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Delaware
(DE)
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6,790
H-1B approvals (all yrs)
93.1%
LCA
certification rate
715
Employers filing, latest yr
8
Top occupations shown
Where this fits nationally
// Delaware highlighted
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DC
District of Columbia
FL
Florida
LCA
filings by year
// worksite in Delaware
Fiscal Year
LCA volume
Certified
Rate
2025
2,754
2,492
90.5%
2024
2,665
2,434
91.3%
2023
3,053
2,801
91.7%
2022
2,700
2,523
93.4%
2021
3,840
3,676
95.7%
2020
2,898
2,747
94.8%
H-1B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
522
21
96.1%
2024
558
51
91.6%
2023
*
160
22
87.9%
2022
539
17
96.9%
2021
513
31
94.3%
2020
443
113
79.7%
2019
571
107
84.2%
2018
440
159
73.5%
2017
280
101
73.5%
2016
H-2A petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
41
0
100.0%
2024
43
0
100.0%
2021
25
0
100.0%
2020
30
0
100.0%
2019
12
0
100.0%
2018
23
0
100.0%
2017
23
0
100.0%
2016
30
0
100.0%
2015
32
0
100.0%
H-2B petitions by year
// approvals / denials by fiscal year
Fiscal Year
Approvals
Denials
Rate
2025
187
0
100.0%
2024
330
0
100.0%
2019
329
0
100.0%
2017
0
0
—
2016
0
0
—
2015
0
0
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Top employers (H-1B, latest year)
Infocons Inc
69
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP
38
UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE
23
Appoquinimink School District
18
Nixon Technologies LLC
18
SK Technologies Inc - DE
12
Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
12
Incyte Corporation
11
Top occupations (LCA, latest year)
Software Developers
1,001
Computer Systems Engineers/Architects
128
Computer Programmers
127
Business Intelligence Analysts
119
Data Scientists
101
Computer Systems Analysts
94
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers
82
Information Technology Project Managers
74
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Compare Delaware to another state →
Top employer: Infocons Inc →
Top occupation: Software Developers →
Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.
SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE
292
66
81.6%
2015
250
35
87.7%
2014
366
69
84.1%
2013
318
43
88.1%
2012
287
35
89.1%
2011
464
33
93.4%
2010
290
32
90.1%
2009
497
296
62.7%
* Source data for this fiscal year is an incomplete snapshot, not a real year-over-year drop.
