H-1B Filings
1,868
Major sponsor. DOL labor condition applications on file.
Manufacturing TX DOL H-1B OSHA ITA WARN Act
Tesla, Inc.: Full Federal Profile
Tesla, Inc. in TX (Manufacturing) shows all three federal tracks on this profile: 1,868 H-1B LCAs, an employer OSHA injury record, and 1 WARN notice.
Tesla, Inc. (TX): · 1,868 H-1B LCAs at a $156,000 disclosed median · OSHA Grade F (DART 4.19) · 1 WARN notice
According to DOL OFLC H-1B disclosures, OSHA ITA injury logs, and state WARN Act notices, Tesla, Inc. in TX carries 1,868 H-1B wage filings on record, a $156,000 median wage across 891 disclosed-wage positions (above the $124,488 national median), a weak F OSHA safety grade and 1 WARN layoff notice on file. Every figure is a federal filing, not an estimate; see methodology for coverage limits.
- 1,868 H-1B LCAs
- $156,000 median wage
- Grade F OSHA
- 1 WARN
Layoff & federal record
Compared with the rest of PlainEmployers' federal employer corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #22 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile), and disclosed median wage sits at the 72nd percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows.
- 100th pct
- H-1B filing rank
- 72nd pct
- median wage rank
- 21%
- safer on DART than
- 3%
- fewer WARN notices than
Figures above come from DOL H-1B LCAs, this employer's OSHA injury log, and state WARN notices, three independent disclosure systems.
D
Federal workforce composite
41/100
4 of 4 federal tracks · Tesla, Inc.
A weighted composite of DOL H-1B sponsorship and pay, OSHA establishment injury records, and WARN Act layoff notices, not culture, benefits, or "is this a good place to work." Missing tracks drop out and their weight redistributes so sparse records are not silently deflated.
Sponsorship scale A+
1,868 H-1B LCAs
#22 of 51,370 sponsors · 100th percentile by volume (DOL OFLC)
Disclosed pay B
$156,000 median
72nd percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows
Workplace safety F
OSHA Grade F · DART 4.19
Safer than 21% of 214,554 employers with an OSHA ITA record
Layoff stability F
1 WARN notice
Cleaner WARN history than 3% of 304,376 tracked employers (state workforce agencies)
Weights (redistributed when a track is N/A): Sponsorship scale (H-1B volume) 15% · Disclosed pay (H-1B wage percentile) 25% · Workplace safety (OSHA DART percentile) 35% · Layoff stability (WARN percentile) 25%. Sources: DOL OFLC · OSHA ITA · state WARN filings.
DOL LCA release change
What changed between the two LCA fiscal years
- Tesla, Inc.'s disclosed H-1B petition count fell from 499 in FY2024 to 357 in FY2025 (-28.5%).
- Tesla, Inc.'s filing-count-weighted median disclosed H-1B wage rose from $155,812 in FY2024 to $165,796 in FY2025 (+6.4%).
Median H-1B Salary
$156,000
Above national median. Across 891 disclosed positions
OSHA Safety Grade
Grade F · DART 4.19
Riskier than industry average. vs 0.77 same 2-digit NAICS sector (OSHA ITA 2022–2023, hours-weighted)
WARN Workforce Impact
2,688 workers
Less stable than most peers. 1 WARN Act notice on file
Where Tesla, Inc.'s H-1B wage sits nationally
Median disclosed wage vs. all US employers with H-1B filings
$156,000 Top 28% higher than 72% of 272,125 US employers
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US employers. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification, H-1B Disclosure Data · August 2026
Tesla, Inc.'s H-1B median wage, FY2024 vs FY2025
Filing-count-weighted median across this employer's own disclosed H-1B positions (+6.4% year over year), not a company-wide raise, and not adjusted for role mix changes between years.
Government Data Summary
| Field | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Employer Name | Tesla, Inc. | DOL OFLC / OSHA / WARN |
| Industry | Manufacturing | NAICS / DOL |
| State | TX | U.S. Federal Records |
| H-1B Filings | 1,868 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| H-1B Median Salary | $156,000 | DOL OFLC LCA Disclosure |
| OSHA Safety Grade | F | OSHA ITA |
| OSHA DART Rate | 4.19 | OSHA ITA Establishment Records |
| WARN Layoff Notices | 1 notice(s), 2,688 workers | WARN Act notices, state workforce agency originals (archival backstop: LayoffData.com) |
Tesla, Inc.'s values above reflect the most recent DOL Labor Condition Applications, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records, WARN Act notices on file for this employer in TX (Manufacturing). In this corpus, H-1B filing volume ranks #22 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile); disclosed median wage sits at the 72nd percentile of 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows; OSHA DART rate is safer than roughly 21% of 214,554 employers with an establishment injury record.
