H-1B wage filings in Ann Arbor, MI
Jobs with a worksite in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
1,226 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Ann Arbor, MI as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 187 employers. The median offered wage was $88,617, 14.8% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Fellow (223).
- Filings
- 1,226
- Positions covered
- 1,207
- Employers
- 187
- Median offered
- $88,617
- Median prevailing wage
- $73,225
- Filings since FY2020
- 7,331
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +15%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Ann Arbor, MI rose 15%, from $78,504 in fiscal 2020 to $90,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 15.4% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2023, with 1,191 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.
Ann Arbor, MI by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 980 | $90,000 | +1.0% | $73,840 | +15.4% |
| 2025 | 1,083 | $89,124 | +7.2% | $75,420 | +14.4% |
| 2024 | 1,024 | $83,114 | +4.8% | $70,845 | +14.4% |
| 2023 | 1,191 | $79,290 | −5.1% | $65,624 | +17.3% |
| 2022 | 1,126 | $83,595 | +3.5% | $74,672 | +15.0% |
| 2021 | 1,013 | $80,784 | +2.9% | $71,594 | +13.4% |
| 2020 | 914 | $78,504 | n/a | $74,339 | +10.0% |
Employers filing for jobs in Ann Arbor
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 187. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Ann Arbor
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 223 | $63,480 | +15.3% | |
| Research Investigator | 74 | $72,771 | +15.6% | |
| Assistant Professor | 67 | $127,000 | +51.1% | |
| Software Engineer | 57 | $115,243 | +7.0% | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 28 | $200,744 | +83.5% | |
| Research Lab Specialist Associate | 24 | $49,347 | +9.1% | |
| Assistant Research Scientist | 23 | $89,124 | +41.4% | |
| Research Lab Specialist Senior | 22 | $71,754 | +11.7% | |
| Research Lab Specialist Intermediate | 20 | $63,512 | +15.2% | |
| LEO Lecturer I | 16 | $54,570 | +7.0% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 12 | $139,798 | +19.2% | |
| Applications Programmer/Analyst Senior | 9 | $109,133 | +10.5% | |
| Research Area Specialist Intermediate | 9 | $74,124 | +5.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 8 | $91,238 | +12.2% | |
| Software Engineer II | 8 | $151,585 | +31.3% | |
| Information Systems Analyst | 7 | $150,000 | +13.5% | |
| Postdoctoral Assistant Professor | 7 | $72,100 | +7.5% | |
| Algorithm Engineer | 6 | $137,601 | +6.5% | |
| Business Process Analyst | 6 | $129,200 | +8.0% | |
| LEO Lecturer II | 6 | $71,546 | +40.3% | |
| Research Area Specialist Senior | 6 | $82,500 | +8.6% | |
| Research Scientist | 6 | $129,583 | +12.9% | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator Associate | 5 | $64,145 | +1.1% | |
| Engineer | 5 | $73,840 | at the minimum | |
| ML Engineer I | 5 | $139,388 | +88.8% | |
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 employers 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.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.