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 %
Financial Specialists, All Other 51 $53,243 86.44%
Computer Network Support Specialists 50 $61,449 84.75%
Graphic Designers 48 $43,973 81.36%
Molecular and Cellular Biologists 48 $59,452 82.76%
Business Operations Specialists, All Other 46 $56,546 82.14%
Physical Therapists 45 $65,627 81.82%
Financial Managers 44 $141,923 86.27%
Actuaries 43 $92,243 84.31%
Public Relations Specialists 42 $43,665 84.00%
Registered Nurses 41 $67,221 83.67%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Food Preparation Workers 5 $21,956 55.56%
Food Scientists and Technologists 5 $77,330 55.56%
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 5 $106,908 55.56%
Chemists 5 $61,385 55.56%
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 5 $57,134 55.56%
Materials Scientists 5 $78,811 62.50%
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 5 $27,302 62.50%
Medical and Health Services Managers 5 $99,046 62.50%
Purchasing Managers 5 $121,651 62.50%
Economists 5 $70,953 62.50%
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 %
Albania 2 $25,501 66.67%
Republic Of Congo 1 $41,558 33.33%
Bosnia And Herzegovina 1 $70,491 33.33%
Czech Republic 1 $101,171 33.33%
Macedonia 1 $70,990 33.33%
Latvia 1 $57,325 33.33%
Armenia 1 $67,454 33.33%
Botswana 1 $91,562 33.33%
Bolivia 1 $57,699 33.33%
Moldova 1 $44,117 33.33%

Top Hiring Companies in Colorado (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Jnit Technologies 7 $68,120 87.50%
Ealearn Inc 7 $93,642 87.50%
Ingersoll Rand Company 7 $70,090 87.50%
Dominion Voting Systems Inc 7 $71,825 87.50%
Zimmer Inc 7 $78,963 87.50%
Deloitte Transactions And Business Analytics Llp 7 $74,439 87.50%
Dimension Consulting 7 $70,886 87.50%
Csxtech Inc 7 $78,850 87.50%
Gold Coast It Solutions Llc 7 $60,694 87.50%
Sigma Cubed Inc 7 $85,696 87.50%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Pawel R Bielecki Dds Pc 1 $112,507 100.00%
Spice Chine Ii Inc Dba Spice China Restaurant 1 $35,090 100.00%
Aero Solutions Llc 1 $57,803 100.00%
Aspire Marketing Inc Dba Gensales 1 $69,534 100.00%
On Call Mountain Movers 1 $53,560 100.00%
Marriott International Inc 1 $114,956 100.00%
Power Engineers Inc 1 $90,418 100.00%
Red Canyon Roofing Llc 1 $41,746 100.00%
Janelle Frasier 1 $27,227 100.00%
Xuwu Inc Dba China Dragon Asian Cuisine 1 $40,165 100.00%

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