Updated
PERM jobs in Denver, CO
- Decisions
- 2,542
- Approved
- 92.1%
- Median certified wage
- $96,841
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 153 | 10 | 7 |
| FY2017 | 140 | 8 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 180 | 16 | 10 |
| FY2019 | 215 | 61 | 4 |
| FY2020 | 156 | 46 | 8 |
| FY2021 | 174 | 12 | 16 |
| FY2022 | 183 | 8 | 4 |
| FY2023 | 210 | 8 | 14 |
| FY2024 | 259 | 7 | 29 |
| FY2025 | 282 | 5 | 17 |
| FY2026 | 276 | 10 | 11 |
Top sponsors
- Navajo Express, Inc. 200
- DENVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AKA DENVER PUBLIC SC 112
- DELOITTE CONSULTING LLP 107
- Western Union, LLC 88
- DAVITA INC. 51
- US Transport, Inc. 49
- Angi Inc. 43
- UNIVERSITY OF DENVER 37
- Leprino Foods Company 35
- Metropolitan State University of Denver 33
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 294
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 249
- Software Developers 173
- Software Developers, Systems Software 99
- Computer Occupations, All Other 94
- Computer Systems Analysts 94
- Accountants and Auditors 84
- Cooks, Restaurant 77
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 77
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 51
Industries
- Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance 172
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 115
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 115
- Custom Computer Programming Services 109
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities 99
- Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services 96
- Software Publishers 79
- General Freight Trucking, Local 78
- Management Consulting Services 77
- Full-Service Restaurants 71
Countries of citizenship
Worker's education
- Master's 649
- Bachelor's 617
- None 432
- Doctorate 84
- High School 62
- Other 31
- Associate's 9
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 1,078
- NOT IN USA 329
- L-1 148
- F-1 88
- TN 41
- E-2 19
- H-2B 19
- E-3 12
- B-2 11
- E-1 6
H-1B in Denver, CO
10,238 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 9,632 (94%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 897
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 307
- Data Scientists 217
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 211
- Accountants and Auditors 139
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 131
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 117
- Management Analysts 113
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 101
- Civil Engineers 97
Where Denver, CO sits
- County
- Denver County
- Census places Denver city in it
- Metro area
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
105.8 is BEA's price level for the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 146.9. A salary here buys about 95% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers249 PERM decisions
- Software Developers173 PERM decisions
- Accountants and Auditors84 PERM decisions
- Cooks, Restaurant77 PERM decisions
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education77 PERM decisions
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education51 PERM decisions
Each row has its own scale, marked at its ends: these jobs pay too differently to share one. The table compares them.
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | $63,900 | $51,938 | $59,010 | $66,061 | $73,133 |
| Software Developers | $137,610 | $104,624 | $126,901 | $149,178 | $171,454 |
| Accountants and Auditors | $100,020 | $69,077 | $88,254 | $107,411 | $126,589 |
| Cooks, Restaurant | $44,370 | $36,712 | $40,102 | $43,514 | $46,904 |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | $76,910 | $55,250 | $65,050 | $74,850 | $84,650 |
| Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education | $79,230 | $56,050 | $67,250 | $78,450 | $89,650 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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