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
69,150 85.51% $84,167 H-1B
5,048 6.24% $195,069 PERM
4,244 5.25% $24,587 H-2A
2,426 3.00% $105,058 E-3 Australian

As of May 2023, Colorado has seen a total of 80,868 visa workers across all visa types. The most common visa class in Colorado is the H-1B visa with 69,150 H-1B visas on record over all years accounting for 85.51% of Colorado's total visas. The second most prevalent visa is the PERM visa with 5,048 PERM visas on record over all years accounting for 6.24% of Colorado's total visas.

Top Occupations in Colorado (All Years)

Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Loan Officers 1 $56,888 50.00%
Appraisers, Real Estate 1 $60,757 100.00%
Music Directors 1 $33,946 100.00%
Electrical Engineering Technicians 1 $67,954 100.00%
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other 1 $42,411 100.00%
Film and Video Editors 1 $28,954 100.00%
Cooks, Restaurant 1 $24,190 100.00%
Archeologists 1 $36,462 100.00%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 1 $49,379 100.00%
Home Health Aides 1 $19,198 100.00%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Colorado Employees Over Time
Colorado has been in the H1B Visa program since 2011 where 2,714 employees were hired. Colorado peaked in 2018 with 6,191 employees, and has since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 944 in 2025.

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

Country # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Bosnia And Herzegovina 1 $70,491 50.00%
Grenada 1 $89,253 50.00%
Cameroon 1 $95,243 50.00%
Syria 1 $208,000 50.00%
Namibia 1 $31,500 50.00%
Lebanon 1 $74,610 50.00%
Botswana 1 $91,562 100.00%
Bolivia 1 $57,699 100.00%
Czech Republic 1 $73,216 100.00%
Uganda 1 $41,558 100.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Colorado (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Charles Schwab Company Inc 78 $128,809 93.98%
Roaring Fork School District Re 1 77 $48,746 93.90%
Patni Americas Inc 77 $64,478 93.90%
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 77 $101,376 93.90%
Johns Manville 77 $99,139 95.06%
Intersoft Data Labs Inc 74 $72,269 92.50%
Metropolitan State University Of Denver 73 $49,268 91.25%
Xilinx Inc 72 $100,720 90.00%
Janus Management Holdings Corporation 71 $102,298 91.03%
Fedex Corporate Services Inc 71 $89,059 93.42%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Eagle Crest Nursery 10 $24,064 100.00%
Bruchez Sons Llc 10 $23,264 100.00%
Timmerman Feeding Co Llc 10 $28,446 100.00%
Wellsweep Ranches 10 $13,639 100.00%
Prosper Farms Investments Llc 10 $29,548 100.00%
David Brown 10 $26,157 100.00%
Welder Ranch 10 $20,574 100.00%
Brush Mountain Ranch Llc 9 $26,118 100.00%
Leistikow Farms Llc 9 $22,164 100.00%
Turnbull Land Livestock 9 $14,108 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Everside Health 6 $128,527 35.29%
Frontier Stone Llc 6 $40,560 35.29%
Rocky Mountain Custom Landscapes Inc 6 $31,803 37.50%
Red Canyon Roofing Llc 6 $41,746 37.50%
Crispin Porter Bogusky Llc 5 $86,765 31.25%
Agapito Associates Inc 5 $87,630 31.25%
Golder Associates Inc 5 $80,375 33.33%
Ads Alliance Data Systems Inc 5 $76,542 33.33%
Cable Television Laboratories Inc 5 $115,822 33.33%
Sushi 1 Inc 5 $32,852 33.33%

Top Industries in Colorado (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Custom Computer Programming Services 23,945 $79,875 91.63%
Computer Systems Design Services 5,024 $88,130 93.19%
Colleges Universities And Professional Schools 3,174 $54,578 66.76%
Computer Systems Design And Related Services 1,569 $88,994 88.44%
Financial Transactions Processing Reserve And Clearinghouse Activities 1,499 $104,917 94.34%
Management Scientific And Technical Consulting Services 1,448 $89,855 91.94%
Other Computer Related Services 1,410 $81,587 90.10%
Engineering Services 1,343 $78,691 87.66%
Elementary And Secondary Schools 1,277 $50,676 85.82%
Management Consulting Services 1,244 $80,751 92.08%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Sheep Farming 658 $28,032 100.00%
Cattle Ranching And Farming 443 $26,380 100.00%
Vegetable And Melon Farming 245 $30,070 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming 212 $28,067 100.00%
Other Noncitrus Fruit Farming 205 $26,927 100.00%
Noncitrus Fruit And Tree Nut Farming 170 $32,532 100.00%
Other Crop Farming 170 $30,080 100.00%
Crop Harvesting Primarily By Machine 104 $29,960 100.00%
Beef Cattle Ranching And Farming Including Feedlots 96 $29,417 100.00%
Other Vegetable Except Potato And Melon Farming 96 $25,639 100.00%

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 $84,167. The state with the highest average wage of H1-B workers for all states is CA with an average wage of $104,510.

State Avg Wage