Metro area · DE
Dover, DE
Dover, DE spreads H-1B hiring across 7+ sectors (33 employers, $120,000 median wage) rather than one dominant NAICS group.
- 33
- Employers
- $120,000
- Median H-1B wage
- 275
- H-1B filings
Dover, DE: 33 tracked employers at a $120,000 median H-1B wage across 275 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Dover, DE (DE), PlainEmployers rolls up 33 employers at a $120,000 disclosed median. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.
- 33 employers
- $120,000 median H-1B
- 275 H-1B LCAs
Where Dover, DE's median H-1B wage sits nationally
Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row
$120,000 Top 54% higher than 46% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
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Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Metro Labor Presence
Dover, DE (33 employers) sits beside Wilmington, DE, Newark, DE, Middletown, DE in DE's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Dover, DE ranks #355 of 6906 by employer count (about the 95th percentile).
What the data says about Dover, DE
Corpus placement: Dover, DE ranks #355 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 95th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 8 of 33 tracked employers (~24%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Educational Services. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Schneider Electric USA, INC., State of Delaware, and Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc. (139 filings combined, ~51% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Dover, DE: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records.
Dover, DE reads as a diversified labor market: the lead sector (Professional & Technical Services) is only ~24% of tracked employers across 7 named industries, so no single NAICS group dominates the local picture.
Same-state context for Dover, DE: Wilmington, DE (139 employers); Newark, DE (80 employers); Middletown, DE (41 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.
Employer mix in Dover, DE
Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in
- Professional & Technical S…
Professional & Technical Services
8 employers
- Healthcare & Social Assist…
Healthcare & Social Assistance
6 employers
- Educational Services
Educational Services
4 employers
- Information & Media 1
Information & Media
1 employers
- Manufacturing 1
Manufacturing
1 employers
- Other Services 1
Other Services
1 employers
- Public Administration 1
Public Administration
1 employers
What this shows Dover, DE has no runaway sector: Professional & Technical Services leads at only ~24% across 7 named industries.
Top employers in Dover, DE
| # | Employer | H-1B filings | Median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schneider Electric USA, INC.Manufacturing | 79 | $148,209 |
| 2 | State of DelawareEducational Services | 33 | $68,911 |
| 3 | Bayhealth Medical Center, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance | 27 | $260,000 |
| 4 | Apogee Medical Group, Delaware, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance | 22 | $314,367 |
| 5 | The Nemours Foundation - Nemours Children's Health | 20 | $200,000 |
| 6 | Excel Est Services IncProfessional & Technical Services | 14 | $92,581 |
| 7 | Techgroup America INC.Professional & Technical Services | 11 | $106,725 |
| 8 | Tekstrom INC.Professional & Technical Services | 7 | $114,250 |
| 9 | Delaware State UniversityEducational Services | 6 | $63,500 |
| 10 | EliteBridge Technologies Inc | 6 | $69,684 |
| 11 | Tech Smart Solutions LLCProfessional & Technical Services | 6 | $109,866 |
| 12 | Enhance Therapies Master Payco LLCHealthcare & Social Assistance | 5 | $114,400 |
| 13 | Essity North America Inc. | 5 | $94,013 |
| 14 | Playtex Manufacturing, Inc.Other Services | 3 | $120,332 |
| 15 | Allkare INCProfessional & Technical Services | 3 | $82,000 |
| 16 | Nephrology Associates, P.A. | 3 | $225,000 |
| 17 | Simpliigence INC. | 3 | $131,997 |
| 18 | Delaware Health Information NetworkPublic Administration | 2 | $144,970 |
| 19 | Purplenow. IncProfessional & Technical Services | 2 | $105,500 |
| 20 | Progressive Software Computing Inc | 2 | $86,500 |
| 21 | MindChamps International PreSchool Franchising Inc. | 2 | $53,000 |
| 22 | CNT Infotech CorporationProfessional & Technical Services | 2 | $99,025 |
| 23 | Delaware PhysiatryHealthcare & Social Assistance | 1 | $240,000 |
| 24 | Khaled Hadjeres LLCProfessional & Technical Services | 1 | $74,880 |
| 25 | Unity Heal Thcare ServicesHealthcare & Social Assistance | 1 | $79,040 |
PlainEmployers renders Dover, DE from DOL H-1B disclosure filings and OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.