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Wilmington, DE

Wilmington, DE is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 139 tracked employers at a $144,400 median H-1B wage across 5,022 LCAs.

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139
Employers
$144,400
Median H-1B wage
5,022
H-1B filings

Wilmington, DE: 139 tracked employers at a $144,400 median H-1B wage across 5,022 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 Wilmington, DE (DE), PlainEmployers rolls up 139 employers at a $144,400 disclosed median with 1 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 139 employers
  • $144,400 median H-1B
  • 5,022 H-1B LCAs
  • 1 WARN employers

Where Wilmington, DE's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$144,400 Top 35% higher than 65% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). This entry sits in this band. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Wilmington, DE $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Wilmington, DE (139 employers) sits beside Newark, DE, Middletown, DE, Dover, 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, Wilmington, DE ranks #84 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

Newark, DE 80 Middletown, DE 41 Dover, DE 33 New Castle, DE 18 Bear, DE 9 Milford, DE 4
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesFinance & InsuranceManufacturingHealthcare & Social AssistanceWholesale Trade

What the data says about Wilmington, DE

Corpus placement: Wilmington, DE ranks #84 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 65 of 139 tracked employers (~47%); next sectors in the mix are Finance & Insurance and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citibank, N.A., and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc. (2,758 filings combined, ~55% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Wilmington, DE: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 1 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: JPMorgan Chase & Co., Citibank, N.A., and BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., together 2,758 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Wilmington, DE reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 47% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. plus Citibank, N.A. account for about 55% of Wilmington, DE's H-1B filings in this corpus, so local wage medians are sensitive to those sponsors' role mix.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Wilmington, DE, 1 carry WARN Act history (13 notices, about 357 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Within DE, Wilmington, DE is among denser labor markets versus Newark, DE (80 employers); Middletown, DE (41 employers); Dover, DE (33 employers); its median and mix are less likely to swing on a single filing.

WARN layoff activity in Wilmington, DE

1 tracked employer with a worksite here have filed 13 WARN notices , naming about 357 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Wilmington, DE

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1JPMorgan Chase & Co.1,836$160,000
2Citibank, N.A.573$158,044
3BlackRock Financial Management, Inc.Finance & Insurance349$153,450
4Barclays Services LLCFinance & Insurance345$161,700
5Populus Group LLCAdministrative & Waste Services249$128,960
6Barclays Services Corp.234$214,990
7Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Finance & Insurance208$144,235
8The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaHealthcare & Social Assistance95$70,917
9OneMain General Services CorporationProfessional & Technical Services75$121,763
10M&T BankFinance & Insurance59$126,927
11Agilent Technologies, INC.Manufacturing44$166,788
12BlackRock Investment Management, LLCFinance & Insurance43$139,600
13Black & Veatch Corporation37$111,072
14Upgrade, Inc.Finance & Insurance31$164,705
15Siritek INCProfessional & Technical Services31$108,077
16Barclays Bank DelawareFinance & Insurance31$156,244
17Christiana Care Health Services, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance29$223,447
18Incyte CorporationManufacturing27$155,000
19My Supply Chain Group, LLCProfessional & Technical Services24$164,750
20Ovs Technologies, INC.Professional & Technical Services23$120,286
21Corporation Service CompanyProfessional & Technical Services22$143,200
22Ganait, INCProfessional & Technical Services21$91,291
23The Nemours Foundation - Nemours Children's Health20$200,000
24Sismos Solutions, INC.Professional & Technical Services20$108,555
25EvonSys, Inc.Professional & Technical Services19$125,399
Sources, citation, and related links for Wilmington, DE

Disclaimer: The Wilmington, DE overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Wilmington, DE from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, 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.