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 %
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 13 $91,794 86.67%
Physics Teachers, Postsecondary 12 $74,009 80.00%
Sales Managers 12 $109,092 80.00%
Medical and Health Services Managers 12 $104,721 80.00%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 12 $148,302 85.71%
Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary 11 $68,499 84.62%
Food Scientists and Technologists 11 $69,640 84.62%
Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary 11 $67,837 84.62%
Environmental Engineers 11 $83,291 84.62%
Human Resources Specialists 10 $46,241 76.92%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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 %
Wolf Creek Surgeons Pa 3 $159,785 75.00%
Nanticoke Cardiology Pa 3 $214,612 75.00%
Regional Hematology And Oncology Pa 3 $192,303 75.00%
Green Clinics Laboratory Llc 3 $203,063 75.00%
Delaware Physiatry 3 $208,000 75.00%
Tidalhealth Specialty Care Llc 3 $233,376 75.00%
Christiana Institute Of Advanced Surgery 3 $208,000 75.00%
Sapphire Technologies Lp 3 $64,667 75.00%
Global Technical Software Services Inc 3 $70,013 75.00%
Vi Systems Inc 3 $72,224 75.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Delaware (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
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