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
33,690 92.31% $81,142 H-1B
2,537 6.95% $79,880 PERM
142 0.39% $28,642 H-2A
126 0.35% $87,629 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Delaware has seen a total of 36,495 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Delaware is the H-1B visa with 33,690 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 92.31% of Delaware's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 2,537 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.95% of Delaware's total visas.

Top Occupations in Delaware (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Exercise Physiologists 1 $35,090 50.00%
Set and Exhibit Designers 1 $36,816 50.00%
Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other 1 $36,878 50.00%
Fashion Designers 1 $37,835 100.00%
Special Education Teachers, All Other 1 $37,950 100.00%
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers 1 $38,085 100.00%
Environmental Engineering Technicians 1 $38,189 100.00%
Legal Secretaries 1 $38,251 100.00%
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists 1 $38,542 100.00%
Psychologists, All Other 1 $39,187 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 2,349 in 2023.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Brazil 11 $83,312 50.00%
Cambodia 11 $25,055 55.00%
United Kingdom 10 $108,540 58.82%
Australia 8 $113,480 47.06%
Colombia 7 $85,201 46.67%
Nepal 7 $116,031 58.33%
Turkey 7 $63,951 63.64%
Egypt 5 $109,745 45.45%
Taiwan 5 $92,176 45.45%
El Salvador 5 $20,342 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bayhealth Medical Center 6 $176,280 100.00%
Christiana Medical Group 6 $156,652 100.00%
Ing Bank Fsb Dba Ing Direct 5 $72,305 83.33%
Advance Magazine Publishers Inc Dba Conde Nast 5 $68,232 83.33%
Primetime Technologies Inc 5 $74,664 83.33%
Aecom Technical Services Inc 5 $78,266 83.33%
Bi Labs Inc 5 $81,848 83.33%
Smart Button Associates Inc An Aimia Company 5 $84,340 83.33%
Bny Administrative Services Llc 5 $92,265 83.33%
Arcus Technologies 5 $77,701 83.33%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 13,786 $71,639 90.72%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 3,556 $96,022 92.75%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,164 $82,532 93.08%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,487 $80,503 97.83%
Commercial Banking 1,195 $85,708 88.65%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 930 $81,138 88.49%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 508 $154,782 78.52%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 458 $59,888 80.35%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 422 $147,964 85.08%
Other Computer Related Services 422 $75,594 91.34%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 42 $28,562 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 26 $30,438 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 22 $30,825 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 17 $28,097 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 15 $26,085 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 13 $28,536 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 7 $27,703 100.00%
Frozen Fruit Juice And Vegetable Manufacturing 5 $30,085 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 4 $30,404 100.00%
Apple Orchards 3 $26,451 100.00%

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 $81,142. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $100,819.

State Avg Wage