H-1B Salary Data
| Job Title | Median |
|---|---|
| Staff Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer | $300,000 |
| Sr Staff Software Engineer | $300,000 |
| Sr Staff AI Hardware Engineer | $296,300 |
| Sr. Staff Autopilot Software Engineer | $294,726 |
| Sr Staff Robotics Software Engineer | $290,000 |
| Sr Mgr Software Engineering | $288,054 |
| Sr Mgr Electronic Design Engineering | $283,000 |
| Sr Staff Distributed Systems Engineer | $280,000 |
| Sr Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer | $278,300 |
| Staff Robotics Machine Learning Engineer | $277,495 |
| Staff Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer | $274,200 |
| Director, Manufacturing Operations | $273,836 |
| Director, Manufacturing Operations | $273,836 |
| Sr Mgr Software Engineering | $272,480 |
| Sr Staff Software Development Engineer - Eng | $265,999 |
| Sr Staff Autopilot Software Engineer | $264,209 |
| Sr Staff Autopilot Software Engineer | $264,209 |
| Sr Staff Systems Design/Architecture Engineer | $264,000 |
| Sr Staff Software Development Engineer | $262,526 |
| Sr Mgr Software Engineering | $261,999 |
| Staff Autopilot Machine Learning Engineer | $258,984 |
| Sr. Manager Applications Engineering | $258,000 |
| Sr. Manager Applications Engineering | $258,000 |
| Sr. Manager Applications Engineering | $258,000 |
| Sr Staff Data Engineer | $256,943 |
| Sr Mgr Software Engineering - Eng | $256,000 |
| Sr Staff Software Development Engineer | $255,797 |
| Staff Autopilot Software Engineer | $254,740 |
| Staff Software Development Engineer - Eng | $252,000 |
| Sr Mgr Software Engineering | $251,518 |
| Sr Staff Software Development Engineer | $250,601 |
| Sr Mgr Applications Engineering | $250,147 |
| Staff Software Engineer, Datacenter Network | $250,000 |
| Sr Mgr Mechanical Design Engineering | $250,000 |
| Staff Silicon Design Engineer | $250,000 |
| Sr Mgr Supplier Industrialization Engineer | $250,000 |
| Staff Robotics Systems Integration Engineer | $250,000 |
| Sr Silicon Design Engineer | $246,500 |
| Sr Distributed Systems Engineer “ Eng | $245,963 |
| Staff Autopilot Software Engineer | $245,831 |
| Staff Software Engineer | $245,000 |
| Staff Software Integration Engineer, AI Platforms | $244,599 |
| Sr Staff Mechanical Design Engineer | $242,095 |
| Sr Staff Data Engineer | $241,600 |
| Sr Mgr Applications Engineering | $241,454 |
| Sr Mgr Applications Engineering | $241,454 |
| Sr Staff Manufacturing Controls Dev Engineer | $241,095 |
| Staff AI Hardware Engineer | $240,197 |
| Staff Silicon Design Engineer | $237,991 |
| Sr Staff Manufacturing Engineer | $237,590 |
What the Data Says About Tesla, Inc.
Signature stat: H-1B volume
Tesla, Inc.'s most extreme placement is sponsorship scale: 1,868 H-1B LCAs rank higher than 100% of sponsors in this corpus (#22 of 51,370).
Worse than sector norm
The establishment DART rate is 4.2, above the 0.8 sector norm (Grade F) across 1,491 reportable injuries on file.
WARN layoff history
1 WARN notice naming about 2,688 workers are on file in TX. Multiple notices can reflect consolidations — read them beside sponsorship and safety signals.
Top-quartile disclosed pay
Disclosed pay runs high: $156,000 median beats 72% of credible wage rows and sits above the $124,488 national median.
Shrinking LCA footprint
FY2025 filings fell 28.5% from FY2024 (499 → 357).
Dual-track profile
Tesla, Inc. is one of the rarer profiles carrying both sponsorship volume (1,868 H-1B LCAs) and WARN history (1 notice) in the same public record (Manufacturing) in TX. Weigh those signals separately.
Rising disclosed medians
Disclosed medians moved from $155,812 (FY2024) to $165,796 (FY2025) (+6.4%), weighted by this employer's own LCA rows — not a company-wide raise and not role-mix adjusted.
OSHA Safety Record
Grade F DART Rate: 4.19 (same-NAICS-sector avg: 0.77)
This employer DART rate (lower is safer)
Same NAICS-sector average
Tesla, Inc.'s DART rate (days away/restricted/transferred per 100 FTE) vs the hours-weighted 2-digit NAICS sector average from OSHA ITA 2022–2023 (Manufacturing).
Total reported injuries on file: 1,491.
Where Tesla, Inc. sits
This employer among Manufacturing H-1B peers
Across the 200 Manufacturing sponsors in this corpus with both an H-1B filing count and a credible disclosed-wage median, Tesla, Inc. files more petitions than 99% of them and discloses a higher median wage than 71%, the high-volume, above-median pay quadrant. Filing volume is hiring scale, not pay; the axes are independent DOL OFLC disclosures (1,868 filings · $156,000 median here).
