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers | — | $36,587 | $42,619 | $48,651 | $54,683 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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