Worksite city · Boulder, CO wage area
H-1B salaries in Boulder, CO
13% of new-employment offers here reach Level IV; 26% get a single lottery entry.
484certified H-1B LCAs with a worksite here, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026
$117,234median offer
13%of new-employment offers reach Level IV
141new-employment LCAs
Source U.S. Dept. of Labor, OFLC disclosure files Covers decisions Jul 2025 to Jun 2026 Release FY2026 Q3, published Aug 7, 2026 Wage levels OFLC 2026-27
Wage levels for the top jobs here
same scale for every row · black mark: median offerunder Level ILevel IIIIIIIV and upmedian offerscale $65k to $203k
Lottery entries
141 new-employment LCAs1 entry · Level I2 · Level II3 · Level III4 · Level IVunder Level I, still 1 entry
How this is calculated
New-employment H-1B LCAs only, the filings behind most cap petitions; extensions, transfers and amendments do not go through the lottery, and cap-exempt universities and nonprofit research organizations are left out. Each offered salary (low end of the range) is compared with the OFLC Level I to IV wages for its occupation and worksite area, wage year 2026-27; a filing with several worksites counts at its lowest level, as the rule requires. Numbers on the right are LCAs. Full methodology.
Jobs and employers
Jul 2025 to Jun 2026Top jobs
| Job | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | 120 | $146,058 |
| Atmospheric and Space Scientists | 46 | $100,039 |
| Chemists | 17 | $90,824 |
| Electrical Engineers | 16 | $114,577 |
| Astronomers | 15 | $102,550 |
| Data Scientists | 13 | $143,400 |
| Mechanical Engineers | 13 | $108,160 |
| Biochemists and Biophysicists | 12 | $72,900 |
| Engineers, All Other | 11 | $115,461 |
| Biological Scientists, All Other | 11 | $78,000 |
| Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers | 9 | $117,886 |
| Electronics Engineers, Except Computer | 9 | $120,702 |
| Physicists | 9 | $93,000 |
| Industrial Engineers | 8 | $117,018 |
| Business Operations Specialists, All Other | 7 | $105,230 |
Top employers
| Employer | Certified LCAs | Median salary |
|---|---|---|
| University of Colorado | 159 | $84,568 |
| Google LLC | 50 | $149,500 |
| University Corporation for Atmospheric Research | 39 | $102,103 |
| Workday, Inc. | 32 | $146,629 |
| Apple Inc. | 24 | $144,800 |
| Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. | 19 | $133,500 |
| Amazon.com Services LLC | 14 | $155,700 |
| Cisco Systems, Inc. | 6 | $124,876 |
| Corden Pharma Colorado, Inc. | 6 | $112,825 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute, INC. | 6 | $105,230 |
| Zia Consulting, Inc. | 6 | $146,058 |
| Siemens Industry Software Inc. | 5 | $131,685 |
| Ascend Analytics, LLC | 4 | $165,000 |
| Atom Computing, Inc. | 4 | $155,000 |
| Emporia Corp. | 4 | $114,577 |
| NVIDIA Corporation | 4 | $224,000 |
| Uplight, Inc. | 4 | $178,744 |
| Amazon Advertising LLC | 3 | $127,400 |
| Hyde Engineering Services, Inc. | 3 | $90,000 |
| NetApp, Inc. | 3 | $159,210 |
| All other employers | 89 | – |