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 %
Software Developers, Applications 6,054 $91,776 91.49%
Computer Systems Analysts 5,437 $72,852 93.68%
Computer Programmers 3,420 $68,824 86.25%
Computer Occupations, All Other 2,752 $69,382 93.45%
Operations Research Analysts 599 $72,455 85.33%
Statisticians 540 $83,526 93.10%
Management Analysts 492 $70,075 91.45%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 434 $64,705 93.33%
Software Developers, Systems Software 395 $100,765 89.77%
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 389 $79,626 90.05%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 58 $27,695 276.19%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 28 $30,299 186.67%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 21 $30,101 210.00%
Farm Labor Contractors 7 $29,224 70.00%
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 3 $29,175 37.50%
Nursery Workers 2 $30,046 28.57%
Farmers, Ranchers, and Other Agricultural Managers 1 $29,224 16.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 731 $99,695 140.58%
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers 284 $20,979 89.87%
Computer Systems Analysts 172 $92,403 70.49%
Slaughterers and Meat Packers 113 $19,469 50.22%
Statisticians 83 $73,234 37.56%
Computer Occupations, All Other 67 $88,737 32.21%
Internists, General 66 $132,727 61.11%
Operations Research Analysts 63 $55,592 63.64%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 51 $77,346 76.12%
Software Developers, Systems Software 36 $107,920 56.25%
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 %
Syria 1 $40,706 33.33%
United States Of America 1 $64,397 33.33%
Grenada 1 $82,285 33.33%
Ecuador 1 $46,842 33.33%
Japan 1 $93,517 50.00%
Barbados 1 $69,389 50.00%
Poland 1 $65,645 50.00%
Slovakia 1 $55,390 50.00%
Armenia 1 $208,000 50.00%
Czech Republic 1 $119,122 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Delaware (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Elsevier Inc 2 $115,201 66.67%
Family Practice Associates Pa 2 $112,632 66.67%
Westside Family Healthcare 2 $113,620 66.67%
Kafene Inc 2 $121,098 66.67%
Educational Testing Service 2 $115,399 66.67%
Equinix Inc 2 $109,990 66.67%
Datum Llc 2 $112,279 66.67%
Siemens Industry Software Inc 2 $112,289 66.67%
Paypal Inc 2 $122,211 66.67%
Spotify Usa Inc 2 $113,090 66.67%
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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