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 %
India 922 $99,629 45.44%
Haiti 145 $20,065 36.80%
China 126 $75,075 46.84%
Mexico 106 $22,552 57.61%
Vietnam 55 $21,021 44.35%
Canada 33 $103,616 52.38%
Mongolia 28 $24,775 44.44%
South Korea 25 $26,580 54.35%
Pakistan 18 $101,383 40.00%
Philippines 15 $45,021 48.39%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Capgemini Financial Services Usa Inc 58 $76,060 85.29%
Metlife Group Inc 55 $89,580 80.88%
Hcl Global Systems Inc 55 $83,591 84.62%
Shrewdsoft Inc 54 $86,275 83.08%
Aetea Information Technology Inc 53 $85,323 84.13%
Bank Of America Corporation 53 $61,332 84.13%
Ei Du Pont De Nemours And Company 52 $79,646 83.87%
Barclays Services Corp 50 $96,748 81.97%
Tech Mahindra Americas Inc 50 $82,177 81.97%
Sevone Inc 48 $68,848 80.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Seaford School District 2 $47,080 18.18%
Uhs Of Rockford Llc Dba Rockford Center 2 $141,752 18.18%
Chemours 2 $109,876 18.18%
Tek International Inc 2 $149,625 18.18%
The Lycra Company Llc 2 $101,535 18.18%
Dassault Aircraft Services Corp 2 $180,617 18.18%
Super C Inc 2 $80,829 20.00%
Odyssey Charter School 2 $52,538 20.00%
Decisivedge 2 $110,147 20.00%
Computer Aid Inc 2 $126,984 20.00%

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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
All visa, employer, attorney, and salary data was obtained from the OFLC website.
All NAICS data was obtained from the NAICS website.    All SOC data was obtained from the O*Net database.