Colorado State University H-1B wage filings
Fort Collins, CO. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
Colorado State University filed 110 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $80,000, 20.2% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Assistant Professor (27 filings, median $99,990).
- Filings
- 110
- Positions covered
- 109
- Certified
- 99.1%
- Job titles
- 29
- Worksite cities
- 12
- Filings since FY2020
- 471
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +32%
Offered wage since 2020
Colorado State University's median H-1B wage offer rose 32%, from $61,899 in fiscal 2020 to $82,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 20.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 83 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Colorado State University by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 84 | $82,000 | +6.3% | $62,816 | +20.0% |
| 2025 | 83 | $77,131 | −1.1% | $60,434 | +19.6% |
| 2024 | 72 | $78,000 | +3.9% | $59,030 | +25.9% |
| 2023 | 80 | $75,101 | +2.9% | $55,595 | +23.9% |
| 2022 | 61 | $73,000 | +13.3% | $57,320 | +23.5% |
| 2021 | 49 | $64,417 | +4.1% | $48,662 | +33.4% |
| 2020 | 42 | $61,899 | n/a | $53,477 | +24.2% |
Offered wage by job title
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Professor | 27 | $99,990 | +41.8% | +15% since 2020 | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 16 | $62,325 | +19.8% | +12% since 2020 | |
| Research Scientist I | 12 | $90,000 | +3.0% | +5% since 2024 | |
| Research Associate II | 7 | $63,749 | +19.6% | +16% since 2023 | |
| Instructor | 6 | $64,905 | +31.1% | ||
| Research Scientist II | 6 | $91,345 | +6.6% | ||
| Research Associate III | 3 | $79,568 | +16.2% | ||
| Research Coordinator | 3 | $72,100 | +21.6% | ||
| Research Scientist/Scholar I | 3 | $72,550 | at the minimum | +18% since 2020 | |
| Developer Analyst | 2 | $85,934 | +20.4% | ||
| Research Associate I | 2 | $62,454 | +6.3% | ||
| Research Computing Analyst | 2 | $76,500 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Scientist | 2 | $83,425 | +20.4% | ||
| Research Scientist/Scholar II | 2 | $79,550 | at the minimum | ||
| Residential Lecturer of University Housing | 2 | $75,000 | +29.4% | ||
| Systems Architect | 2 | $89,440 | at the minimum | ||
| Application Specialist: Data Specialist | 1 | $90,900 | +44.7% | ||
| Assistant Teaching Professor | 1 | $90,000 | +6.6% | ||
| Associate Professor | 1 | $237,350 | +190.6% | ||
| Environmental GIS Analyst | 1 | $60,600 | +8.1% | ||
| Extension Programming Coordinator, Outreach | 1 | $56,000 | +42.8% | ||
| Extension Regional Specialist | 1 | $73,448 | +69.2% | ||
| Men's Basketball Director of Player Development | 1 | $75,000 | +54.8% | ||
| Reporting Engineer | 1 | $72,000 | +37.3% | ||
| Research Associate IV | 1 | $80,548 | +3.7% | ||
| Research Computing and Systems Administrator | 1 | $67,829 | at the minimum | ||
| Research Scientist III | 1 | $115,000 | +1.1% | ||
| System Analyst | 1 | $125,000 | +36.8% | ||
| Veterinary Radiologist | 1 | $185,000 | +241.2% | ||
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Collins, CO | 98 | $81,810 |
| Kenmore, WA | 2 | $72,100 |
| Castle Rock, CO | 1 | $56,000 |
| Center, CO | 1 | $72,000 |
| Denver, CO | 1 | $65,000 |
| Georgetown, TX | 1 | $86,995 |
| Las Vegas, NV | 1 | $79,550 |
| New York, NY | 1 | $115,000 |
| Orlando, FL | 1 | $73,790 |
| Sterling, CO | 1 | $73,448 |
| Timnath, CO | 1 | $84,872 |
| Woodway, TX | 1 | $58,000 |
By visa type: 109 H-1B, 1 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 76 certified, 33 certified and later withdrawn, 1 withdrawn before a decision.
Filings by quarter
Across all employers, filings bunch up in the first half of each year around the annual H-1B lottery, so compare a quarter with the same quarter a year earlier, not with the one before it.
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages Colorado State University attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.