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 %
Industrial Engineers 87 $84,670 92.55%
Hospitalists 76 $204,051 86.36%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 74 $71,656 89.16%
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 71 $43,639 97.26%
Family and General Practitioners 67 $135,278 93.06%
Pediatricians, General 64 $105,857 90.14%
Regulatory Affairs Specialists 60 $73,219 85.71%
Chemical Engineers 55 $78,058 83.33%
Biostatisticians 54 $85,041 90.00%
Data Warehousing Specialists 52 $79,267 86.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 6 $69,673 50.00%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 6 $134,195 54.55%
Computer Programmers 6 $84,794 54.55%
Compliance Officers 6 $80,915 54.55%
Food Batchmakers 6 $19,898 54.55%
Financial Managers 6 $155,693 60.00%
Psychiatrists 6 $127,514 60.00%
Surgeons 5 $182,886 50.00%
Sales Engineers 5 $94,740 50.00%
Packers and Packagers, Hand 5 $19,386 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 452 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
United States Of America 1 $61,110 100.00%
Croatia 1 $187,200 100.00%
Palestine 1 $97,531 100.00%

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 %
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