Updated
PERM jobs in Ann Arbor, MI
- Decisions
- 1,621
- Approved
- 97.7%
- Median certified wage
- $95,000
- Years
- FY2016 to FY2026
Year by year
- certified
- denied
- withdrawn
Fiscal years run October to September. More
Fiscal years run October to September. FY2016 to FY2023 come from DOL's closed-year files, and FY2024 on from its current ones. The newest year is partial until DOL publishes its fourth quarter.
Every year as a table
| Fiscal year | Certified | Denied | Withdrawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2016 | 184 | 7 | 6 |
| FY2017 | 124 | 5 | 3 |
| FY2018 | 178 | 3 | 5 |
| FY2019 | 122 | 3 | 2 |
| FY2020 | 121 | 7 | 5 |
| FY2021 | 134 | 4 | 7 |
| FY2022 | 126 | 2 | 9 |
| FY2023 | 102 | 1 | 5 |
| FY2024 | 119 | 3 | 14 |
| FY2025 | 172 | 0 | 11 |
| FY2026 | 133 | 1 | 3 |
Top sponsors
- University of Michigan 420
- KLA Corporation 145
- Domino's Pizza, Inc. 77
- NEXIENT, LLC 75
- Anu Software Consultants Inc 65
- PMA Consultants, LLC 38
- TEKWISSEN, LLC. 36
- LLamasoft, Inc. 29
- OPENBOXSOLUTIONS, INC. 26
- INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, INC 24
Top occupations
- Software Developers, Applications 236
- Software Developers 108
- Software Developers, Systems Software 85
- Mechanical Engineers 66
- Computer Systems Analysts 66
- Computer Occupations, All Other 62
- Computer and Information Systems Managers 58
- Electrical Engineers 43
- Civil Engineers 38
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary 35
Industries
- Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools 417
- Custom Computer Programming Services 199
- Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing 108
- Other Computer Related Services 86
- Engineering Services 63
- Computer Systems Design and Related Services 46
- Computer Systems Design Services 45
- Optical Instrument and Lens Manufacturing 39
- Limited-Service Restaurants 36
- Commercial and Institutional Building Construction 34
Countries of citizenship
- India 634
- China 163
- Canada 70
- South Korea 43
- Mexico 30
- Turkey 19
- Japan 18
- United Kingdom 18
- Germany 17
- Iran 16
Worker's education
- Master's 615
- Bachelor's 318
- Doctorate 239
- Other 48
- None 32
- Associate's 7
- High School 2
Visa held when filed
- H-1B 996
- F-1 101
- L-1 37
- TN 31
- E-2 21
- NOT IN USA 9
- E-3 5
- H-2B 4
- J-1 4
- L-2 3
H-1B in Ann Arbor, MI
7,322 labor condition applications name a worksite here, FY2020 to FY2026, and DOL certified 6,507 (89%). An LCA is the employer's wage attestation before an H-1B petition, so it counts positions offered. It doesn't count people hired.
Employers, certified LCAs since FY2024
Jobs, certified LCAs since FY2024
- Software Developers 388
- Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 195
- Molecular and Cellular Biologists 174
- Data Scientists 126
- Computer Systems Engineers/Architects 120
- Mechanical Engineers 104
- Mechatronics Engineers 98
- Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 79
- Biochemists and Biophysicists 74
- Electrical Engineers 64
Where Ann Arbor, MI sits
- County
- Washtenaw County
- Census places Ann Arbor city in it
- Metro area
- Ann Arbor, MI
- Metropolitan statistical area
- DOL wage area
- Ann Arbor, MI
- The area DOL sets prevailing wages for, wage year 2026-27
100.9 is BEA's price level for the Ann Arbor, MI metro area in 2024, against 100 for the country as a whole; for housing rents it's 125.3. A salary here buys about 99% of what the same salary buys at the national price level.
- Software Developers108 PERM decisions
- Mechanical Engineers66 PERM decisions
- Computer and Information Systems Managers58 PERM decisions
- Electrical Engineers43 PERM decisions
- Civil Engineers38 PERM decisions
- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary35 PERM decisions
- middle half of pay (BLS)
- median
- 10th to 90th percentile
- DOL's Levels I to IV, left to right
| Job | BLS median | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Developers | $126,830 | $87,901 | $106,891 | $125,902 | $144,893 |
| Mechanical Engineers | $127,310 | $82,493 | $101,088 | $119,704 | $138,299 |
| Computer and Information Systems Managers | $171,200 | $121,659 | $146,848 | $172,037 | $197,226 |
| Electrical Engineers | $109,240 | $79,082 | $97,219 | $115,336 | $133,474 |
| Civil Engineers | $97,570 | $67,475 | $83,262 | $99,070 | $114,858 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $136,600 | $69,110 | $101,647 | $134,183 | $166,720 |
Any job in any area, and every wage year since 2021-22, in the wage-level tool.
The worksite city on each application, from DOL's decided cases since FY2016. Spellings of one city are pooled, and a city counts as one place per state.
Case data through Jun 30, 2026 · LCA disclosures through Jun 30, 2026 · Census places and metros through Jan 1, 2026 · BLS market pay through May 31, 2025 · DOL wage tables through Jul 1, 2026. How these figures are counted. Spotted an error? Tell us; every fix is dated in the corrections log.
The sources in full
Case data: DOL quarterly disclosure files (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
LCA disclosures: DOL quarterly LCA disclosure files (www.dol.gov) · data through Jun 30, 2026 · quarterly
Census places and metros: Census Bureau Gazetteer and metro delineation files (census.gov) · data through Jan 1, 2026 · yearly
BLS market pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (bls.gov) · data through May 31, 2025 · yearly, each spring
DOL wage tables: DOL OFLC wage data downloads (flag.dol.gov) · data through Jul 1, 2026 · yearly, each july
What each source includes
Case data: Decided PERM cases only. A case still waiting isn't in here, so counts and durations describe finished cases.
LCA disclosures: Certified and denied H-1B labor condition applications only, with the wage offered.
Census places and metros: Where each worksite city sits: its county, metro area and DOL wage area, matched to Census's place and county files. A city Census lists in no single place is left unmatched. This site doesn't guess it.
BLS market pay: Pay employers report for everyone in each job, from BLS's yearly survey (May of the year named). It's shown nationally, by state and by metro. It covers citizens and immigrants alike, and it isn't drawn from PERM offers.
DOL wage tables: The four prevailing wage levels DOL publishes for every job in every area, each wage year from 2021-22, as DOL's own tables print them. They're the floors an offer is held to. They don't show what anyone was paid.
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