The City of Detroit H-1B wage filings
Detroit, MI. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
The City of Detroit filed 7 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $106,134, 10.1% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs.
- Filings
- 7
- Positions covered
- 7
- Certified
- 100.0%
- Job titles
- 6
- Worksite cities
- 1
- Filings since FY2021
- 21
- Median offer change since FY2024
- +57%
Offered wage since 2021
The City of Detroit's median H-1B wage offer rose 57%, from $77,000 in fiscal 2024 to $120,891 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 5.5% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2024, with 5 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.
The City of Detroit by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 5 | $120,891 | +35.6% | $120,349 | +5.5% |
| 2025 | 4 | $89,165 | +15.8% | $78,552 | +15.7% |
| 2024 | 5 | $77,000 | n/a | $72,634 | +6.0% |
| 2023 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2022 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| 2021 | 4 | $137,222 | n/a | $104,499 | +27.4% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Information Technology Specialist Software Engineer 4 | 2 | $127,000 | +5.5% | |
| Associate Traffic Engineer | 1 | $89,024 | +10.1% | |
| Data Manager | 1 | $80,000 | +21.0% | |
| Information Technology Specialist Software Engineer 3 | 1 | $120,891 | +0.5% | |
| Senior Associate Traffic Engineer | 1 | $94,291 | +16.7% | |
| Talent Development and Performance Management Analyst III | 1 | $106,134 | +17.1% | |
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Detroit, MI | 7 | $106,134 |
By visa type: 7 H-1B. By outcome: 7 certified.
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 The City of Detroit 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.