H-1B sponsorship profile: University of Michigan. Across U.S. Department of Labor LCA disclosures, University of Michigan filed 2,614 Labor Condition Applications covering 2,614 H-1B worker positions between fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2026. The employer’s DOL certification rate sits at 98.1% (2,564 certified of 2,614 filed), a useful proxy for how cleanly their prevailing-wage attestations pass the Labor Department’s preliminary review before USCIS adjudication.

Compensation spread. Offered wages on University of Michigan’s H-1B petitions range from $38,938 at the low end to $950,546 at the high end, with a petition-weighted average of $82,263. That range reflects the mix of occupations the company sponsors, led by Postdoctoral Research Fellow (834 petitions at $60,438 avg), followed by Assistant Professor and Research Investigator. H-1B salaries reported on LCAs must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for the role and worksite, so the spread also tracks wage-level geography and seniority.

Geographic footprint. University of Michigan is headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI under NAICS code 611310, and places H-1B workers across 3 states, most heavily in MI, TX, CA. Combined, these signals give a granular view of how one employer uses the H-1B program, volume, approval cleanliness, wage posture, and where the jobs actually sit on the map.

Where University of Michigan ranks. By H-1B petition volume, University of Michigan is #49 of 119,880 employers nationally and #2 of 2,986 employers headquartered in MI. Both ranks are computed live from the same underlying petition counts, not a separate estimate.