SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc. H-1B wage filings

Detroit, MI. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.

SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc. filed 50 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $85,000, 14.0% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Architect (non-licensed) (22 filings, median $80,000).

Filings
50
Positions covered
46
Certified
92.0%
Job titles
14
Worksite cities
12
Filings since FY2020
250
Median offer change since FY2020
+30%

Offered wage since 2020

SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc.'s median H-1B wage offer rose 30%, from $61,500 in fiscal 2020 to $80,000 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 14.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2025, with 44 filings.

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year

$40k$60k$80k$100k$62k$68k$71k$73k$80k$85k$80k272020242021412022332023392024442025422026*

Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.

SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc. by fiscal year

Fiscal yearFilingsMedian offeredvs year beforeMedian prevailingvs prevailing
2026 (Oct to Jun)42$80,000−5.9%$78,229+14.0%
202544$85,000+6.3%$75,546+14.4%
202439$80,000+10.3%$72,634+11.1%
202333$72,500+1.5%$68,913+2.3%
202241$71,408+5.0%$64,722+1.3%
202124$68,000+10.6%$66,211+2.2%
202027$61,500n/a$59,892+1.2%

Offered wage by job title

Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage

Job titleFilingsMedian offeredOffered range and prevailing wagevs prevailingMedian since 2020
Architect (non-licensed)22$80,000+22.1%+31% since 2020
Landscape Architect (non-licensed)6$60,750+13.6%
Mechanical Engineer (non-licensed)5$86,100+9.1%
Interior Designer3$68,370+25.0%
Database Administrator2$138,000+49.1%
Mechanical Engineer II (non-licensed)2$102,000+14.7%
Medical Planner I2$80,000+0.3%
Structural Engineer (non-licensed)2$90,500+12.0%
Architectural Planner (non-licensed)1$79,400+1.5%
Building Performance Analyst (IMPACT Specialist II)1$117,000+6.8%
Civil Engineer (non-licensed)1$91,500+13.7%
Electrical Engineer (non-licensed)1$97,750+2.0%
Higher Education Design Strategist (non-licensed)1$90,000+15.0%
Mechanical Engineer (Licensed)1$110,000+7.1%

Where the jobs are

WorksiteFilingsMedian offered
Detroit, MI11$82,500
San Francisco, CA11$100,000
Ann Arbor, MI6$76,250
Dallas, TX4$77,000
Phoenix, AZ4$90,000
Washington, DC4$76,685
Houston, TX2$62,907
Los Angeles, CA2$108,000
Madison, WI2$66,133
Milwaukee, WI2$62,250
Chicago, IL1$75,200
Spring, TX1$118,000

By visa type: 47 H-1B, 2 E-3 (Australia), 1 H-1B1 (Singapore). By outcome: 27 certified, 19 certified and later withdrawn, 4 withdrawn before a decision.

Filings by quarter

Jul to Sep 20258
Oct to Dec 20259
Jan to Mar 20267
Apr to Jun 202626

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

Level I, entry63%
Level II, qualified30%
Level III, experienced7%
Level IV, fully competent0%

The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.

What these numbers are

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.

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