Tesla, Inc.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2026

#51 top sponsor

Overview

Tesla, Inc. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 1,290 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2026. That places it #51 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 779 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 $138,674.

1,290

PERM filings

60.4%

approval

6

denied

$138,674

median wage

323d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 874 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (57%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India496
  • China110
  • Canada89
  • Mexico69
  • Australia25
  • Germany9
  • United Kingdom8
  • France7
  • South Korea7
  • Turkey5

Prior visa status

  • H-1B811
  • L-125
  • E-320
  • TN5
  • Not in USA4
  • O-13
  • H-42
  • L-21

Education

  • Master's568
  • Bachelor's253
  • Other29
  • 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 137 $166,430
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 80 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

$138,674

median

$157,280

75th

$181,688

90th

Law firms used

  • MEHLMAN JACOBS LLP982
  • Tafapolsky Smith Mehlman LLP299
  • EY Law LLP4
  • Sumner Immigration Law PLLC1
  • Taf1
  • Mehman Jacobs LLP1

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21034-48797 Staff Mechanical Design EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Sep 23, 2021
A-21021-44546 Senior Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Sep 23, 2021
A-21063-58357 Senior Staff Program Manager (Quality Parts)Certified - Expired Fremont, CA Sep 21, 2021
A-21036-49631 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Sep 21, 2021
A-20307-15652 Mechanical Design EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Sep 20, 2021
A-21236-35537 Senior VDC EngineerWithdrawn Austin, TX Sep 16, 2021
A-21069-60579 Global Supply ManagerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Aug 27, 2021
A-21026-46026 Senior Data Algorithm EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Aug 24, 2021
A-20356-35674 Senior Software EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Aug 20, 2021
A-20268-03570 Staff Software EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Aug 18, 2021
A-21056-56051 Staff Mechanical Design EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Aug 4, 2021
A-21056-55898 Facilities Electrical EngineerCertified - Expired Sparks, NV Aug 4, 2021
A-21056-55824 Global Supply ManagerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Aug 4, 2021
A-21021-44625 Senior Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44624 Senior Power Electronic Controls EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44623 Staff QA EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44622 Staff Product Security EngineerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44621 Global Supply ManagerCertified - Expired Palo Alto, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44620 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Jul 30, 2021
A-21021-44626 Product ManagerCertified - Expired Fremont, CA Jul 28, 2021

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