34 Michigan Employers That Hire Veterans
34 employers in Michigan cleared the federal veteran-hiring benchmark in filing cycle 2025, between them hiring 794 protected veterans out of 8,581 new hires — 9.3% overall, against a national benchmark of 5.1%. The largest by veterans hired are Mclaren Health CARE, Kalitta Air LLC and Pinkerton Consulting Investigation.
Michigan employers
34
met or beat the federal benchmark
Veterans hired
794
of 8,581 total new hires
Combined share
9.3%
against a 5.1% national benchmark
Veteran hiring in Michigan concentrates in Healthcare (238 hires), Manufacturing (137 hires) and Transportation & Logistics (109 hires).
34 employers shown. Click a column heading to sort.
| # | Employer | Veterans hired | Total hires | Share | State | Industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mclaren Health CARE | 238 | 2,696 | 8.8% | Michigan | Healthcare |
| 2 | Kalitta Air LLC | 79 | 612 | 12.9% | Michigan | Transportation & Logistics |
| 3 | Pinkerton Consulting Investigation | 46 | 336 | 13.7% | Michigan | Administrative & Support Services |
| 4 | DTE Energy | 40 | 611 | 6.5% | Michigan | Utilities |
| 5 | BB&E Inc | 38 | 137 | 27.7% | Michigan | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 6 | Dematic Corp. | 36 | 416 | 8.7% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 7 | CMS Energy Corp | 33 | 379 | 8.7% | Michigan | Utilities |
| 8 | Vitesco Technologies USA LLC | 32 | 475 | 6.7% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 9 | EJ USA Inc. | 31 | 299 | 10.4% | Michigan | Wholesale Trade |
| 10 | Construction Helicopters Inc | 30 | 47 | 63.8% | Michigan | Transportation & Logistics |
| 11 | Loc Performance Products | 25 | 437 | 5.7% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 12 | John E. Green Company | 25 | 380 | 6.6% | Michigan | Construction |
| 13 | Williams International Co LLC | 20 | 327 | 6.1% | Michigan | Other |
| 14 | Carl Zeiss IQR | 15 | 91 | 16.5% | Michigan | Wholesale Trade |
| 15 | The Spiratex Company | 12 | 184 | 6.5% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 16 | Demmer Holdings Inc | 12 | 150 | 8.0% | Michigan | Company Management |
| 17 | Addon Services LLC | 8 | 25 | 32.0% | Michigan | Administrative & Support Services |
| 18 | Logicalis | 7 | 91 | 7.7% | Michigan | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 19 | Trijicon Inc. | 6 | 117 | 5.1% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 20 | Merrill Technologies Group | 6 | 91 | 6.6% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 21 | Weiss Technik North America Inc | 6 | 79 | 7.6% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 22 | Unified Business Technologies Inc. | 6 | 68 | 8.8% | Michigan | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 23 | Wieland Engineered Products NA LLC | 5 | 82 | 6.1% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 24 | Wolverine Fire Protection Co. | 5 | 68 | 7.3% | Michigan | Construction |
| 25 | SAF-Holland Inc. | 5 | 63 | 7.9% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 26 | Arotech Corporation | 5 | 48 | 10.4% | Michigan | Company Management |
| 27 | Bacco Construction Company | 4 | 36 | 11.1% | Michigan | Construction |
| 28 | Satellite Services Inc. | 4 | 29 | 13.8% | Michigan | Administrative & Support Services |
| 29 | DeMaria Building Company | 3 | 44 | 6.8% | Michigan | Construction |
| 30 | Ferndale Electric Company Inc | 3 | 38 | 7.9% | Michigan | Construction |
| 31 | Elevated Technologies Inc | 3 | 31 | 9.7% | Michigan | Construction |
| 32 | Globe Tech LLC. | 2 | 37 | 5.4% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
| 33 | MTU America Inc | 2 | 30 | 6.7% | Michigan | Professional, Scientific & Technical |
| 34 | Western Global International Inc | 2 | 27 | 7.4% | Michigan | Manufacturing |
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What this list is not. It is a track record, not a job board — the data describes a past filing cycle, so an employer here may or may not be hiring today. Check their careers page. It is also not a ranking of who treats veterans best; it counts hires, which is one honest signal among several.
Self-identification is voluntary. Employees choose whether to disclose protected-veteran status, so these figures generally understate how many veterans an employer really has. That cuts one way only: everyone on this list is at least as good as the number shown.
We filtered out obvious filing errors. Some filings report a veteran hire rate wildly out of step with the same employer's overall veteran workforce — a column filled in wrong, not a recruiting record. Those are excluded rather than celebrated.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor VETS-4212 filings, cycle 2025, and the OFCCP national hiring benchmark of 5.1% effective 30 July 2025. LockLeed International is not affiliated with the Department of Labor or OFCCP.
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