Entry-level High School Teacher salary in Detroit, MI

Based on 33 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level I in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Warren, Highland Park, Dearborn, Roseville.

Also listed as: Secondary School Teacher, Math Teacher

Median salary$59,740
Middle 50%$55k–$61.8k
vs. all levels here−0%comparison median $59,870
Filings33FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $45,657 and $73,824.
PercentileSalary
10th$47,827
25th$55,000
50th (median)$59,740
75th$61,800
90th$71,280

Salary by year

Median salary

$40k $55k $70k FY2022: median $45,100 (20 filings) FY2023: median $46,000 (19 filings) FY2025: median $58,000 (19 filings) FY2026: median $59,740 (14 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 1 filings FY20 FY2021: 0 filings FY21 FY2022: 20 filings FY22 FY2023: 19 filings FY23 FY2024: 3 filings FY24 FY2025: 19 filings FY25 FY2026: 14 filings FY26 20
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–––1
FY2021–––0
FY2022$45,100$45,100$46,50020
FY2023$46,000$43,935$46,00019
FY2024–––3
FY2025$58,000$49,730$63,20019
FY2026$59,740$57,680$61,35014

Cost of living

Detroit's median entry-level High School Teacher salary of $59,740 is worth about $59,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Detroit = 100.3).

Compared with all workers here

All Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in the Detroit, MI area earned a median of $77,520 in May 2025 (9,080 employed). The H-1B median here is $59,740, 23% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
New Paradigm for Education$59,74020
Youth Vision Solutionstoo few7
Global Educational Excellencetoo few3
Mm1too few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $59,740 33
Mid-level · Level II too few 4
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$44,790$59,74033

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.