H-1B salaries in Lansing, MI

Based on 1,151 certified H-1B filings in the Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Base salary only.

Median salary$93,500
Middle 50%$80k–$114.3k
vs. national median−24%comparison median $122,699
Filings1,151FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $55,195 and $256,685.
PercentileSalary
10th$67,650
25th$80,000
50th (median)$93,500
75th$114,275
90th$138,320

Salary by year

Median salary

$70k $90k $110k FY2020: median $81,000 (778 filings) FY2021: median $80,000 (681 filings) FY2022: median $81,545 (749 filings) FY2023: median $89,760 (663 filings) FY2024: median $87,360 (637 filings) FY2025: median $95,243 (631 filings) FY2026: median $93,082 (520 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 778 filings FY20 FY2021: 681 filings FY21 FY2022: 749 filings FY22 FY2023: 663 filings FY23 FY2024: 637 filings FY24 FY2025: 631 filings FY25 FY2026: 520 filings FY26 778
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020$81,000$67,000$95,241778
FY2021$80,000$66,456$94,000681
FY2022$81,545$69,742$102,710749
FY2023$89,760$73,819$110,000663
FY2024$87,360$75,000$105,000637
FY2025$95,243$83,148$114,400631
FY2026$93,082$78,978$113,475520

Cost of living

Lansing's median H-1B salary of $93,500 is worth about $98,400 at national average prices.

Fair market rent, 1-bedroom$1,054Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA).
Fair market rent, 2-bedroom$1,323Per month. Source: HUD Fair Market Rents, FY2027 (Lansing-East Lansing, MI MSA).
Price level (U.S. = 100)95.0Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024.
Price-adjusted median$98,400Median salary ÷ (price level ÷ 100).
State income tax on wagesMI: yesSource: Tax Foundation, State Individual Income Tax Rates and Brackets, 2025.

Most filed jobs

JobMedianFilings
Software Engineer$99,112407
QA Engineer$93,08254
Programmer Analyst$79,39550
Data Scientist$85,76946
Systems Analyst$99,67042
Systems Engineer / Architect$101,79540
Industrial Engineer$90,00129
Soil and Plant Scientist$63,83525
Database Administrator$98,15523
Network Administrator$96,64719
Data Engineer$110,30618
Mechanical Engineer$91,05217
Electrical Engineer$100,00016
Molecular and Cellular Biologist$72,30116
Biochemist$63,62713

By job title

Java Developer$84.2k · 34 Full Stack Developer$106.6k · 24 .NET Developer$85k · 15 Salesforce Developer$110.7k · 14 Solutions Architect$133.5k · 12

Job titles with at least 10 filings in Lansing, MI. Figure: median salary · filings.