University of Michigan H-1B wage filings
Ann Arbor, MI. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
University of Michigan filed 779 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas from July 2025 to June 2026. The median wage it offered was $72,960, 18.5% above the government's prevailing wage for the same jobs. Its most-filed job was Postdoctoral Research Fellow (231 filings, median $63,480).
- Filings
- 779
- Positions covered
- 761
- Certified
- 97.7%
- Job titles
- 141
- Worksite cities
- 17
- Filings since FY2020
- 3,722
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +21%
Offered wage since 2020
University of Michigan's median H-1B wage offer rose 21%, from $60,000 in fiscal 2020 to $72,404 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it was 19.0% above the prevailing wage. Its busiest full year was fiscal 2023, with 744 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.
University of Michigan by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 594 | $72,404 | +0.6% | $60,275 | +19.0% |
| 2025 | 606 | $72,000 | +5.9% | $59,592 | +16.1% |
| 2024 | 555 | $67,980 | +7.9% | $57,013 | +17.5% |
| 2023 | 744 | $63,000 | +1.6% | $51,000 | +20.0% |
| 2022 | 477 | $62,000 | +2.3% | $51,000 | +17.1% |
| 2021 | 418 | $60,600 | +1.0% | $48,422 | +23.6% |
| 2020 | 328 | $60,000 | n/a | $47,278 | +28.2% |
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 | Median since 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 231 | $63,480 | +14.9% | +22% since 2020 | |
| Assistant Professor | 90 | $125,139 | +56.9% | +39% since 2020 | |
| Research Investigator | 75 | $72,797 | +15.5% | +19% since 2020 | |
| Clinical Assistant Professor | 29 | $202,095 | +87.9% | +1% since 2021 | |
| Assistant Research Scientist | 24 | $89,131 | +41.4% | +5% since 2020 | |
| Research Lab Specialist Associate | 24 | $49,347 | +9.1% | +21% since 2021 | |
| Research Lab Specialist Senior | 22 | $71,754 | +11.7% | +15% since 2020 | |
| Research Lab Specialist Intermediate | 20 | $63,512 | +15.2% | +9% since 2020 | |
| LEO Lecturer I | 16 | $54,570 | +7.0% | +7% since 2022 | |
| Research Area Specialist Intermediate | 11 | $74,124 | +10.5% | +20% since 2022 | |
| Applications Programmer/Analyst Senior | 9 | $109,133 | +10.5% | +11% since 2022 | |
| Postdoctoral Assistant Professor | 7 | $72,100 | +7.5% | +22% since 2021 | |
| Associate Professor | 6 | $142,400 | +40.0% | ||
| Business Intelligence Analyst - Intermediate | 6 | $79,133 | +29.0% | ||
| LEO Lecturer II | 6 | $71,546 | +40.3% | +18% since 2023 | |
| Research Area Specialist Senior | 6 | $82,500 | +8.6% | −6% since 2024 | |
| Clinical Research Coordinator Associate | 5 | $64,145 | +1.1% | ||
| Software Developer Senior | 5 | $94,803 | +15.5% | ||
| Applications Programmer/Analyst Intermediate | 4 | $86,589 | +16.3% | +10% since 2022 | |
| Bioinformatician-Computational Biologist Intermediate | 4 | $80,628 | +41.1% | ||
| Clinical Associate Professor | 4 | $380,000 | +252.1% | ||
| Clinical Research Coordinator Intermediate | 4 | $72,867 | +13.3% | ||
| Data Scientist | 4 | $87,849 | +28.2% | ||
| House Officer II | 4 | $80,131 | at the minimum | ||
| LEO Lecturer III | 4 | $96,325 | +81.7% | +9% since 2022 | |
| Research Assistant Professor | 4 | $82,454 | +3.4% | +4% since 2021 | |
| Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow | 4 | $69,000 | +25.1% | ||
| Statistician Intermediate | 4 | $63,752 | +4.6% | ||
| Statistician Senior | 4 | $78,356 | +24.0% | ||
| Clinical Research Coordinator Senior | 3 | $88,621 | +40.5% | ||
| LEO Lecturer IV | 3 | $77,455 | +46.1% | ||
| Professor | 3 | $189,405 | +47.3% | ||
| Research Area Specialist Associate | 3 | $60,458 | +24.9% | −5% since 2022 | |
| Academic Advisor Intermediate | 2 | $58,500 | +14.0% | ||
| Assistant Research Scientist/Intermittent Lecturer | 2 | $87,750 | +72.1% | ||
| Bioinformatician-Computational Biologist Associate | 2 | $72,937 | +13.6% | ||
| Bioinformatician - Computational Biologist Interme | 2 | $83,188 | +26.1% | ||
| Business Intelligence Analyst Senior | 2 | $100,786 | +11.2% | ||
| Business Process Consultant Intermediate | 2 | $75,408 | +8.8% | ||
| Business Systems Analyst Senior | 2 | $102,500 | +25.2% | ||
Showing the 40 most-filed of 141 job titles.
No job title on this page matches. Only the most-filed titles are listed.
Where the jobs are
| Worksite | Filings | Median offered |
|---|---|---|
| Ann Arbor, MI | 724 | $72,100 |
| Dearborn, MI | 29 | $98,000 |
| Flint, MI | 9 | $102,500 |
| Pellston, MI | 2 | $91,954 |
| St. Paul, MN | 2 | $75,408 |
| San Diego, CA | 2 | $163,651 |
| Ames, IA | 1 | $102,651 |
| Amherst, NY | 1 | $141,750 |
| Ann Abor, MI | 1 | $150,000 |
| Big Rapids, MI | 1 | $101,867 |
| Chesterfield, MO | 1 | $99,986 |
| Iowa City, IA | 1 | $60,458 |
Showing the 12 busiest of 17 worksite cities.
By visa type: 775 H-1B, 4 E-3 (Australia). By outcome: 482 certified, 279 certified and later withdrawn, 18 withdrawn before a decision.
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 University of Michigan 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.
- 20 filings are for part-time work. Hourly wages are shown as full-time equivalents (2,080 hours a year) so they can be compared.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.