Updated
PERM jobs in Highlands Ranch, CO
- Decisions
- 303
- Approved
- 98.0%
- Median certified wage
- $111,343
- 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- withdrawn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| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |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 | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| FY2017 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2018 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2019 | 26 | 2 | 1 |
| FY2020 | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| FY2021 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2022 | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| FY2023 | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| FY2024 | 36 | 1 | 3 |
| FY2025 | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| FY2026 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Top sponsors
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 87
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1121) 27
- Computer Occupations, All Other 26
- Software Developers 25
- Software Developers, Systems Software 21
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators* 19
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 11
- Computer Systems Analysts (SOC 15-1211) 9
- Home Health Aides 8
- Information Security Analysts 5
Industries
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (NAICS 522320) 252
- Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities (NAICS 52232) 11
- Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly 8
- Environmental Consulting Services 4
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities 2
- Elementary and Secondary Schools 2
- Limited-Service Restaurants 2
- Communications Equipment Manufacturing 2
- Miscellaneous Financial Investment Activities 2
- Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels 1
Countries of citizenship
- India 206
- China 5
- Brazil 3
- Philippines 3
- Italy 3
- Canada 3
- Bangladesh 2
- Nigeria 2
- Mexico 2
- Australia 2
Worker's education
- Master's 130
- Bachelor's 95
- None 12
- High School 3
- Other 3
- Doctorate 1
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 217
- L-1 11
- J-1 3
- NOT IN USA 3
- F-1 2
- E-2 1
- EWI 1
- E-3 1
- TN 1
H-1B in Highlands Ranch, CO
1,257 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 1,223 (97%). 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 154
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 113
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 61
- Network and Computer Systems Administrators 20
- Computer Programmers 19
- Data Scientists 15
- Database Administrators 14
- Computer Systems Analysts 12
- Information Security Analysts 12
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 11
Where Highlands Ranch, CO sits
- County
- Douglas County
- Census places Highlands Ranch CDP 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.
- Software Developers25 PERM decisions
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers11 PERM decisions
- Computer Systems Analysts9 PERM decisions
- Home Health Aides8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $137,610 | $104,624 | $126,901 | $149,178 | $171,454 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | $123,690 | $82,846 | $102,294 | $121,763 | $141,211 |
| Computer Systems Analysts | $127,880 | $88,650 | $110,989 | $133,328 | $155,667 |
| Home Health Aides | — | $37,107 | $38,938 | $40,789 | $42,619 |
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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