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 %
Software Developers, Applications 10,628 $89,557 89.39%
Computer Systems Analysts 7,839 $77,319 93.19%
Computer Programmers 4,082 $66,333 88.45%
Computer Occupations, All Other 3,984 $78,447 92.16%
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,117 $97,770 88.61%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,285 $73,195 90.30%
Web Developers 1,136 $58,998 98.70%
Electrical Engineers 966 $84,161 86.02%
Management Analysts 867 $77,840 90.69%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 856 $98,164 91.75%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals 1,546 $26,748 250.16%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 1,040 $29,801 248.80%
Agricultural Equipment Operators 324 $31,170 127.06%
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop 84 $30,155 51.85%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 27 $39,451 17.42%
Nursery Workers 19 $29,701 14.39%
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 5 $53,186 4.35%
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 3 $33,661 2.65%
Construction Laborers 1 $30,826 0.95%
Agricultural Workers, All Other 1 $27,310 1.15%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 702 $411,492 68.89%
Software Developers, Systems Software 262 $105,456 131.66%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 232 $26,856 124.06%
Computer Systems Analysts 229 $96,058 133.14%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 190 $94,563 133.80%
Computer Occupations, All Other 135 $102,830 98.54%
Cooks, Restaurant 115 $30,850 85.82%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 111 $44,382 105.71%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 71 $42,024 77.17%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 63 $82,524 70.79%
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 %
All Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing 4 $116,272 100.00%
Automobile Dealers 4 $67,423 100.00%
Soft Drink Manufacturing 4 $74,339 100.00%
Other Aircraft Parts And Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing 4 $66,544 100.00%
Gambling Industries 4 $118,243 100.00%
Other Concrete Product Manufacturing 4 $49,822 100.00%
Refrigeration Equipment And Supplies Merchant Wholesalers 4 $56,311 100.00%
Executive Offices 4 $107,947 100.00%
Museums 4 $55,333 100.00%
Correctional Institutions 4 $98,805 100.00%
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %

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