H1B Report
State comparison

New Jersey vs Colorado

H-1B filing geography compared side-by-side. Volume, national share, top sponsoring employers and most-filed occupations. Built from the same DOL LCA data that drives every page on H1B Report.

State A
New Jersey
NJRank #4
State B
Colorado
CORank #20

Key metrics

National share is each state’s portion of total US H-1B filings.

MetricNew JerseyColorado
Total filings534,21296,264
National share %5.72%1.03%
Rank nationally#4#20
Top sponsorCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS US CORPUniversity of Colorado
Top sponsor share3.3%5.9%
Top occupationSoftware DevelopersSoftware Developers

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B demand in each state.

New Jersey
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY201022,533
FY201123,613
FY201227,861
FY201329,795
FY201436,783
FY201547,664
FY201648,372
FY201742,571
FY201840,743
FY20194,478
FY202031,318
FY202141,952
FY202233,547
FY202334,837
FY202429,700
FY202529,182
FY20269,263
Colorado
Time series: 17 points from FY2010 to FY2026
Time series
PeriodValue
FY20103,668
FY20113,630
FY20124,379
FY20134,891
FY20145,811
FY20156,830
FY20166,502
FY20176,576
FY20187,377
FY20191,049
FY20206,477
FY20219,318
FY20227,358
FY20237,572
FY20246,099
FY20256,447
FY20262,280

Top 5 occupations — New Jersey

Top 5 occupations — Colorado

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