H-1B wage filings in Grand Rapids, MI
Jobs with a worksite in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
427 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Grand Rapids, MI as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 148 employers. The median offered wage was $91,094, 7.2% above the government's prevailing wage for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Research Scientist (22).
- Filings
- 427
- Positions covered
- 734
- Employers
- 148
- Median offered
- $91,094
- Median prevailing wage
- $83,429
- Filings since FY2020
- 2,955
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +16%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Grand Rapids, MI rose 16%, from $78,531 in fiscal 2020 to $90,792 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 6.0% above the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2025, with 458 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.
Grand Rapids, MI by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 338 | $90,792 | −4.4% | $80,746 | +6.0% |
| 2025 | 458 | $95,000 | +9.2% | $83,429 | +11.0% |
| 2024 | 437 | $87,006 | +2.3% | $77,667 | +8.7% |
| 2023 | 411 | $85,026 | +6.0% | $76,336 | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 454 | $80,246 | +3.4% | $67,392 | +8.8% |
| 2021 | 416 | $77,584 | −1.2% | $65,582 | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 441 | $78,531 | n/a | $63,440 | +5.7% |
Employers filing for jobs in Grand Rapids
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 148. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Grand Rapids
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Research Scientist | 22 | $77,737 | +19.5% | |
| Senior Software Engineer | 22 | $135,000 | +10.0% | |
| Software Engineer | 19 | $91,094 | +4.6% | |
| Assistant Professor | 13 | $140,281 | +24.1% | |
| Data Engineer | 13 | $92,602 | +3.7% | |
| Software Developer | 10 | $90,792 | at the minimum | |
| Architect | 8 | $77,501 | at the minimum | |
| Robotics Engineer | 8 | $72,842 | +2.9% | |
| Programmer Analyst | 7 | $75,567 | at the minimum | |
| Postdoctoral Fellow | 6 | $74,000 | +14.9% | |
| Domain Architect | 5 | $145,858 | +14.4% | |
| Senior Application Engineer | 5 | $129,115 | +1.3% | |
| Database Administrator | 4 | $72,821 | at the minimum | |
| Occupational Therapist | 4 | $71,531 | at the minimum | |
| Physical Therapist | 4 | $75,858 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Data Engineer | 4 | $103,355 | at the minimum | |
| Senior Software Developer | 4 | $118,321 | at the minimum | |
| Applications Consultant 2 | 3 | $127,188 | +40.1% | |
| Applications Consultant 3 | 3 | $130,181 | +19.3% | |
| Data & Artificial Intelligence Analyst | 3 | $408,000 | +562.2% | |
| Data Scientist | 3 | $79,061 | at the minimum | |
| IT Manager | 3 | $152,072 | +1.5% | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 3 | $91,000 | +0.2% | |
| Manager | 3 | $98,821 | at the minimum | |
| Research Associate | 3 | $65,933 | +6.0% | |
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.