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.
Employer Search tool is moved to it's own page: "H1B Visa Data Search Tool"

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 %
Industrial Engineers 73 $82,343 87.95%
Family and General Practitioners 67 $135,278 91.78%
Pediatricians, General 65 $105,087 89.04%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 61 $68,700 87.14%
Financial Quantitative Analysts 60 $91,155 90.91%
Data Warehousing Specialists 52 $79,267 81.25%
Chemical Engineers 49 $76,180 83.05%
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 49 $73,718 84.48%
Epidemiologists 47 $59,310 85.45%
Actuaries 47 $89,366 88.68%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
General and Operations Managers 6 $119,105 50.00%
Psychiatrists 6 $127,514 54.55%
Computer Programmers 6 $84,794 54.55%
Compliance Officers 6 $80,915 54.55%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $134,195 54.55%
Information Security Analysts 5 $107,640 50.00%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 5 $67,442 50.00%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 5 $19,386 50.00%
Surgeons 5 $182,886 50.00%
Financial Managers 5 $146,526 50.00%
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 %
Jordan 5 $96,038 62.50%
Hong Kong 4 $28,990 57.14%
Sri Lanka 4 $125,413 57.14%
Iran 4 $94,024 57.14%
Greece 4 $66,940 57.14%
Romania 3 $76,884 42.86%
Indonesia 3 $103,653 42.86%
Chile 3 $79,934 50.00%
France 3 $124,270 50.00%
Russia 3 $65,562 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Idol Soft Inc 3 $108,070 100.00%
Gine Tech Labs Llc 3 $112,583 100.00%
Ford Motor Company 3 $106,753 100.00%
Optum Services Inc 3 $107,495 100.00%
Techgrid Inc 3 $92,082 100.00%
Decisivedge 3 $107,571 100.00%
Delaware River And Bay Authority 3 $97,476 100.00%
Abzooba Inc 3 $96,741 100.00%
Life Insurance Company Of North America 3 $143,312 100.00%
Indeed Inc 3 $107,772 100.00%
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