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Michigan (MI)

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61,290

H-1B approvals (all yrs)

89.7%

LCA certification rate

2,999

Employers filing, latest yr

Top occupations shown

Where this fits nationally

// Michigan highlighted

AKAlaska

MEMaine

WAWashington

MTMontana

NDNorth Dakota

MNMinnesota

WIWisconsin

MIMichigan

VTVermont

NHNew Hampshire

OROregon

IDIdaho

WYWyoming

SDSouth Dakota

IAIowa

ILIllinois

INIndiana

OHOhio

NYNew York

MAMassachusetts

RIRhode Island

CACalifornia

NVNevada

UTUtah

COColorado

NENebraska

KSKansas

MOMissouri

KYKentucky

WVWest Virginia

PAPennsylvania

NJNew Jersey

CTConnecticut

AZArizona

NMNew Mexico

OKOklahoma

ARArkansas

TNTennessee

VAVirginia

MDMaryland

DEDelaware

HIHawaii

TXTexas

LALouisiana

MSMississippi

ALAlabama

GAGeorgia

SCSouth Carolina

NCNorth Carolina

DCDistrict of Columbia

FLFlorida

LCA filings by year

// worksite in Michigan

YearLCA volumeCertifiedRate

2025

14,821

13,39190.4%

2024

14,908

13,38489.8%

2023

17,784

15,40386.6%

2022

17,550

15,62389.0%

2021

24,816

22,46290.5%

2020

17,256

15,85091.9%

H-1B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,788

7497.4%

2024

3,686

10797.2%

2023

1,376

7894.6%

2022

3,682

11297.0%

2021

3,963

16796.0%

2020

4,237

89982.5%

2019

4,350

1,81670.5%

2018

2,911

1,06373.3%

2017

3,970

82982.7%

2016

H-2A petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

9,437

2999.7%

2024

9,345

2100.0%

2021

6,141

0100.0%

2020

4,176

0100.0%

2019

3,908

499.9%

2018

3,458

0100.0%

2017

2,420

0100.0%

2016

1,521

0100.0%

2015

796

0100.0%

H-2B petitions by year

// approvals / denials by fiscal year

YearApprovalsDenialsRate

2025

2,808

3098.9%

2024

4,411

1099.8%

2019

2,575

1599.4%

2017

0—

2016

0—

2015

0—

Top employers (H-1B, latest year)

University of Michigan244

FORD MOTOR COMPANY100

Henry Ford Health System70

Populus Group LLC53

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY50

General Motors Company37

United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC34

ATOS SYNTEL INC33

Top occupations (LCA, latest year)

Software Developers3,980

Mechanical Engineers1,516

Electrical Engineers665

Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers575

Automotive Engineers539

Computer Systems Engineers/Architects494

Industrial Engineers370

Information Technology Project Managers342

Aggregate filing data, presented as market research, not case-specific and not legal advice.SOURCE: USCIS EMPLOYER DATA HUB / DOL LCA DISCLOSURE