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 %
Materials Engineers 41 $84,124 91.11%
Civil Engineers 40 $68,935 88.89%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 38 $51,417 84.44%
Compliance Officers 35 $68,503 81.40%
Computer Network Architects 34 $100,355 79.07%
Soil and Plant Scientists 33 $53,049 78.57%
Biomedical Engineers 31 $73,318 75.61%
Logisticians 31 $69,238 83.78%
Accountants 30 $53,069 83.33%
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 30 $49,487 85.71%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Accountants 3 $77,002 37.50%
Electrical Engineers 3 $85,294 37.50%
Computer Hardware Engineers 3 $87,859 37.50%
Medical and Health Services Managers 3 $80,655 37.50%
Epidemiologists 3 $61,180 37.50%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 3 $39,270 37.50%
Materials Engineers 3 $88,344 37.50%
Environmental Engineers 2 $84,251 28.57%
Training and Development Specialists 2 $45,365 28.57%
Carpenters 2 $67,912 28.57%
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 %
Adtalem Global Education Inc 1 $87,875 100.00%
Hercules Incorporated 1 $87,922 100.00%
Ei Dupont De Nemours Amp Company Inc 1 $87,922 100.00%
Aqualon Company 1 $87,942 100.00%
Qubitfy Llc 1 $87,984 100.00%
Meshfore Llc 1 $87,984 100.00%
Pbits Inc 1 $87,984 100.00%
Inrika Inc 1 $87,984 100.00%
Averon Services Inc 1 $87,984 100.00%
Tekblu Llc 1 $87,984 100.00%
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