H-1B sponsorMIFEIN 38-6028429Updated Jul 2026

WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. Filed 1,324 disclosures between FY2010 and FY2026 from worksites with a MI headquarters indicator.

Total filings

Outside top-N · FY2026

Certified

77.8%

unconditional · FY2026

Withdrawn

2.8%

withdrawn rate · FY2026

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate · FY2026

Summary

Wayne State University is a public research institution in Michigan that has been an active H-1B sponsor for 16 years. Since 2010, the university has filed 1,324 H-1B petitions with a 77.64% all-time certification rate, 5.66% denial rate, and 1.66% withdrawal rate.

In FY2026, Wayne State filed 36 H-1B petitions, maintaining a 77.8% certification rate. The university's H-1B portfolio is heavily concentrated in research and academic roles. Biological Technicians account for 455 filings (34% of total), followed by Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary with 382 filings (29%). Medical Scientists, Atmospheric and Space Scientists, and Biochemists and Biophysicists round out the top five occupations, reflecting the university's emphasis on life sciences and STEM fields.

H-1B filing volume was highest during 2010–2015, averaging over 130 filings annually, then declined through the late 2010s. Activity fell sharply in 2020–2022 before recovering in 2023 onwards, with recent years stabilizing around 75–79 petitions per year.

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H-1B outcome breakdown

Share of WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY’s LCAs by DOL case status, all fiscal years. Use the year filter above for a single-year breakdown.

Outcome breakdown
Outcome	Share
Certified	77.6%
Cert-withdrawn	15.0%
Withdrawn	1.7%
Denied	5.7%

Certified77.6%

Cert-withdrawn15.0%

Withdrawn1.7%

Denied5.7%

Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY across all fiscal years. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-4021	Biological Technicians	455
2	25-1042	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	382
3	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	136
4	19-2021	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	55
5	19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	49
6	29-1229	Physicians, All Other	38
7	19-2012	Physicists	35
8	25-1041	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	32
9	25-1032	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	20
10	15-2051	Data Scientists	20

Biological Technicians

455

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

382

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

136

Atmospheric and Space Scientists

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Physicians, All Other

Physicists

Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Data Scientists

H-1B filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2010	162
FY2011	154
FY2012	100
FY2013	116
FY2014	136
FY2015	83
FY2016	92
FY2017	79
FY2018	86
FY2019	91
FY2020	2
FY2021	5
FY2022	2
FY2023	26
FY2024	75
FY2025	79
FY2026	36

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