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

Worksite states

CA 1,030 NV 114 TX 113 WA 13 UT 6 NY 4 MN 3 IL 2 MD 1 VA 1

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-20111-45075 Senior Manufacturing Equipment EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Sep 28, 2020
A-20105-43113 Software EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Sep 28, 2020
A-20100-41527 Senior Software EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Sep 28, 2020
A-20100-41521 Staff Systems Design/Architecture EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Sep 28, 2020
A-20111-45112 Staff Manufacturing Controls EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Sep 24, 2020
A-20111-45101 Staff Visualization SpecialistCertified Hawthorne, CA Sep 24, 2020
A-20101-41930 Senior Manager, Product ManagementCertified Fremont, CA Sep 22, 2020
A-20104-42583 Senior UX DesignerCertified Palo Alto, CA Sep 15, 2020
A-20084-34758 Staff Design Verification EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Sep 15, 2020
A-20105-43106 Automation Controls EngineerCertified Sparks, NV Sep 15, 2020
A-20098-40415 Production Engineering Associate ManagerCertified Sparks, NV Sep 9, 2020
A-19214-39490 A Class Surfacer IIIWithdrawn Hawthorne, CA Sep 8, 2020
A-20078-32553 Senior Electrical Design Engineer, GigafactoryCertified Sparks, NV Sep 4, 2020
A-20105-43116 Senior Software EngineerCertified Fremont, CA Sep 4, 2020
A-20105-43110 Associate Equipment EngineerCertified Sparks, NV Sep 4, 2020
A-20098-40347 Senior Test Systems EngineerCertified Palo Alto, CA Sep 2, 2020
A-20086-35879 Staff Manufacturing Engineer, PlasticsCertified Fremont, CA Aug 31, 2020
A-20078-32555 Equipment EngineerCertified Sparks, NV Aug 28, 2020
A-20078-32552 Global Supply ManagerCertified Fremont, CA Aug 27, 2020
A-20083-34181 Process EngineerCertified Sparks, NV Aug 26, 2020

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