We now have Quarter 4 H1B visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 PERM visa FY 2023 data and Quarter 4 H2A visa FY 2023 data.
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Delaware Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
36,370 92.44% $82,872 H-1B
2,656 6.75% $81,026 PERM
173 0.44% $30,076 H-2A
147 0.37% $90,493 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Delaware has seen a total of 39,346 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Delaware is the H-1B visa with 36,370 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.44% of Delaware's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,656 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.75% of Delaware's total visas.

Top Occupations in Delaware (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 6,009 $91,633 90.81%
Computer Systems Analysts 5,436 $72,840 93.64%
Computer Programmers 3,414 $68,806 86.10%
Computer Occupations, All Other 2,749 $69,376 93.34%
Operations Research Analysts 634 $73,488 85.22%
Statisticians 601 $84,497 93.18%
Management Analysts 505 $70,573 91.32%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 434 $64,705 90.42%
Financial Analysts 420 $74,877 90.32%
Software Developers, Systems Software 392 $100,579 90.74%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 729 $99,648 140.19%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 284 $20,979 89.87%
Computer Systems Analysts 171 $92,232 69.23%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 113 $19,469 49.78%
Statisticians 88 $72,926 39.11%
Computer Occupations, All Other 67 $88,737 32.21%
Internists, General 66 $132,727 60.55%
Operations Research Analysts 65 $56,208 65.00%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 51 $77,346 75.00%
Software Developers, Systems Software 37 $107,590 57.81%
Delaware Employees Over Time
Delaware has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 1,711 employees were hired. Delaware peaked in 2018 with 3,459 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 452 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Palestine 1 $97,531 100.00%
Serbia 1 $19,136 100.00%
Finland 1 $124,779 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Conrep Inc 16 $64,262 88.89%
Nutrition Biosciences Usa 4 Inc 16 $90,796 88.89%
Axon Solutions Inc 16 $87,965 88.89%
Computer Aid Inc 15 $102,717 83.33%
R V Tatan Mail Inc 15 $75,633 83.33%
Wilmington Pharmatech Company Llc 15 $61,881 83.33%
Diaspark Inc 15 $65,336 88.24%
Logic Planet Inc 15 $68,034 88.24%
Vista Applied Solutions Group Inc 15 $81,920 88.24%
Collabera Solutions Pvt Ltd Formerly Gci Solutions 15 $63,396 88.24%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Aecom Technical Services Inc 1 $86,341 50.00%
Wilmington Country Club 1 $35,450 50.00%
Delaware Diagnostic Labs Llc 1 $37,773 50.00%
Ukraine Express Inc 1 $117,686 50.00%
Sanford Clinic North 1 $71,656 50.00%
Cbm Insurance Agency 1 $57,554 50.00%
Laurel Health Services Inc 1 $123,115 50.00%
Discover Bank 1 $79,340 50.00%
Civic Health Services 2 Llc 1 $75,400 50.00%
Pconline Llc 1 $98,259 50.00%

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 14,767 $72,929 91.04%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 3,918 $98,884 91.46%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,264 $83,738 93.13%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,518 $80,977 97.81%
Commercial Banking 1,308 $88,772 89.34%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 998 $82,725 88.40%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 526 $156,209 73.88%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 484 $151,168 80.13%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 478 $60,591 89.85%
Other Computer Related Services 457 $77,604 86.88%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 55 $30,722 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 30 $31,149 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 26 $31,714 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 20 $29,248 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 16 $29,809 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 15 $26,085 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 7 $27,703 100.00%
Frozen Fruit Juice And Vegetable Manufacturing 6 $31,034 100.00%
Corn Farming 4 $34,575 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 4 $30,404 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 1,725 $88,033 100.00%
Poultry Processing 770 $20,244 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 680 $96,519 100.00%
Commercial Banking 343 $85,109 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 235 $92,752 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 149 $144,873 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 90 $126,538 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 85 $85,709 100.00%
Broilers And Other Meat Type Chicken Production 83 $24,360 100.00%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 72 $95,344 100.00%

Delaware Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Delaware to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Delaware over all years is $82,872. 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