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 %
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 %
India 922 $99,629 45.44%
Haiti 145 $20,065 36.80%
China 126 $75,075 46.84%
Mexico 106 $22,552 57.61%
Vietnam 55 $21,021 44.35%
Canada 33 $103,616 52.38%
Mongolia 28 $24,775 44.44%
South Korea 25 $26,580 54.35%
Pakistan 18 $101,383 40.00%
Philippines 15 $45,021 48.39%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Deloitte Consulting Llp 203 $78,295 93.98%
Incyte Corporation 198 $94,985 92.52%
Randstad Technologies Llc 164 $96,847 77.36%
Vensoft Solutions Inc 162 $68,145 81.00%
Hcl America Inc 152 $80,286 87.86%
Techno Soft Inc 146 $69,232 84.88%
Ibm Corporation 142 $82,172 83.04%
Innate Solutionsinc 140 $59,651 88.61%
Tekstrom Inc 128 $64,977 82.58%
Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp 127 $96,656 82.47%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Anthem Inc 8 $90,297 22.86%
Bayhealth Medical Center Inc 8 $179,845 23.53%
Beebe Physician Network 8 $166,896 23.53%
Yes Hardsoft Solutions Inc 7 $96,827 21.21%
Three Puglisi Brothers Inc 7 $19,386 21.21%
The Blue Crab Of Bethany Beach Inc 7 $21,665 21.88%
Christiana Medical Group Pa 6 $120,800 20.00%
Wilmington Savings Fund Society 6 $107,082 20.69%
Cigna Health And Life Insurance Company 6 $84,302 21.43%
Fair Square Financial Llc 6 $93,323 23.08%

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Security Systems Services Except Locksmiths 1 $108,493 50.00%
Nonresidential Property Managers 1 $57,138 50.00%
Printing 1 $64,626 50.00%
Fitness And Recreational Sports Centers 1 $78,250 50.00%
Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing 1 $51,813 50.00%
Exterminating And Pest Control Services 1 $39,957 50.00%
Private Mail Centers 1 $77,418 50.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Food Manufacturing 1 $76,752 50.00%
Travel Agencies 1 $95,930 50.00%
Administration Of Veterans Affairs 1 $176,176 50.00%
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 $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