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Tesla, Inc.

Employer · Texas, United States

Employer address
Texas, United States
Applications on record
17,540
FY2025 applications
3,300
FY2026 to 30 June
3,326
Programmes
LCA · PERM
Certified (last three years)
99.8%
Median offered wage
$149,785
Most common occupation
Industrial Engineers
H-1B dependent (as declared)
No
Certified99.8%of decided applications, last three years
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Tesla, Inc. appears in 17,540 applications filed with the U.S. Department of Labor between fiscal 2017 and fiscal 2026 (to 30 June). In fiscal 2025 it filed 3,300.

Applications by fiscal year — Tesla, Inc.

1,6633,326FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026*
1,6633,326FY2017FY2019FY2021FY2023FY2025FY2026*
Data table
FY2017843
FY20181,315
FY20191,019
FY20201,003
FY20211,306
FY20221,453
FY20231,425
FY20242,550
FY20253,300
FY2026*3,326
Fiscal yearLCAPERM
FY2026*2,931395
FY20252,895405
FY20242,242308
FY20231,36560
FY20221,288165
FY20211,165141
FY2020794209
FY2019901118
FY20181,115200
FY201781924
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

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

Tesla, Inc.: applications by worksite state

5+8+12+39+177+
5+8+12+39+177+
Data table
StateApplications
CA12,905
TX2,424
NV1,670
NY177
WA149
UT48
IL39
MN24
MI23
CO12
AZ10
MD9
NJ8
PA6
FL5
Worksite states
  1. California12,905
  2. Texas2,424
  3. Nevada1,670
  4. New York177
  5. Washington149
  6. Utah48
  7. Illinois39
  8. Minnesota24
  9. Michigan23
  10. Colorado12
Worksite cities
  1. Fremont, CA7,396
  2. Palo Alto, CA4,115
  3. Austin, TX2,185
  4. Sparks, NV1,616
  5. Lathrop, CA390
  6. San Jose, CA165
  7. Buffalo, NY163
  8. Hawthorne, CA144
  9. Bellevue, WA115
  10. Sunnyvale, CA110
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

What they hire for and pay

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

Occupations (SOC 2018)
  1. Industrial Engineers4,352
  2. Software Developers3,446
  3. Mechanical Engineers2,407
  4. Electrical Engineers1,117
  5. Industrial Production Managers720
  6. Engineers, All Other613
  7. Logisticians577
  8. Architectural and Engineering Managers389
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Software Development Engineer449
  2. Mechanical Design Engineer381
  3. Process Engineer320
  4. Manufacturing Engineer308
  5. Senior Software Development Engineer287
  6. Manufacturing Equipment Engineer259
  7. Staff Software Development Engineer241
  8. Software Engineer187

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

Median $149,785; middle half $124,620 to $177,133 · median prevailing wage $126,794 (marker) · 7,897 applications.

$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
$100k$130k$160k$190k$220k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I557
  2. Level II2,420
  3. Level III1,645
  4. Level IV892
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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. India673
  2. China139
  3. Canada121
  4. Mexico99
  5. Australia36
  6. Germany18
  7. United Kingdom14
  8. France12
  9. South Korea9
  10. Taiwan6
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — PERM disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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)

363726FY2022FY2023
363726FY2022FY2023
Data table
FY2022726
FY2023478
Fiscal yearInitial approvalsInitial denialsContinuing approvalsContinuing denials
FY20239203866
FY202225614701
Source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services — H-1B Employer Data Hub (FY2009–FY2023)Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Law firms on the filings

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

Applications by law firm
  1. EY Law LLP6,193
  2. Mehlman Jacobs LLP4,496
  3. Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP2,262
  4. Seyfarth Shaw LLP1,688
  5. Mehlman Barnes LLP123
  6. Tafapolsky & Smith LLP55
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Among employers in Texas

Tesla, Inc. has 17,540 work visa applications on record (FY2017–FY2026), ranking #4 of 15,820 sponsoring employers in Texas and #32 of 168,030 in the United States; that is 1.27% of the applications filed by employers based in Texas.

Rank in Texas
4 of 15,820
Rank in the United States
32 of 168,030
Share of Texas's applications
1.27%
Employers in the same industry group (NAICS 336) in Texas
69
Largest sponsoring employers in Texas
  1. Infosys Limited249,552
  2. Cognizant Technology Solutions US Corp158,582
  3. Tech Mahindra (americas),inc.53,212
  4. Tesla, Inc.17,540
  5. Cognizant Technology Solutions U.S. Corporation16,060
  6. KPMG LLP12,376
  7. Oracle America, Inc.10,036
  8. Ericsson Inc.8,088
  9. Dallas Independent School District6,275
  10. AT&T Services, Inc.6,264
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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