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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Colorado Foreign Labor Visa Stats (All Years)

Total Visas % of all Visas Average Wage Visa Type
63,326 85.72% $82,064 H-1B
4,762 6.45% $201,721 PERM
3,624 4.91% $23,055 H-2A
2,165 2.93% $102,088 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Colorado has seen a total of 73,877 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Colorado is the H-1B visa with 63,326 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.72% of Colorado's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 4,762 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.45% of Colorado's total visas.

Top Occupations in Colorado (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 313 $50,283 89.43%
Information Technology Project Managers 309 $103,468 91.42%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 279 $53,138 84.04%
Computer Network Architects 237 $102,159 74.53%
Sales Engineers 202 $106,052 77.69%
Information Security Analysts 201 $91,109 79.13%
Industrial Engineers 199 $82,020 85.78%
Biochemists and Biophysicists 191 $47,632 84.14%
Statisticians 186 $73,979 83.04%
Physicians and Surgeons, All Other 180 $172,801 81.82%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Home Health Aides 30 $23,501 115.38%
Mechanical Engineers 29 $81,846 116.00%
Sales Engineers 28 $101,922 116.67%
Statisticians 27 $67,175 117.39%
Industrial Engineers 27 $85,696 117.39%
Internists, General 27 $139,844 122.73%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 26 $54,824 118.18%
Architectural and Engineering Managers 24 $151,076 109.09%
Financial Analysts 23 $86,186 121.05%
Childcare Workers 22 $27,840 115.79%
Colorado Employees Over Time
Colorado has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 2,714 employees were hired. Colorado peaked in 2022 with 6,197 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 5,341 in 2023.

Top Countries with Workers in Colorado From PERM Program (All Years)

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colombia 25 $66,772 37.88%
South Africa 23 $52,877 35.94%
Russia 22 $95,775 44.00%
Zimbabwe 21 $42,691 42.00%
Iran 20 $75,358 41.67%
Pakistan 19 $104,778 42.22%
Mongolia 18 $43,528 42.86%
Spain 17 $74,571 41.46%
Germany 16 $58,365 39.02%
Poland 16 $60,544 40.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Colorado (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Dunn Kiley Landscape Architects Llc 3 $49,289 100.00%
Eagle County Schools 3 $57,251 100.00%
Ready Foods Inc 3 $60,951 100.00%
Entercoms Inc 3 $52,659 100.00%
Towers Watson Delaware Inc 3 $64,771 100.00%
Krg Associates Pc 3 $62,712 100.00%
Apollo Mapping Llc 3 $49,130 100.00%
Esco Construction Company 3 $57,096 100.00%
United Pharma Technologies Inc 3 $66,158 100.00%
Moxie Systems Inc 3 $58,663 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Colorado (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sheep Farming 542 $27,531 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 346 $24,816 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 200 $29,729 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 171 $25,417 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 154 $25,789 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 130 $28,720 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 121 $31,759 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 89 $24,935 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 86 $28,837 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 77 $27,548 100.00%

Colorado Wage Comparison to Other States (All Years)

The chart below compares The average wage in Colorado to that of the top 9 states with the highest overall average H1-B wage. The average wage in Colorado over all years is $82,064. 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