Of these, 11,635 were approved (98.2%), while 210 were denied (1.8%).
The H-1B visa program allows U.S. employers to temporarily hire foreign workers in specialty occupations requiring specialized knowledge and at least a bachelor’s degree or equivalent. It is designed to address skill gaps in the U.S. workforce while ensuring wage standards to protect both U.S. and H-1B workers. Employers must certify that they will pay H-1B workers wages equal to or greater than those of similarly qualified U.S. employees or the prevailing local wage.
For comparison, the average approval rate for H-1B petitions across the United States in 2024 stood at 98%, slightly higher than the 97.3% recorded in 2023.
The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry led the H-1B filings in Michigan during 2024, with 6,020 petitions (50.8% of all submissions), and an approval rate of 97.4%. Meanwhile, the Manufacturing industry was the second largest contributor, filing 3,213 petitions (27.1% of the total), with an approval rate of 99.3%.
The Michigan employers with the most petitions during 2024 included Ford Motor Company, which filed 675 petitions with an approval rate of 99.7%, Atos Syntel, Inc. with 544 petitions and an approval rate of 99.6%, and General Motors, which filed 533 petitions with an approval rate of 99.6%.
Compared to 2023, the number of H-1B petitions filed in Michigan during 2024 decreased by 8.3%.
The United States admits around 1 million legal immigrants annually, most of whom receive permanent residence (green cards) through family sponsorship or employment-based visas. In 2023, about 1.2 million immigrants were granted green cards, a return to pre-pandemic levels. Temporary visa programs, such as the H-1B for highly skilled workers and H-2A for seasonal agricultural workers, also play a critical role in filling workforce needs.
Public opinion on immigration varies, with 46% of Americans favoring maintaining current legal immigration levels, according to a 2024 Pew Research Center survey. Additionally, 42% believe that highly skilled workers, such as scientists, doctors, and programmers, should be prioritized for legal immigration, compared to 25% who prioritize workers filling labor shortages and 19% who emphasize family sponsorship. Despite this, family sponsorship remains the most common path to permanent residency, accounting for 63% of green cards issued in 2023.
The data in this article comes from the H-1B Employer Data Hub provided by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). While USCIS strives for accuracy, manual data entry and errors on paper forms submitted by applicants or petitioners may result in discrepancies in employer names, tax IDs, locations, or other details.
| Rank | Industry | Total Petitions | % of All Submissions | % Approved | % Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 6,020 | 50.8% | 97.4% | 2.6% |
| 2 | Manufacturing | 3,213 | 27.1% | 99.3% | 0.7% |
| 3 | Educational Services | 880 | 7.4% | 99.4% | 0.6% |
| 4 | Health Care and Social Assistance | 463 | 3.9% | 99.1% | 0.9% |
| 5 | Finance and Insurance | 417 | 3.5% | 99.8% | 0.2% |
| 6 | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 320 | 2.7% | 96.6% | 3.4% |
| 7 | Wholesale Trade | 97 | 0.8% | 97.9% | 2.1% |
| 8 | Information | 77 | 0.7% | 97.4% | 2.6% |
| 9 | Construction | 37 | 0.3% | 100% | 0% |
| 10 | Accommodation and Food Services | 34 | 0.3% | 100% | 0% |
| 11 | Retail Trade | 29 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
| 12 | Other Services (except Public Administration) | 24 | 0.2% | 95.8% | 4.2% |
| 13 | Utilities | 23 | 0.2% | 100% | 0% |
| 14 | Public Administration | 15 | 0.1% | 80% | 20% |
| 15 | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 14 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 15 | Management of Companies and Enterprises | 14 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 17 | Transportation and Warehousing | 10 | 0.1% | 100% | 0% |
| 18 | Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting | 1 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Company Name | Industries | Total Petitions | % Approved | % Denied |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ford Motor Company | Manufacturing | 675 | 99.7% | 0.3% |
| Atos Syntel, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 544 | 99.6% | 0.4% |
| General Motors | Manufacturing | 533 | 99.6% | 0.4% |
| University of Michigan | Educational Services | 495 | 99.2% | 0.8% |
| HTC Global Services, Inc. | Manufacturing, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 320 | 100% | 0% |
| Populus Group, LLC | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 211 | 97.6% | 2.4% |
| HCL Global Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 197 | 98% | 2% |
| FCA US, LLC | Manufacturing | 158 | 96.8% | 3.2% |
| Michigan State University | Educational Services | 142 | 100% | 0% |
| Henry Ford Health System | Health Care and Social Assistance | 135 | 100% | 0% |
| Miracle Software Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, Information | 117 | 99.1% | 0.9% |
| ZF Active Safety and Electronics US, LLC | Manufacturing | 110 | 100% | 0% |
| Kpit Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 103 | 98.1% | 1.9% |
| Eviden USA, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 102 | 97.1% | 2.9% |
| Robert Bosch, LLC | Manufacturing | 95 | 100% | 0% |
| United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC | Finance and Insurance | 91 | 100% | 0% |
| Aptiv Corporation | Manufacturing, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 89 | 100% | 0% |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | Finance and Insurance | 89 | 100% | 0% |
| Epitec, Inc. | Information, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 88 | 95.5% | 4.5% |
| Altimetrik, Corp. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 84 | 95.2% | 4.8% |
| Tata Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 77 | 100% | 0% |
| Akkodis, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 77 | 100% | 0% |
| Caresoft Global Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 76 | 96.1% | 3.9% |
| Technosoft Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 66 | 98.5% | 1.5% |
| Alten Technology USA, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 61 | 96.7% | 3.3% |
| Wayne State University | Educational Services, Information | 60 | 100% | 0% |
