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 %
Business Intelligence Analysts 171 $85,254 78.80%
Physicists 164 $56,293 75.93%
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 148 $51,107 71.15%
Biological Scientists, All Other 143 $46,748 74.87%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 139 $51,118 73.94%
Engineers, All Other 136 $78,613 76.40%
Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary 128 $59,100 77.58%
Dentists, General 124 $110,955 77.02%
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 115 $94,415 72.78%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 115 $53,478 76.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Information Security Analysts 22 $102,938 115.79%
Marketing Managers 21 $130,581 116.67%
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists 21 $61,291 116.67%
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 18 $41,845 100.00%
Construction Laborers 17 $35,097 94.44%
Chefs and Head Cooks 17 $48,842 94.44%
General and Operations Managers 16 $108,438 94.12%
Computer Network Architects 15 $107,236 88.24%
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 15 $54,730 88.24%
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 14 $110,326 82.35%
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 %
India 1,359 $365,489 47.29%
Mexico 405 $39,794 53.64%
China 189 $66,263 46.10%
Canada 126 $100,804 44.68%
Philippines 82 $35,140 45.81%
South Korea 61 $50,537 39.10%
Nepal 58 $3,816,957 41.43%
United Kingdom 58 $102,303 50.88%
Brazil 50 $64,525 43.86%
Australia 26 $99,748 30.95%

Top Hiring Companies in Colorado (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Welltok Inc 3 $99,854 100.00%
Brighton School District 27j 3 $84,689 100.00%
Hansen Technologies North America Inc 3 $79,102 100.00%
Momentum Optics Inc 3 $91,624 100.00%
Tekperfekt Inc 3 $86,167 100.00%
Joyent Inc 3 $80,489 100.00%
Invictus Infotech Llc 3 $91,693 100.00%
Calisto Corporation 3 $86,257 100.00%
Optiv Security Inc 3 $90,099 100.00%
Group Voyagers Inc 3 $90,605 100.00%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

Top Industries in Colorado (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Advertising Agencies 75 $67,833 87.21%
Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 74 $72,157 87.06%
Direct Life Insurance Carriers 63 $98,613 75.00%
Offices Of Physicians 61 $120,039 80.26%
Other Heavy And Civil Engineering Construction 60 $75,167 82.19%
Other Management Consulting Services 60 $86,023 85.71%
Landscape Architectural Services 59 $53,812 85.51%
Medical Equipment And Supplies Manufacturing 58 $100,240 85.29%
Credit Bureaus 58 $86,482 87.88%
Couriers And Express Delivery Services 57 $84,247 87.69%

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