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 %
Financial Managers 36 $147,048 87.80%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 36 $51,318 87.80%
Compliance Officers 35 $68,503 85.37%
Computer Network Architects 35 $101,140 89.74%
Civil Engineers 32 $67,464 82.05%
Soil and Plant Scientists 31 $51,168 83.78%
Accountants 31 $53,472 83.78%
Logisticians 30 $69,154 83.33%
Psychiatrists 29 $140,421 85.29%
Biomedical Engineers 26 $73,635 78.79%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Actuaries 3 $93,628 37.50%
Electrical Engineers 3 $85,294 37.50%
Medical and Health Services Managers 3 $80,655 37.50%
Nursing Assistants 3 $29,370 37.50%
Biomedical Engineers 3 $75,373 37.50%
Epidemiologists 3 $61,180 37.50%
Carpenters 2 $67,912 28.57%
Lodging Managers 2 $81,286 28.57%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 2 $113,828 28.57%
Materials Scientists 2 $72,717 33.33%
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 %
Jpmorgan Chase Co 3,265 $96,477 92.89%
Tata Consultancy Services Limited 2,316 $69,913 99.36%
Accenture Llp 1,119 $79,530 99.03%
Infosys Limited 920 $71,056 99.57%
Barclays Bank Delaware 782 $87,397 88.36%
Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp 759 $93,799 98.06%
Northstar Group Inc 639 $58,875 98.01%
Mphasis Corporation 630 $73,637 98.59%
Bank Of America Na 545 $88,923 92.84%
Barclays Services Llc 427 $99,951 78.64%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Mican Technologies Inc 139 $97,883 22.94%
Capital One Services Ii Llc 124 $82,783 22.92%
Allen Harim Foods Llc 102 $25,038 40.80%
Techno Soft Inc 71 $84,459 33.97%
Raas Infotek Llc 60 $93,315 32.26%
Apogee Medical Group Delaware Inc 57 $143,603 31.84%
Citibank Na 57 $101,050 41.01%
Tekstrom Inc 56 $97,131 45.16%
Blackrock Capital Management Inc 41 $88,346 35.65%
Streamline Technologies Inc 34 $87,946 32.08%

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 3 $22,447 100.00%
Soil Preparation Planting And Cultivating 2 $21,704 100.00%
Frozen Food Manufacturing 2 $28,486 100.00%
Corn Farming 2 $33,374 100.00%
Greenhouse Nursery And Floriculture Production 1 $27,747 100.00%
Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers 1 $23,483 100.00%
Potato Farming 1 $32,323 100.00%

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