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 %
Sales Engineers 5 $94,740 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%
Food Preparation Workers 4 $20,800 44.44%
Biomedical Engineers 4 $83,575 44.44%
Nonfarm Animal Caretakers 4 $18,902 44.44%
Civil Engineers 4 $71,703 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 %
India 996 $100,673 45.11%
Haiti 145 $20,065 36.80%
China 141 $75,859 47.16%
Mexico 106 $22,552 57.61%
Vietnam 55 $21,021 44.35%
Canada 39 $103,511 54.17%
Mongolia 29 $27,221 46.03%
South Korea 25 $26,580 51.02%
Pakistan 21 $103,145 45.65%
Philippines 15 $45,021 48.39%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mercury Financial Llc 12 $123,171 85.71%
Ncas Of Delaware Llc 12 $84,855 85.71%
Elevance Health Inc 12 $111,464 85.71%
Conflux Systems Inc 12 $86,211 85.71%
Mastech Digital Technologies Inc 12 $100,807 85.71%
Ntt Data Inc 12 $95,014 85.71%
Unify Solutions Inc 12 $68,999 92.31%
Management Health Systems Llc 12 $52,199 92.31%
Aaa Mid Atlantic 12 $66,300 92.31%
General Separation Technologies Inc 12 $59,299 92.31%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

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