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 %
Biostatisticians 46 $83,055 88.46%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 44 $70,448 86.27%
Teachers and Instructors, All Other 43 $39,487 87.76%
Electrical Engineers 43 $88,463 87.76%
Engineers, All Other 42 $75,473 85.71%
General and Operations Managers 40 $107,196 83.33%
Marketing Managers 40 $127,748 83.33%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 39 $67,140 84.78%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 38 $72,909 82.61%
Materials Engineers 38 $83,040 88.37%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Surgeons 5 $182,886 55.56%
Family and General Practitioners 4 $94,313 44.44%
Civil Engineers 4 $71,703 44.44%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $88,810 44.44%
Food Preparation Workers 4 $20,800 44.44%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $91,101 44.44%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 4 $18,902 44.44%
Actuaries 3 $93,628 37.50%
Biomedical Engineers 3 $75,373 37.50%
Medical and Health Services Managers 3 $80,655 37.50%
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 %
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 %
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