State trend · CO

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filing Trends in Colorado

PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ (green-card) labor-certification filing volume and median offered wage for worksites in Colorado, by U.S. fiscal year. Aggregate counts from public DOL records.

Total PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ Filings
15,669
Employers (2026)
476
Median Wage (2026)
$100,000

Filing volume by fiscal year

Median offered wage by fiscal year

Top sponsors by volume

Ranked by number of Colorado-worksite PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record. A factual count of public filings — no rating or score is implied.

  1. 1. ALL-PHASE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION 367 PERM
  2. 2. CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS 328 PERM
  3. 3. CIBER, INC. 315 PERM
  4. 4. Oracle America, Inc. 294 PERM
  5. 5. University of Colorado 245 PERM
  6. 6. Navajo Express, Inc. 200 PERM
  7. 7. COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS INC. 193 PERM
  8. 8. DISH NETWORK LLC 189 PERM
  9. 9. ARROW ELECTRONICS 179 PERM
  10. 10. Intel Corporation 162 PERM
  11. 11. DENVER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT AKA DENVER PUBLIC SC 154 PERM
  12. 12. Colorado State University 139 PERM
  13. 13. Mountain Temp Services, LLC 134 PERM
  14. 14. WESTERN UNION LLC 120 PERM
  15. 15. Deloitte Consulting LLP 120 PERM
  16. 16. BrightView Landscape Services, Inc. 107 PERM
  17. 17. ASSURED ASSISTED LIVING, LLC 103 PERM
  18. 18. VISA TECHNOLOGY AND OPERATIONS, LLC 89 PERM
  19. 19. University of Colorado Denver 86 PERM
  20. 20. BRIGHTVIEW LANDSCAPE DEVELOPMENT, INC. COLORADO 86 PERM

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