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Detroit, MI

Detroit, MI is a Professional & Technical Services-heavy labor market: 133 tracked employers at a $108,407 median H-1B wage across 1,568 LCAs.

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133
Employers
$108,407
Median H-1B wage
1,568
H-1B filings

Detroit, MI: 133 tracked employers at a $108,407 median H-1B wage across 1,568 LCAs; Professional & Technical Services leads the local roster.

According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices mapped to worksites in Detroit, MI (MI), PlainEmployers rolls up 133 employers at a $108,407 disclosed median with 2 employers carrying WARN history. Use the metro rollup before judging any single local employer profile.

  • 133 employers
  • $108,407 median H-1B
  • 1,568 H-1B LCAs
  • 2 WARN employers

Where Detroit, MI's median H-1B wage sits nationally

Metro median disclosed wage vs every credible H-1B wage row

$108,407 Top 64% higher than 36% of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows

$0–$20,000: 1 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $20,000–$40,000: 401 credible H-1B wage rows (0%). Below this entry. $40,000–$60,000: 7,591 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Below this entry. $60,000–$80,000: 24,066 credible H-1B wage rows (9%). Below this entry. $80,000–$100,000: 43,829 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Below this entry. $100,000–$120,000: 49,740 credible H-1B wage rows (18%). This entry sits in this band. $120,000–$140,000: 42,626 credible H-1B wage rows (16%). Above this entry. $140,000–$160,000: 33,306 credible H-1B wage rows (12%). Above this entry. $160,000–$180,000: 22,983 credible H-1B wage rows (8%). Above this entry. $180,000–$200,000: 15,711 credible H-1B wage rows (6%). Above this entry. $200,000–$220,000: 10,825 credible H-1B wage rows (4%). Above this entry. $220,000–$240,000: 6,806 credible H-1B wage rows (3%). Above this entry. $240,000–$260,000: 4,579 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. $260,000–$280,000: 2,975 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $280,000–$300,000: 1,671 credible H-1B wage rows (1%). Above this entry. $300,000–$320,000: 5,015 credible H-1B wage rows (2%). Above this entry. Detroit, MI $0 $320,000 every credible H-1B wage row, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more credible H-1B wage rows. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026

Metro Labor Presence

Detroit, MI (133 employers) sits beside Troy, MI, Farmington Hills, MI, Auburn Hills, MI in MI's tracked roster. Open a peer metro to compare H-1B wage and WARN density. Among metros with employers in this corpus, Detroit, MI ranks #87 of 6906 by employer count (about the 99th percentile).

Troy, MI 158 Farmington Hills, MI 149 Auburn Hills, MI 130 Novi, MI 128 Ann Arbor, MI 97 Southfield, MI 78
Top industries Professional & Technical ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceManufacturingPublic AdministrationAdministrative & Waste Services

What the data says about Detroit, MI

Corpus placement: Detroit, MI ranks #87 of 6906 metros by employer count (about the 99th percentile) in this disclosure window. Sector inventory: Professional & Technical Services leads with 55 of 133 tracked employers (~41%); next sectors in the mix are Healthcare & Social Assistance and Manufacturing. Largest H-1B sponsors mapped here: Henry Ford Health System, Epitec, Inc., and Tata Technologies, Inc. (363 filings combined, ~23% of the metro total). Evidence tracks present for Detroit, MI: DOL H-1B disclosure filings; OSHA Injury Tracking Application records; state WARN Act layoff notices, including 2 employers with WARN history.

Headline sponsors: Henry Ford Health System, Epitec, Inc., and Tata Technologies, Inc., together 363 H-1B filings in our dataset. Each links to a full profile with OSHA safety grade, WARN layoff history, and salary breakdown.

Detroit, MI reads as a concentrated labor market: Professional & Technical Services alone covers about 41% of tracked employers, so wage and safety benchmarks here are heavily shaped by that sector.

No single sponsor dominates Detroit, MI: the top 3 names hold about 23% of local H-1B filings, leaving room for smaller employers in the median.

Among employers with a worksite mapped to Detroit, MI, 2 carry WARN Act history (5 notices, about 775 workers named across credible filings). That is a local stability signal separate from H-1B hiring volume.

Same-state context for Detroit, MI: Troy, MI (158 employers); Farmington Hills, MI (149 employers); Auburn Hills, MI (130 employers). Employer-count gaps between these metros are why a wage offer that looks high in one city can look ordinary in another.

WARN layoff activity in Detroit, MI

2 tracked employers with a worksite here have filed 5 WARN notices , naming about 775 workers across credible records. Compare those employers' profiles before treating any local offer as stable; see largest WARN layoffs for corpus-wide notices.

Top employers in Detroit, MI

#EmployerH-1B filingsMedian wage
1Henry Ford Health SystemHealthcare & Social Assistance153$88,029
2Epitec, Inc.Professional & Technical Services129$143,655
3Tata Technologies, Inc.Professional & Technical Services81$100,960
4Ally BankFinance & Insurance75$140,795
5Wayne State UniversityEducational Services68$86,596
6General Motors Financial Company, Inc.Finance & Insurance64$141,250
7Blue Cross Blue Shield of MichiganManagement of Companies56$126,506
8Burns & Mcdonnell Engineering Company, INC.55$127,487
9Rocket Mortgage, LLCFinance & Insurance54$120,500
10Speridian Technologies, LLCProfessional & Technical Services49$115,566
11Strategic Systems, Inc.Professional & Technical Services46$101,899
12Code Tech INCProfessional & Technical Services42$106,080
13Lear CORPORATIONManufacturing29$127,499
14Patton Labs Inc.Professional & Technical Services26$106,605
15VED Software Services, Inc.Professional & Technical Services26$85,467
16American IT Solutions INC.Professional & Technical Services24$97,406
17Detroit Diesel CORPORATIONManufacturing24$125,000
18SmithGroup, Inc., subsidiary of SmithGroup Co., Inc.Professional & Technical Services24$85,000
19Strategic Staffing Solutions, L.C.24$153,920
20Etekserve IncProfessional & Technical Services21$102,086
21TechClub Inc.Professional & Technical Services20$108,580
22The Boston Consulting Group, INC.Professional & Technical Services20$179,201
23The Productivity Team LLCProfessional & Technical Services20$110,167
24American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc.Manufacturing19$145,411
25Mitecs INC.Professional & Technical Services18$84,968
Sources, citation, and related links for Detroit, MI

Disclaimer: The Detroit, MI overview is informational only and is not professional advice. Consult a qualified professional before employment, hiring, or compliance decisions based on this data.

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PlainEmployers renders Detroit, MI from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.