General Motors Company

Manufacturing · Primarily MI · PERM filings 2018–2024

#74 top sponsor

Overview

General Motors Company is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 868 PERM green-card applications between FY2018 and FY2024. That places it #74 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 401 were certified (46.2% approval rate), taking about 272 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Electrical Engineers, with most worksites in MI, and the median sponsored wage is $107,000.

868

PERM filings

46.2%

approval

4

denied

$107,000

median wage

272d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 686 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (58%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India397
  • Canada59
  • Mexico57
  • China52
  • Brazil44
  • Australia22
  • South Korea19
  • Pakistan4
  • Germany4
  • Iran3

Prior visa status

  • H-1B403
  • L-1177
  • TN72
  • E-317
  • F-115
  • J-11
  • H-1A1

Education

  • Master's331
  • Bachelor's316
  • Doctorate18
  • None17
  • Associate's4

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations General Motors Company most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Electrical Engineers 212 $104,500
Mechanical Engineers 147 $105,638
Software Developers, Systems Software 97 $111,297
Automotive Engineers 80 $106,384
Software Developers 51 $114,831
Industrial Engineers 32 $108,047
Software Developers, Applications 32 $119,496
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 20 $101,250
Commercial and Industrial Designers 20 $108,568
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 12 $115,017

Common job titles

Senior Software Engineer 21 Software Engineer 16 Java Developer 13 Controls Design Engineer 13 Researcher 11 Senior Embedded Software Engineer 10 Software Developer 9 Software Engineer - Vehicle Motion Embedded Controls (VMEC) 8 Design Release Engineer 7 Vehicle Intelligence Platform (VIP) Architect 6 Virtual Design, Development and Validation (VDDV) Engineer 5 Infotainment Software Verification Engineer 5

Worksite states

MI 827 TX 18 CA 15 IN 5 OH 2 AZ 1

Wage range

$97,565

25th

$107,000

median

$119,762

75th

$133,025

90th

Law firms used

  • Roby Law Associates, PLLC866
  • Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-22341-68914 Senior Design Release Engineer - Fuel Systems and Evaporative Emission Control SystemCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22314-55344 Senior Design Release EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22301-47854 Advanced Battery Integration Lead EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22312-53971 Vehicle Systems Engineer (VSE) - Chassis and Active Thermal Management, BEVCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22334-64892 Test and Validation EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22333-64611 Design Release Engineer - ConnectivityCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22343-70725 Test Validation EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22342-70170 Staff Design Release Engineer - WiringCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22341-69227 Vehicle Validation EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22314-55235 Information Technology Group - Vehicle Safety Data ScientistCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22311-53145 Java DeveloperCertified - Expired Pontiac, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22313-54498 Product Manager - Telematics and Network ServicesCertified - Expired Warren, MI Dec 15, 2023
A-22300-47298 Vehicle Material Cost EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Nov 22, 2023
A-22300-47463 Software Quality Assurance (QA) EngineerCertified - Expired Sunnyvale, CA Nov 22, 2023
A-22325-61092 Finance AnalystCertified - Expired Detroit, MI Nov 7, 2023
A-22189-85385 Creative Clay SculptorCertified - Expired Warren, MI Nov 1, 2023
A-22271-29519 Electric Motor Controls EngineerCertified - Expired Pontiac, MI Oct 4, 2023
A-22272-30708 Advanced Vehicle Software Cost Technical LeadCertified - Expired Warren, MI Sep 14, 2023
A-22273-31548 Java DeveloperCertified - Expired Warren, MI Sep 14, 2023
A-22280-35607 Infotainment Systems Integration EngineerCertified - Expired Warren, MI Sep 14, 2023

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.