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 %
Electrical Engineers 48 $89,323 81.36%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 48 $71,476 87.27%
Actuaries 47 $89,366 88.68%
Epidemiologists 47 $59,310 88.68%
Engineers, All Other 44 $76,080 83.02%
Financial Managers 44 $148,580 84.62%
Marketing Managers 42 $126,797 82.35%
General and Operations Managers 41 $107,071 82.00%
Mathematical Science Teachers, Postsecondary 41 $72,165 83.67%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 41 $68,247 85.42%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Security Analysts 5 $107,640 55.56%
Surgeons 5 $182,886 55.56%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 4 $91,101 44.44%
Family and General Practitioners 4 $94,313 44.44%
Biomedical Engineers 4 $83,575 44.44%
Food Preparation Workers 4 $20,800 44.44%
Civil Engineers 4 $71,703 44.44%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 4 $18,902 44.44%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 3 $39,270 37.50%
Accountants 3 $77,002 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 452 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Peru 3 $64,300 50.00%
Nigeria 3 $136,455 50.00%
Bangladesh 3 $101,989 50.00%
Lebanon 3 $166,275 50.00%
Saudi Arabia 3 $197,149 50.00%
Argentina 3 $116,670 50.00%
Russia 3 $65,562 50.00%
New Zealand 2 $97,854 40.00%
Belarus 2 $99,496 40.00%
Costa Rica 2 $101,192 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Starpoint Solutions Llc A Yoh Services Llc Company 2 $112,840 100.00%
Delaware Profit Fields Logistics Llc 2 $100,547 100.00%
Cytel Inc 2 $98,873 100.00%
Equifax Inc 2 $122,106 100.00%
Passport Labs Inc 2 $98,259 100.00%
Jp Morgan Chase Co 2 $102,191 100.00%
Emc Corporation 2 $106,580 100.00%
Alliance Life Sciences Consulting Group Inc 2 $99,861 100.00%
Zenith Home Corp Now Mayzon 2 $101,047 100.00%
Aura Power Solar Usa Llc 2 $99,549 100.00%
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 14,767 $72,929 91.04%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 3,918 $98,884 91.46%
Computer Systems Design Services 2,264 $83,738 93.13%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,518 $80,977 97.81%
Commercial Banking 1,308 $88,772 89.34%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 998 $82,725 88.40%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 526 $156,209 73.88%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 484 $151,168 80.13%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 478 $60,591 89.85%
Other Computer Related Services 457 $77,604 86.88%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farm Labor Contractors And Crew Leaders 55 $30,722 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 30 $31,149 100.00%
Support Activities For Crop Production 26 $31,714 100.00%
Nursery And Tree Production 20 $29,248 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 16 $29,809 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 15 $26,085 100.00%
Cattle Feedlots 7 $27,703 100.00%
Frozen Fruit Juice And Vegetable Manufacturing 6 $31,034 100.00%
Corn Farming 4 $34,575 100.00%
Nursery And Floriculture Production 4 $30,404 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 1,725 $88,033 100.00%
Poultry Processing 770 $20,244 100.00%
Offices Of Other Holding Companies 680 $96,519 100.00%
Commercial Banking 343 $85,109 100.00%
Computer Systems Design Services 235 $92,752 100.00%
Offices Of Physicians Except Mental Health Specialists 149 $144,873 100.00%
General Medical And Surgical Hospitals 90 $126,538 100.00%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 85 $85,709 100.00%
Broilers And Other Meat Type Chicken Production 83 $24,360 100.00%
All Other Professional Scientific And Technical Services 72 $95,344 100.00%

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 $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