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 %
India 996 $100,673 45.11%
Haiti 145 $20,065 36.80%
China 141 $75,859 47.16%
Mexico 106 $22,552 57.61%
Vietnam 55 $21,021 44.35%
Canada 39 $103,511 54.17%
Mongolia 29 $27,221 46.03%
South Korea 25 $26,580 51.02%
Pakistan 21 $103,145 45.65%
Philippines 15 $45,021 48.39%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Innova Solutions Inc 28 $94,846 90.32%
Polaris Software Lab India Ltd 28 $61,116 90.32%
Alpha Technologies Inc 28 $68,919 93.33%
Solenis Llc 28 $106,164 93.33%
Ta Instruments Waters Llc 28 $81,720 93.33%
Wells Fargo Bank Na 27 $130,657 93.10%
Hologic Inc 27 $104,792 93.10%
Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company 27 $98,094 93.10%
Springleaf General Services Corporation 27 $65,101 93.10%
Natsoft Corporation 27 $71,666 93.10%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dentsply International Inc 1 $93,579 25.00%
Concord Pike Seasons Pizza Restaurant Inc 1 $77,314 25.00%
Delsavinc 1 $84,635 25.00%
Prolife Sales Llc 1 $32,968 25.00%
United Cocoa Processor 1 $96,616 25.00%
Wilmington Pharmatech Company Llc 1 $59,197 25.00%
Nrv Inc 1 $65,187 25.00%
Omshree Corporation 1 $86,008 25.00%
Saad S Khan 1 $17,701 25.00%
Visionet Systems Inc 1 $83,325 25.00%

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

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