{"id":12015,"date":"2012-02-21T17:10:29","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T22:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbach.net\/blog\/index.php\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T19:00:58","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T23:00:58","slug":"michigan-h1-b-visas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/michigan-h1-b-visas\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan H1-B Visas"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Michigan<\/a>The Michigan<\/a> Department of Management, Labor, and Technology<\/a> reports<\/a> that the December 2011 unemployment rate was 9.3%<\/strong>. This equated to\u00a0431,490<\/strong><\/a> known people without a job. Despite nearly half a million people looking for work, the website MyVisaJobs.com<\/a> reports<\/a> that Michigan icons like\u00a0the University of Michigan<\/a>, Wayne State University<\/a>, Michigan State University<\/a>, General Motors<\/a> (GM<\/a>), and Henry Ford Health Systems<\/a> filed for nearly 8,300 H1-B visas<\/a><\/strong> with an average wage of $74,964<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t
Rank<\/th>H1B Visa Sponsor<\/th>H1B Visa Petitions<\/th>Average Salary<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/td>University of Michigan<\/td>375<\/td>$61,708<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2<\/td>Wayne State University<\/td>152<\/td>$63,743<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3<\/td>Michigan State University<\/td>125<\/td>$61,521<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>General Motors<\/td>93<\/td>$87,037<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5<\/td>Henry Ford Health System<\/td>74<\/td>$79,582<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>DMC Education & Research<\/td>66<\/td>$63,154<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
7<\/td>Jawood Business Process Solutions, Llc<\/td>50<\/td>$75,564<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8<\/td>HCL Systems, Inc<\/td>47<\/td>$62,415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9<\/td>The Dow Chemical<\/td>45<\/td>$97,600<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>Chrysler Group Llc<\/td>35<\/td>$84,353<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>Michigan Technological University<\/td>34<\/td>$66,405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>Whirlpool<\/td>32<\/td>$91,028<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
13<\/td>Altair Product Design, Inc<\/td>32<\/td>$76,441<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>Kyyba, Inc.<\/td>30<\/td>$56,563<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>Engineering Technology Associates, Inc<\/td>28<\/td>$61,074<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n

rb-<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"University<\/a>As a Michigan Alumni<\/a>, I often wonder about U of M’s commitment to Michigan under President Coleman<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

I wrote about the record-setting pace business is shaping up H-1B visas here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n

Apparently, Michigan firms are on the same track. Even Obama<\/a> is now talking about American’s taking care of Americans, so the opposition must be against that, so even more outsourcing?<\/em><\/p>\n

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