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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.

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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Your Place in Michigan Quiz

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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Meet Detroit: More Than Just the Motor City

Even though it remains the automotive capital of the world, Detroit and its surrounding metro area are making a name for themselves in advanced manufacturing, clean technology and services and healthcare. In addition to being a great place to build a career, you can experience a world-class sports city with all four pro teams located […]

Be Our Neighbor: Find Your Place in Lansing

Located in the heart of Michigan’s mitten, Lansing is a place where people live, work, and enjoy hundreds of parks, blocks of eateries and breweries, and a stacked calendar of annual festivals. Made up of 25 different communities, Lansing’s got housing options for whatever vibe you’re looking for, and a cost of living lower than the national average. Lansing […]

Meet Southwest Michigan: Coastal Access and Affordable Living

If you’re looking for small-town charm with major opportunities, Southwest Michigan is for you. Whether it’s a beach town on the coast of Lake Michigan like South Haven or the affordability and outdoor recreation in Battle Creek, the region offers a place to build your career with a high quality of living. Plus, it’s all […]