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Boulder, CO

Boulder, CO rolls up 58 employers with DOL/OSHA/WARN filings and a $165,500 median H-1B wage; Professional & Technical Services currently leads the local roster.

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58
Employers
$165,500
Median H-1B wage
6,969
H-1B filings

Boulder, CO: 58 tracked employers at a $165,500 median H-1B wage across 6,969 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Boulder, CO (CO), PlainEmployers rolls up 58 employers at a $165,500 disclosed median with 3 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 58 employers
  • $165,500 median H-1B
  • 6,969 H-1B LCAs
  • 3 WARN employers

Where Boulder, CO's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$165,500 Top 23% higher than 77% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). Below this entry. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Below this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). This entry sits in this band. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Boulder, CO $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Boulder, CO (58 employers) sits beside Denver, CO, Greenwood Village, CO, Parker, CO in CO's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Boulder, CO ranks #210 of 6906 by employer count (about the 97th percentile).

Denver, CO 260 Greenwood Village, CO 73 Parker, CO 57 Englewood, CO 51 Aurora, CO 43 Broomfield, CO 41
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesManufacturingHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformation & MediaRetail Trade

What the data says about Boulder, CO

Corpus placement: Boulder, CO ranks #210 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 97th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 19 of 58 tracked employers (~33%); next sectors in the mix are Manufacturing and Healthcare & Social Assistance. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Apple Inc., University of Colorado, and WSP USA Inc. (6,393 filings combined, ~92% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Boulder, CO: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 3 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Apple Inc., University of Colorado, and WSP USA Inc., together 6,393 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Boulder, CO, 3 carry WARN Act history (129 notices, about 8,401 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Boulder, CO: Denver, CO (260 employers); Greenwood Village, CO (73 employers); Parker, CO (57 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Boulder, CO

3 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 129 WARN notices , naming about 8,401 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Employer mix in Boulder, CO

Which sectors the metro's tracked employers operate in

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What this shows Professional & Technical Services leads Boulder, CO at ~33% of employers, with 6 other sectors still material in the mix.

Source DOL H-1B, OSHA & WARN filings mapped to NAICS sector

Top employers in Boulder, CO

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Apple Inc.Transportation & Warehousing6,047$174,304
2University of ColoradoEducational Services212$78,000
3WSP USA Inc.Professional & Technical Services134$120,848
4Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc.Manufacturing79$130,187
5Covidien LPManufacturing74$119,933
6Qualcomm IncorporatedManufacturing62$120,037
7Pfizer INC.Manufacturing39$135,100
8University Corporation for Atmospheric ResearchProfessional & Technical Services37$100,971
9Fanatics Retail Group Fulfillment LLCRetail Trade33$161,710
10Rocky Mountain Institute, INC.Professional & Technical Services31$84,170
11Irobot CORPORATIONProfessional & Technical Services25$127,537
12Novo Nordisk Research & Development US, IncManufacturing20$134,980
13Hudson River Trading LLCFinance & Insurance20$170,000
14John Mezzalingua Associates, LLCManufacturing20$147,500
15KBI Biopharma, Inc.Professional & Technical Services16$120,000
16TransPerfect Translations International, Inc.Professional & Technical Services15$113,000
17Grocery Delivery E-Services USA Inc.Retail Trade14$143,500
18Mach 2000 Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services13$101,733
19Acuity Intelligent Spaces, Inc.Manufacturing9$56,992
20Uplight, Inc.Professional & Technical Services8$175,599
21Association of Universities for Research in AstronomyProfessional & Technical Services7$72,094
22Corden Pharma Colorado, Inc.Retail Trade4$134,000
23DaVita, Inc.Healthcare & Social Assistance3$156,391
24Emporia Corp.Manufacturing3$108,389
25Minus Materials, Inc.Manufacturing3$90,000
Sources, citation, and related links for Boulder, CO

Disclaimer: The Boulder, CO overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Boulder, CO from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.