Each muted dot is one manufacturing peer from a filings-stratified sample of 40; the brand marker is Tesla, Inc.. Source: DOL Office of Foreign Labor Certification H-1B LCA disclosures (credible wages recomputed from per-position filings, excluding parse errors above $500k).
How Tesla, Inc. compares to Manufacturing peers
Tesla, Inc.'s nearest H-1B-filing peers in Manufacturing (home state TX). Each card links to that employer's federal-records profile.
Tesla, Inc.
1,868 H-1B filings
NVIDIA Corporation
1,989 H-1B filings
Intel Corporation
1,938 H-1B filings
Nationwide employers with similar H-1B volume or workplace injury rate
Two federal-records peer sets for Tesla, Inc., both outside TX so the neighborhoods are not the same-industry VsCard above.
Similar H-1B filing volume
Nearest nationwide sponsors outside TX (1,868 filings here).
- JPMorgan Chase & Co. (IL) · 1,836 filings
- Intel Corporation (CA) · 1,938 filings
- WIPRO LIMITED (NJ) · 1,945 filings
- LTIMindtree Limited (NJ) · 1,780 filings
Similar OSHA DART rate
Nearest injury-rate peers outside TX (DART 4.19 here).
- Arrow Disposal Services (AL) · DART 4.19
- ASCENSION MACOMB-OAKLAND HOSP - MADISON HEIGHTS (MI) · DART 4.19
- Belstra Group Farms (IN) · DART 4.19
- Brookdale Senior Living (IL) · DART 4.19
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on disclosed filing counts and OSHA ITA DART rates; employers with fewer than 100 H-1B filings or fewer than 10 reported injuries are excluded from the comparison corpus.
WARN Act Layoff History
| Notice Date | Workers |
|---|---|
| 2024-04-23 | 2,688 |
What to check before working with Tesla, Inc.
Tesla, Inc. needs a three-way read: H-1B pay (1,868 LCAs), safety (grade F), and WARN history (1 notice); none of those alone is the rating.
- H-1B median is $156,000 across 891 disclosed-wage positions (of 1,868 total filings), benchmark any offer against it and the metro prevailing wage. Compare with peers
- Safety grade F reflects a DART rate read against the Manufacturing average of 0.77 - a relative benchmark, not an absolute verdict. How grades work
- 1 WARN layoff notice on file, review the timing before counting on job stability. Reading WARN notices
Tesla, Inc.'s figures are legally filed public records (DOL, OSHA, state WARN), not reviews or vendor estimates; a missing row is not proof the underlying activity never happened.
Read with this employer
- NVIDIA Corporation (CA) - 1,989 H-1B filings in the same Manufacturing roster
- Intel Corporation (CA) - 1,938 H-1B filings in the same Manufacturing roster
- Cisco Systems, Inc. (CA) - 1,167 H-1B filings in the same Manufacturing roster
- Interpreting safety grades - how Tesla, Inc.'s OSHA DART read is graded against its sector.
- Reading WARN notices - what Tesla, Inc.'s layoff filings do and do not prove.
- H-1B salary negotiation - using disclosed wages like Tesla, Inc.'s when you negotiate.
- Compare employers - put Tesla, Inc. next to peers on pay, safety, and WARN.
- National H-1B & safety statistics - where Tesla, Inc.'s #22 placement sits in the full federal roster.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Tesla, Inc.'s H-1B wage sit nationally?
Among 272,125 credible H-1B wage rows in this corpus, Tesla, Inc.'s disclosed median of $156,000 sits at the 72nd percentile (above the $124,488 national median). The chart above uses a COUNT-exact percentile (rows below this wage ÷ total), not an interpolated estimate.
How does Tesla, Inc.'s H-1B filing volume compare to other sponsors?
Tesla, Inc. has 1,868 H-1B filings on record, ranking #22 of 51,370 sponsors in this corpus (about the 100th percentile by volume). Filing volume is a sponsorship signal, not a headcount or hiring-quality score.
What does Tesla, Inc.'s OSHA safety grade mean?
Tesla, Inc. carries Grade F from its establishment injury record (1,491 injuries on file; DART 4.19). That DART rate is safer than roughly 21% of 214,554 employers with an injury record in this corpus. Grades compare DART against industry averages, see the Interpreting Safety Grades guide.
Does Tesla, Inc. have WARN layoff notices on file?
Yes - 1 WARN Act notice affecting about 2,688 workers appear in the state-agency corpus for this employer. WARN covers mass layoffs and plant closings that meet statutory thresholds; absence of notices is not a guarantee of stability.
Related guides: How OSHA safety grades are calculated · Using H-1B wage filings in salary negotiation
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
This profile is rendered directly from DOL H-1B disclosure filings, OSHA Injury Tracking Application records and state WARN Act layoff notices, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.