| Ally Bank | Finance and Insurance | 55 | 100% | 0% |
| Dematic, Corp. | Manufacturing | 53 | 98.1% | 1.9% |
| Systems Technology Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 50 | 98% | 2% |
| Strategic Staffing Solutions L C | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 50 | 94% | 6% |
| Alixpartners, LLP | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 49 | 100% | 0% |
| Megan Soft, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 48 | 100% | 0% |
| Whirlpool Corporation | Manufacturing | 47 | 95.7% | 4.3% |
| Valeo North America, Inc. | Manufacturing | 46 | 100% | 0% |
| Youngsoft, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 45 | 97.8% | 2.2% |
| Information Data Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 44 | 93.2% | 6.8% |
| Ameya Global, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 43 | 97.7% | 2.3% |
| Reliable Software Resources, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 42 | 100% | 0% |
| William Beaumont Hospital | Health Care and Social Assistance | 40 | 100% | 0% |
| Pi Square Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 40 | 100% | 0% |
| Tek Labs, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 40 | 97.5% | 2.5% |
| Magna Electronics, Inc. | Manufacturing | 39 | 100% | 0% |
| Info Services, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 38 | 100% | 0% |
| Kelly Services, Inc. | Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 38 | 92.1% | 7.9% |
| Kyyba, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 38 | 100% | 0% |
| Tata Elxsi Limited | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 37 | 97.3% | 2.7% |
| Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC | Manufacturing | 37 | 100% | 0% |
| The Dow Chemical Company | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 36 | 97.2% | 2.8% |
| Altair Productdesign, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 36 | 100% | 0% |
| Credit Acceptance Corporation | Finance and Insurance | 35 | 100% | 0% |
| Marvel Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | 94.1% | 5.9% |
| Brains Technology Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | 97.1% | 2.9% |
| Fev North America, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | 97.1% | 2.9% |
| Ricefw Technologies, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | 100% | 0% |
| Hinduja Technician, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 34 | 100% | 0% |
| Dominos Pizza, Inc. | Accommodation and Food Services | 33 | 100% | 0% |
| Stryker Corporation | Manufacturing | 33 | 100% | 0% |
| American It Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 33 | 97% | 3% |
| Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 32 | 96.9% | 3.1% |
| Altair Engineering, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 31 | 100% | 0% |
| Trendset It, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 31 | 93.5% | 6.5% |
| Satyam Venture Engineering Services PVT, Ltd. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 31 | 100% | 0% |
| It Rysources, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 31 | 96.8% | 3.2% |
| Corewell Health Formerly Spectrum Health System | Health Care and Social Assistance | 30 | 100% | 0% |
| Millennium Software, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 30 | 100% | 0% |
| Meijer Great Lakes Limited Partnership | Wholesale Trade | 29 | 100% | 0% |
| Webmobilez, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 29 | 100% | 0% |
| Flagstar Bank FSB | Finance and Insurance | 28 | 96.4% | 3.6% |
| Magna Services of America, Inc. | Manufacturing | 28 | 100% | 0% |
| Iconma, LLC | Real Estate and Rental and Leasing, Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services, Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 28 | 85.7% | 14.3% |
| Patton Labs, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 28 | 96.4% | 3.6% |
| Emergtech Business Solutions, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 28 | 92.9% | 7.1% |
| Dechen Consulting Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 28 | 100% | 0% |
| Select Minds, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 27 | 100% | 0% |
| Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Inc. | Manufacturing | 27 | 100% | 0% |
| Solize USA Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 27 | 92.6% | 7.4% |
| Jlan USA Technologies | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 27 | 22.2% | 77.8% |
| ZF Active Safety US, Inc. | Manufacturing | 27 | 100% | 0% |
| American Axle and Manufacturing in | Manufacturing | 26 | 100% | 0% |
| Code Technician, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 25 | 100% | 0% |
| Lear Corporation | Manufacturing | 25 | 100% | 0% |
| Cogent Integrated Business Solutio | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 100% | 0% |
| Teksoft Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 100% | 0% |
| Bhrigus, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 91.7% | 8.3% |
| Infyshine, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 91.7% | 8.3% |
| Amex Systems, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 87.5% | 12.5% |
| Spectrum Health Primary Care Partners | Health Care and Social Assistance | 24 | 100% | 0% |
| Smithgroup, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 24 | 100% | 0% |
| Unified Technician Group, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| Rock Central, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 91.3% | 8.7% |
| Openlogix Corporation | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| Aptiv US Services General Partners | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 95.7% | 4.3% |
| Softpath Technologies, LLC | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 87% | 13% |
| Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. | Manufacturing | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| Segula Technologies USA, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 23 | 95.7% | 4.3% |
| Yanfeng International Automotive Technology US II, LLC | Manufacturing | 23 | 100% | 0% |
| Detroit Diesel Corporation | Manufacturing | 22 | 100% | 0% |
| Teradyne Infotech, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 22 | 100% | 0% |
| Cognitive Minds, Inc. | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 21 | 100% | 0% |
| Van Andel Research Institute | Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 20 | 100% | 0% |