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Rivian Automotive, LLC

Employer · California, United States

Employer address
California, United States
Applications on record
5,275
FY2025 applications
811
FY2026 to 30 June
660
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
100.0%
Median offered wage
$150,000
Most common occupation
Mechanical Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified100.0%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Rivian Automotive, LLC appears in 5,275 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2015 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 811.

Applications by fiscal year — Rivian Automotive, LLC

456911FY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
456911FY2015FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY20151
FY201613
FY201723
FY201850
FY201987
FY2020320
FY2021787
FY2022719
FY2023911
FY2024893
FY2025811
FY2026*660
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*56793
FY2025521290
FY2024738155
FY2023732179
FY202264673
FY202177314
FY20203200
FY2019816
FY2018473
FY2017194
FY2016130
FY201510

Where the jobs are

Worksite of each application as filed (first worksite where several are listed).

Rivian Automotive, LLC: applications by worksite state

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Data table
StateApplications
CA3,360
IL1,279
MI568
AZ24
GA10
WA9
TX9
IN3
NJ3
SC2
AL2
NY1
MN1
KY1
MA1
Worksite states
  1. California3,360
  2. Illinois1,279
  3. Michigan568
  4. Arizona24
  5. Georgia10
  6. Washington9
  7. Texas9
  8. Indiana3
  9. New Jersey3
  10. South Carolina2
Worksite cities
  1. Irvine, CA1,525
  2. Palo Alto, CA1,328
  3. Normal, IL1,267
  4. Plymouth, MI530
  5. Tustin, CA204
  6. San Jose, CA132
  7. Carson, CA101
  8. Livonia, MI31
  9. Torrance, CA29

What they hire for and pay

Occupations, job titles and offered wages as stated on the applications.

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Mechanical Engineers2,057
  2. Industrial Engineers881
  3. Software Developers866
  4. Electrical Engineers464
  5. Engineers, All Other165
  6. Purchasing Managers91
  7. Architectural and Engineering Managers85
  8. Data Scientists84
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. SR. Process Engineer62
  2. Staff Mechanical Engineer49
  3. SR. Mechanical Engineer45
  4. Staff Software Engineer41
  5. SR. Software Engineer38
  6. SR. Manufacturing Engineer36
  7. Software Engineer II33
  8. SR. Automation Controls Engineer31

Offered annual wage, FY2024–FY2026, 10th to 90th percentile

Median $150,000; middle half $123,000 to $180,882 · median prevailing wage $113,173 (marker) · 1,823 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I177
  2. Level II441
  3. Level III1,077
  4. Level IV126

Green card sponsorship (PERM)

Country of citizenship of the workers named in certified and pending PERM applications (countries with fewer than five applications are not shown).

PERM applications by country of citizenship
  1. India337
  2. China33
  3. Mexico20
  4. Canada14

H-1B petitions decided by USCIS

Approvals and denials of Form I-129 petitions, by USCIS fiscal year. Linked by employer name, state and the last four digits of the tax ID.

Approved H-1B petitions (initial + continuing)

229457FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023
229457FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023
Data table
FY20171
FY201835
FY201964
FY20209
FY2021209
FY2022457
FY2023149
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY2023701420
FY202213703202
FY2021402050
FY20200090
FY2019280360
FY201851301
FY20170011

Law firms on the filings

Firms named as the employer's representative (firm names only).

Among employers in California

Rivian Automotive, LLC has 5,275 work visa applications on record (FY2015–FY2026), ranking #37 of 30,712 sponsoring employers in California and #169 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 0.26% of the applications filed by employers based in California.

Rank in California
37 of 30,712
Rank in the United States
169 of 168,030
Share of California's applications
0.26%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 336) in California
253
Largest sponsoring employers in California
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  2. HCL America, Inc.65,516
  3. Facebook, Inc.63,530
  4. Intel Corporation61,185
  5. Apple Inc.60,673
  6. Google Inc.34,245
  7. Cisco Systems, Inc.26,767
  8. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.25,216
  9. UST Global Inc.25,160
  10. Linkedin Corporation17,398