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Offered wages

University of Colorado — H-1B salaries

Every offered wage disclosed on University of Colorado's certified labor condition applications — 89 positions — grouped into $5,000 bands and cut by occupation and by metro. Percentiles are computed from those bands at read time.

Full filing record
Median offered wage
$90,179

Interpolated inside a $5,000 band, so it reads as a point in a range rather than a salary anyone was paid.

89 disclosed positions

25th percentile
$71,023

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered less than this.

75th percentile
$104,750

A quarter of disclosed positions were offered more than this.

Occupations
44

Distinct SOC codes with at least one disclosed wage.

All disclosed wages

The whole distribution, every occupation together. The dashed line is the median, derived from these bands.

University of Colorado — offered wage distributionUniversity of Colorado: wage distribution across 89 disclosed positions, from $50k to $240k, median $90,179.median $90k$50k$240k

25th $71,023 · median $90,179 · 75th $104,750 · 89 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By occupation

Each SOC code the employer filed under, with its own percentiles derived from its own bands.

Percentiles are computed per occupation from that occupation's bands. They do not average to the figure above, and they are not supposed to — the all-occupations figure is the summed distribution, not the mean of these rows.
Occupation (SOC)Disclosed positions25thMedian75thPrevailing wage level
19-2011.00 · Astronomers7$93,750$105,625$107,813I 7
19-2031.00 · Chemists5$91,563$93,125$94,688III 4 · IV 1
25-1032.00 · Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary4$95,000$107,500$110,000I 2 · II 2
19-2021.00 · Atmospheric and Space Scientists4$80,000$105,000$115,000I 1 · III 2 · IV 1
19-2032.00 · Materials Scientists4$60,000$75,000$117,500I 2 · IV 2
19-1021.00 · Biochemists and Biophysicists4$65,000$71,667$73,333I 4
19-1029.02 · Molecular and Cellular Biologists4$67,500$70,000$77,500I 3 · III 1
19-2042.00 · Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers3$88,750$107,500$116,250I 1 · III 2
19-2043.00 · Hydrologists3$91,875$93,750$96,250III 3
15-1211.00 · Computer Systems Analysts3$91,250$92,500$93,750IV 3
17-2074.00 · Electrical Engineers, R&D3$68,750$77,500$91,250I 2 · III 1
19-2012.00 · Physicists3$68,750$72,500$91,250I 3
17-2031.00 · Bioengineers and Biomedical Engineers3$61,875$63,750$66,250I 3
25-1011.00 · Business Teachers, Postsecondary2$236,250$237,500$238,750I 2
25-1021.00 · Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary2$102,500$105,000$117,500I 2
17-2011.00 · Aerospace Engineers2$76,250$77,500$78,750I 2
19-2041.00 · Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health2$72,500$75,000$77,500II 2
17-2199.07 · Photonics Engineers2$71,250$72,500$73,750I 2
19-1029.01 · Bioinformatics Scientists2$66,250$67,500$68,750I 2
19-1042.00 · Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists2$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1 · II 1
25-1126.00 · Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary2$51,250$52,500$53,750I 2
25-1066.00 · Psychology Teachers, Postsecondary1$136,250$137,500$138,750II 1
15-1242.00 · Database Administrators1$131,250$132,500$133,750III 1
15-1252.00 · Software Developers1$126,250$127,500$128,750IV 1
15-1296.00 · Software Developers, R&D1$121,250$122,500$123,750I 1
25-1051.00 · Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary1$116,250$117,500$118,750I 1
25-1042.00 · Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$101,250$102,500$103,750II 1
25-1053.00 · Environmental Science Teachers, Postsecondary1$101,250$102,500$103,750I 1
17-2076.00 · Electronics Engineers, Except Computer, R&D1$96,250$97,500$98,750I 1
15-1297.00 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers, Non R&D1$96,250$97,500$98,750II 1
15-1253.00 · Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers1$96,250$97,500$98,750II 1
13-1161.00 · Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists1$91,250$92,500$93,750III 1
25-1122.00 · Communications Teachers, Postsecondary1$86,250$87,500$88,750I 1
25-9031.00 · Instructional Coordinators1$86,250$87,500$88,750II 1
25-4022.00 · Librarians and Media Collections Specialists1$81,250$82,500$83,750I 1
15-1299.09 · Information Technology Project Managers1$81,250$82,500$83,750I 1
25-1063.00 · Economics Teachers, Postsecondary1$76,250$77,500$78,750I 1
19-1029.03 · Geneticists1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
17-2051.00 · Civil Engineers1$71,250$72,500$73,750I 1
17-2144.00 · Mechanical Engineers, R&D1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
19-4061.00 · Social Science Research Assistants1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
29-9091.00 · Athletic Trainers1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
25-1067.00 · Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary1$66,250$67,500$68,750I 1
21-1023.00 · Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers1$51,250$52,500$53,750I 1

Rows with fewer than 5 disclosed positions are shown because they are real filings, but a percentile over that few offers is an anecdote rather than a range. The disclosed-position column is there so you can tell which is which.

Largest occupations in detail

The same bands, drawn. Shape matters: two occupations with the same median can pay very differently at the edges.

19-2011.00 · Astronomers7 disclosed positions · 1 metro

University of Colorado — 19-2011.00 · Astronomers — offered wage distributionUniversity of Colorado — 19-2011.00 · Astronomers: wage distribution across 7 disclosed positions, from $70k to $110k, median $105,625.median $106k$70k$110k

25th $93,750 · median $105,625 · 75th $107,813 · 7 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

19-2031.00 · Chemists5 disclosed positions · 1 metro

University of Colorado — 19-2031.00 · Chemists — offered wage distributionUniversity of Colorado — 19-2031.00 · Chemists: wage distribution across 5 disclosed positions, from $90k to $115k, median $93,125.median $93k$90k$115k

25th $91,563 · median $93,125 · 75th $94,688 · 5 disclosed positions

Offered wages from certified Labor Condition Applications, grouped into $5,000 bands. Percentiles are computed from the bands, not from a stored average.

By metro area

The same wages cut by where the work is, from the metro half of each stored band key.

Only bands recorded against a named city and state appear here, so these rows can sum to less than the total above.
Metro areaDisclosed positions25thMedian75thOccupations
Boulder, CO81$70,568$85,833$103,75041
Denver, CO4$91,667$93,333$95,0002
Gunnison, CO2$106,250$107,500$108,7501
Colorado Springs, CO1$66,250$67,500$68,7501
Grand Junction, CO1$91,250$92,500$93,7501

Prevailing wage levels

Level I is entry, level IV is fully competent and independent. The level sets the legal floor the offered wage has to clear.

A level-heavy split toward I and II means the roles were filed as junior, whatever the job title says.
LevelPositionsShare
Level I5662.9%
Level II1011.2%
Level III1516.9%
Level IV89.0%

Wages here are the OFFERED WAGE on the labor condition application — a commitment the employer made to the Department of Labor, not anyone’s actual compensation, and it excludes bonus and equity. Every percentile on this page is computed at render time from stored $5,000 band counts (89 positions); no median is stored anywhere in the dataset. How the derivation works.