H-1B wage filings in Tuscaloosa, AL
Jobs with a worksite in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
120 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Tuscaloosa, AL as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 19 employers. The median offered wage was $82,401, 33.5% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Assistant Professor (9).
- Filings
- 120
- Positions covered
- 115
- Employers
- 19
- Median offered
- $82,401
- Median prevailing wage
- $64,230
- Filings since FY2020
- 596
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +11%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Tuscaloosa, AL rose 11%, from $75,405 in fiscal 2020 to $83,378 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 33.5% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2024, with 96 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Tuscaloosa, AL by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 99 | $83,378 | +1.1% | $64,230 | +33.5% |
| 2025 | 88 | $82,500 | −1.6% | $63,660 | +30.9% |
| 2024 | 96 | $83,842 | +7.3% | $59,950 | +34.9% |
| 2023 | 85 | $78,145 | +9.4% | $63,160 | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 65 | $71,425 | −1.9% | $56,090 | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 77 | $72,800 | −3.5% | $52,620 | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 86 | $75,405 | n/a | $59,187 | +18.5% |
Employers filing for jobs in Tuscaloosa
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Employer | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Alabama | 84 | $78,001 | +28.3% | |
| The DCH Health Care Authority | 8 | $68,578 | +53.0% | |
| Capstone Health Services Foundation | 4 | $300,000 | +125.5% | |
| Cogent Healthcare of Decatur, PLLC | 4 | $447,200 | +222.1% | |
| TTL, Inc. | 2 | $64,250 | at the minimum | |
| Zoox Inc. | 2 | $151,642 | +46.6% | |
| Phifer Incorporated | 2 | $182,292 | +43.9% | |
| NCS Pearson, Inc. | 1 | $96,615 | +8.1% | |
| Fetch Rewards, Inc. | 1 | $133,900 | +5.7% | |
| TAMKO Building Products LLC | 1 | $155,300 | +59.0% | |
| Whatley Health Services, Inc. | 1 | $225,000 | +15.9% | |
| Insight Global, LLC | 1 | $107,827 | at the minimum | |
Showing the 12 employers with the most filings of 19. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Tuscaloosa
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 9 | $92,000 | +42.4% | |
| Clinical Laboratory Scientist /Medical Technologist | 7 | $65,354 | +48.8% | |
| Assistant Professor, Computer Science | 4 | $110,649 | +60.5% | |
| Hospitalist Physician | 4 | $300,000 | +134.9% | |
| Instructor, Religious Studies | 3 | $51,634 | +11.2% | |
| Intensivist Physician | 3 | $447,200 | +222.1% | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 3 | $66,200 | +16.4% | |
| Teaching Assistant Professor, Civil, Con, and Env Eng | 3 | $76,460 | at the minimum | |
| Assistant Professor, Advertising and Public Relations | 2 | $75,000 | +39.8% | |
| Assistant Professor, Operations Management | 2 | $153,750 | +124.0% | |
| Assistant Professor, Social Work | 2 | $82,128 | +5.5% | |
| Associate Professor, English | 2 | $81,893 | +37.1% | |
| Engineering Researcher I | 2 | $85,689 | +27.4% | |
| Geotechnical Staff Engineer | 2 | $64,250 | at the minimum | |
| Lead SAP Developer & NWBC PM | 2 | $182,292 | +43.9% | |
| Marketing Coordinator | 2 | $64,201 | +13.1% | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | 2 | $62,666 | +2.0% | |
| Sr. Quality Control Chemist | 2 | $111,405 | at the minimum | |
| Assessment Specialist | 1 | $60,059 | +2.8% | |
| Assistant Professor, Aerospace Engineering | 1 | $105,000 | +37.3% | |
| Assistant Professor - Chemical Engineering | 1 | $110,000 | +43.9% | |
| Assistant Professor, Civil, Construction, and Env Eng | 1 | $102,000 | +33.4% | |
| Assistant Professor, Educational Technology | 1 | $85,700 | +62.4% | |
| Assistant Professor - Electrical and Computer Engineering | 1 | $106,000 | +38.6% | |
| Assistant Professor, Higher Education | 1 | $75,419 | +42.9% | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.