Tesla, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2026

#40 top sponsor

Overview

Tesla, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 1,288 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2026. That places it #40 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 778 were certified (60.4% approval rate), taking about 323 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Mechanical Engineers, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $138,482.

1,288

PERM filings

60.4%

approval

6

denied

$138,482

median wage

323d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 872 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (57%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India495
  • China109
  • Canada89
  • Mexico69
  • Australia25
  • Germany9
  • United Kingdom8
  • France7
  • South Korea7
  • Turkey5

Prior visa status

  • H-1B809
  • L-125
  • E-320
  • TN5
  • Not in USA4
  • O-13
  • H-42
  • L-21

Education

  • Master's567
  • Bachelor's253
  • Other28
  • Doctorate13
  • None10
  • High School1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations Tesla, Inc. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Mechanical Engineers 143 $130,264
Software Developers 136 $166,595
Industrial Engineers 126 $121,007
Industrial Production Managers 88 $146,318
Software Developers, Applications 83 $141,879
Manufacturing Engineers 64 $128,413
Electrical Engineers 51 $136,512
Software Developers, Systems Software 51 $150,799
Engineers, All Other 51 $119,380
Mechatronics Engineers 49 $133,215

Common job titles

Senior Software Development Engineer 79 Software Development Engineer 42 Senior Mechanical Design Engineer 38 Senior Software Engineer 30 Senior Manufacturing Engineer 30 Staff Software Development Engineer 29 Global Supply Manager 25 Senior Process Engineer 25 Manufacturing Equipment Engineer 23 Staff Mechanical Design Engineer 22 Senior Supplier Quality Engineer 22 Senior Technical Program Manager 21

Wage range

$120,000

25th

$138,482

median

$157,280

75th

$181,688

90th

Law firms used

  • MEHLMAN JACOBS LLP980
  • Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP299
  • EY Law LLP4
  • Sumner Immigration Law PLLC1
  • Taf1
  • Mehman Jacobs LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
G-100-26030-609053 Sr Software Development EngineerWithdrawn Bellevue, WA Mar 18, 2026
G-100-24103-883574 Senior Software Quality Assurance EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24095-856564 Senior Manager, EngineeringCertified Sparks, NV Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24101-872886 Senior Manufacturing Controls EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24101-873674 Staff Reliability EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24102-875648 Senior Business Intelligence AnalystCertified Palo Alto, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-879958 Materials PlannerCertified Austin, TX Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-879960 Staff Software Development EngineerCertified San Bernardino, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-880069 Senior Quality Assurance EngineerCertified Lathrop, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-880071 Associate Manager, Quality EngineeringCertified Lathrop, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-883156 Staff Software Development EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-884179 Staff Mechanical Design EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-884199 Senior Machine Learning EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-883621 Staff Autopilot Software EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Aug 5, 2025
G-100-24103-883161 Senior Mechanical Design EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 4, 2025
G-100-24092-845971 Staff Sourcing EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 4, 2025
G-100-24102-875635 Senior Sourcing EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Aug 1, 2025
G-100-24103-884224 Senior Distributed Systems EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 1, 2025
G-100-24103-883240 Data EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 1, 2025
G-100-24103-883132 Senior Autopilot Software EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Aug 1, 2025

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