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You Can In Michigan

Take your career and lifestyle to the next level in Michigan. Our innovative industries, adventurous landscape and welcoming, affordable communities are waiting for you.

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A Quality of Life That's Built to Last

In Michigan, job growth, lifestyle and affordability fire on all cylinders. We’re not only leading the charge in future-forward tech industries like EV battery manufacturing and clean energy, but our state is also home to immediate job opportunities across several innovative industries that are changing the world as we know it.

When it comes to living, and living as your truest self, Michigan has something for everyone. From the sand dunes of Traverse City to the northern lights of Marquette — the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids to the Eastern Market in Detroit — Michigan’s stunning natural landscapes, welcoming communities and vibrant urban environments inspire the quintessential work-life balance.

You Can in Michigan

You can have it all in Michigan: a rewarding career, a fulfilling life, economic opportunity and fundamental freedoms — all with proximity to 3,000 miles of freshwater coastline. Ready to live your best life? You can in Michigan.

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Savor Michigan's Splendor

The Great Lakes state is a trove of environmental beauty and cultural riches. Michigan’s outdoors are unmatched, and with world-class cultural establishments, our urban centers are unlike any other.

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Careers with Global Impact

In Michigan, you can work for companies that are shaping the future. Home to 17 Fortune 500 companies and specialized organizations to help you upskill and score apprenticeships — career growth is made in Michigan.

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Deal of a Lifetime

A move to Michigan is a move to one of the most affordable states in the country. Here our high-value, low-cost of living fits hand-in-glove with your great potential for advancement.

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In Michigan, your paycheck goes farther. Learn how living here means living life to the fullest.

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Major Industries

Innovation flows through Michigan’s tech industries. from EV & mobility to advanced manufacturing, clean energy and biosciences.

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Michigan is welcoming to all. From peaceful, small towns to vibrant, urban metropolitans, finding your perfect place in Michigan just got a lot easier.

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Major Industries

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EV & Mobility

For decades Michigan has been putting the world on wheels. Join the teams remaking the automobile and be at the center of the future of electric mobility.

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Semiconductor

Michigan is playing an undeniable role in reshoring microelectronics and chip manufacturing. Work here and change the world with a job in the semiconductor industry.

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Life Sciences & Medical Devices

Strong investments, top-ranked universities, and collaboration between innovative healthcare companies make Michigan home to an abundance of opportunity.

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Clean Energy

Technology and Clean Energy companies in Michigan are seeking talent to help them drive sustainability initiatives forward — impacting developments around the world.

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Engineering, Design & Development

New research and development companies are investing in Michigan, creating jobs that cross paths with electric and autonomous mobility, advanced lightweight material, manufacturing and more.

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Professional & Corporate

Between 2019 and 2022, the financial services sector grew by 17,000 jobs in Michigan. With 17 Fortune 500 companies headquartered here, professional and corporate service jobs are increasingly shaping the state.

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Outdoor Products

Michigan’s capabilities in product design, advanced materials production and manufacturing has reinvented the world of outdoor adventure products. From the modern snowboard and synthetic fly line, to designing the iconic Ford Bronco and the world’s first all-electric adventure vehicle at Rivian, Michigan has always been the place to design, develop, and deliver the gear of the great outdoors.

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What's up in Michigan?

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Press Releases

Michigan’s Award-Winning Talent Attraction Effort Delivers Momentum with Workers and Relocators

Quality of life, career opportunity, and affordability among top reasons candidates consider Michigan, one-year into the “You Can in Michigan” campaign LANSING, Mich.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Approximately one year after the public launch of Michigan’s talent attraction campaign, a long-term effort meant to help retain and attract high-tech workers alongside population growth initiatives, the message that “You […]

Michigan’s Growth Office Awards Over $660K to Support the Creation of Five Regional Talent Retention and Attraction Programs

Regions across the state form consortiums to create innovative programs that encourage current and future residents to make Michigan their home GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – Today, Michigan’s Growth Office announced the recipients and programs selected to receive grant funding through the first round of Make MI Home, the office’s first-of-its-kind regional talent retention and attraction pilot program. […]

Motor City Momentum: Detroit named a top 50 place to live

Photo: Jesse David Green / Visit Detroit In the 2024 round up of the 50 best places to live by Money.com, three Michigan cities were celebrated for their excellent quality of life, cost of living and community assets. Detroit’s abundant entertainment options, award-winning riverfront and rich culture established its spot on the list. Read on to […]