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Colorado (CO)

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13,632

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

91%

LCA certification rate

1,800

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Colorado highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

WAWashington

MTMontana

NDNorth Dakota

MNMinnesota

WIWisconsin

MIMichigan

VTVermont

NHNew Hampshire

OROregon

IDIdaho

WYWyoming

SDSouth Dakota

IAIowa

ILIllinois

INIndiana

OHOhio

NYNew York

MAMassachusetts

RIRhode Island

CACalifornia

NVNevada

UTUtah

COColorado

NENebraska

KSKansas

MOMissouri

KYKentucky

WVWest Virginia

PAPennsylvania

NJNew Jersey

CTConnecticut

AZArizona

NMNew Mexico

OKOklahoma

ARArkansas

TNTennessee

VAVirginia

MDMaryland

DEDelaware

HIHawaii

TXTexas

LALouisiana

MSMississippi

ALAlabama

GAGeorgia

SCSouth Carolina

NCNorth Carolina

DCDistrict of Columbia

FLFlorida

LCA filings by year

// worksite in Colorado

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

6,447

5,82790.4%

2024

6,099

5,50290.2%

2023

7,572

6,74189.0%

2022

7,358

6,67590.7%

2021

9,318

8,54291.7%

2020

6,477

6,08393.9%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

982

2297.8%

2024

1,152

2398.0%

2023

295

1495.5%

2022

1,043

2597.7%

2021

819

2597.0%

2020

866

7791.8%

2019

951

16885.0%

2018

685

11385.8%

2017

599

6190.8%

2016

710

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,399

5297.9%

2024

2,664

0100.0%

2021

1,865

1399.3%

2020

1,745

199.9%

2019

1,548

199.9%

2018

1,322

0100.0%

2017

1,138

0100.0%

2016

924

0100.0%

2015

941

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

3,490

0100.0%

2024

5,309

1699.7%

2019

6,173

4399.3%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

University of Colorado114

Dish Wireless LLC68

Denver Public Schools District 156

PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC.55

Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC47

DISH NETWORK LLC35

Colorado State University31

Arcadis U.S., Inc.26

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers1,615

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers345

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects336

Information Technology Project Managers223

Computer Programmers166

Computer Network Architects160

Data Scientists160

Computer Systems Analysts138

Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE