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 %
Mechanical Engineers 165 $83,915 93.22%
Credit Analysts 143 $66,407 88.27%
Business Intelligence Analysts 136 $89,871 85.53%
Physical Therapists 134 $71,329 85.90%
Materials Scientists 122 $74,251 82.43%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 106 $88,103 82.17%
Financial Specialists, All Other 103 $63,003 88.79%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 102 $51,487 93.58%
Information Technology Project Managers 99 $93,036 93.40%
Information Security Analysts 88 $94,280 89.80%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Financial Specialists, All Other 10 $72,477 43.48%
Management Analysts 10 $77,447 47.62%
Industrial Engineers 9 $89,888 45.00%
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 8 $44,985 42.11%
Mechanical Engineers 8 $96,122 42.11%
Marketing Managers 8 $129,641 47.06%
Economists 8 $71,492 61.54%
Computer User Support Specialists 7 $62,183 53.85%
Natural Sciences Managers 7 $157,099 58.33%
General and Operations Managers 7 $108,356 58.33%
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 %
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 %
Computer Training 1 $75,691 100.00%
Other Support Activities For Transportation 1 $50,294 100.00%
All Other Food Manufacturing 1 $118,269 100.00%
All Other Traveler Accommodation 1 $49,670 100.00%
Petroleum Refineries 1 $114,504 100.00%
Fine Arts Schools 1 $27,165 100.00%
Special Food Services 1 $43,888 100.00%
Direct Life Insurance Carriers 1 $86,299 100.00%
Child Care Services 1 $20,340 100.00%
Frozen Fruit Juice And Vegetable Manufacturing 1 $70,179 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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