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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)

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 %
Israel 1 $160,000 50.00%
Ireland 1 $38,490 50.00%
Ivory Coast 1 $60,063 100.00%
Singapore 1 $116,667 100.00%
Tanzania 1 $39,354 100.00%
Zimbabwe 1 $42,440 100.00%
Jamaica 1 $106,330 100.00%
Germany 1 $37,398 100.00%
United States Of America 1 $61,110 100.00%
Croatia 1 $187,200 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jpmorgan Chase Co 3,626 $99,510 91.47%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 2,479 $71,104 99.40%
Accenture Llp 1,136 $80,098 99.04%
Infosys Limited 948 $71,915 99.58%
Barclays Bank Delaware 823 $88,284 88.88%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 810 $95,080 98.18%
Mphasis Corporation 692 $74,891 97.60%
Northstar Group Inc 639 $58,875 98.01%
Bank Of America Na 568 $90,227 93.11%
Barclays Services Llc 457 $101,080 76.29%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Fifer Orchards Inc 17 $29,546 100.00%
Canam Harvesting Llc 10 $32,760 100.00%
Evans Farms Llc 8 $31,132 100.00%
Forest View Nursery Inc 8 $27,976 100.00%
Devilbiss Landscape Architects Inc 7 $20,674 100.00%
Bonk Farms Llc 7 $30,525 100.00%
Benito Martinez Jr 6 $31,673 100.00%
Adams County Nursery Inc 6 $27,869 100.00%
Mid State Farms Llc 6 $31,120 100.00%
Apgar Turf Farm Inc 6 $30,325 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mican Technologies Inc 139 $97,883 20.44%
Capital One Services Ii Llc 124 $82,783 22.92%
Allen Harim Foods Llc 103 $25,044 40.55%
Techno Soft Inc 71 $84,459 33.97%
Apogee Medical Group Delaware Inc 66 $139,736 34.02%
Citibank Na 64 $101,318 35.36%
Raas Infotek Llc 60 $93,315 43.17%
Tekstrom Inc 56 $97,131 45.16%
Blackrock Capital Management Inc 41 $88,346 33.88%
Streamline Technologies Inc 38 $90,691 33.04%

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