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 %
Software Developers, Applications 10,688 $89,576 89.89%
Computer Systems Analysts 7,841 $77,319 93.22%
Computer Programmers 4,085 $66,331 88.52%
Computer Occupations, All Other 3,985 $78,451 92.18%
Software Developers, Systems Software 2,135 $97,621 89.37%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,285 $73,195 90.37%
Web Developers 1,136 $58,998 98.70%
Electrical Engineers 882 $81,816 85.88%
Database Administrators 840 $78,467 90.03%
Management Analysts 796 $75,961 90.05%
Occupation # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Software Developers, Applications 699 $412,800 68.60%
Software Developers, Systems Software 262 $105,456 140.86%
Computer Systems Analysts 229 $96,058 134.71%
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 209 $26,236 129.81%
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 183 $94,175 129.79%
Computer Occupations, All Other 134 $102,973 102.29%
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 111 $44,382 105.71%
Cooks, Restaurant 102 $29,968 105.15%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 71 $42,024 79.78%
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 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 %
Norway 2 $73,019 40.00%
Albania 2 $25,501 40.00%
Hong Kong 2 $92,524 40.00%
Sweden 2 $97,656 40.00%
Nicaragua 2 $41,475 50.00%
Denmark 2 $94,079 50.00%
Bulgaria 2 $62,421 50.00%
Malawi 2 $61,236 50.00%
Burma (myanmar) 2 $91,510 50.00%
Rwanda 2 $83,772 50.00%

Top Hiring Companies in Colorado (All Years)

Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Suntec Business Solutions Private Limited 81 $66,840 90.00%
Mastech Inc A Mastech Holdings Inc Company 78 $93,481 88.64%
Patni Americas Inc 77 $64,478 89.53%
Cypress Semiconductor Corporation 77 $101,376 89.53%
Twilio Inc 74 $114,070 87.06%
Intersoft Data Labs Inc 73 $71,580 89.02%
National Jewish Health 72 $47,919 87.80%
Janus Management Holdings Corporation 71 $102,298 88.75%
Covidien Lp 70 $96,492 88.61%
Johns Manville 70 $96,122 89.74%
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Company # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Motorola Solutions Inc 6 $98,554 31.58%
Wwf Operating Company Fka Whitewave Foods Co 6 $97,026 33.33%
Stantec Consulting Services Inc 6 $84,114 33.33%
Hp Inc 6 $111,672 35.29%
Amazon Fulfillment Services Inc 6 $101,539 35.29%
Frontier Airlines 6 $67,247 35.29%
Park Range Construction Inc 6 $27,165 35.29%
All American Maintenance Inc 6 $24,398 35.29%
Western Proscapes Inc 5 $40,231 31.25%
Deloitte Tax Llp 5 $63,631 31.25%

Top Industries in Colorado (All Years)

Industry # of Jobs Avg Wage Approval %
Grape Vineyards 10 $29,307 100.00%
All Other Miscellaneous Crop Farming 10 $26,081 100.00%
Other Grain Farming 10 $30,730 100.00%
Support Activities For Animal Production 10 $27,961 100.00%
Food Crops Grown Under Cover 9 $31,276 100.00%
Other Food Crops Grown Under Cover 8 $31,429 100.00%
Potato Farming 8 $28,318 100.00%
All Other Crop Farming 7 $27,923 100.00%
Dual Purpose Cattle Ranching And Farming 6 $30,905 100.00%
Other Animal Production 6 $26,913 100.00%

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