Tesla, Inc.

2,016 Green card sponsorships · 13,315 Temporary work filings · Manufacturing · FY2017–FY2026
18,017 Total employees Self-reported on green-card filings · FY2025
2,016 Green-card filings PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
13,315 Work-visa filings LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings on record
$161,000 Median offered wage FY2025 n=84 PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings · Software Developers (15-1252.00)

What this means for you

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  • Manufacturing · est. 18,017 U.S. employees
  • 15,331 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2017–FY2026 filings

    No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

    +32% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

    No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

    +36% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 405 vs 298 · FY2026 to date: 395

    No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

  • Layoff notices are withheld from this panel (WARN coverage 35.7% of 255 state-year cells < 60%) → see the WARN notices tab. Coverage gate
  • History, not a hiring promise.

Every measurement we computed

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Higher than 90% of employers Denied work-visa filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 623 employers reporting headcount · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
Higher than 90% of employers Denied work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
0.2% Work-visa filings, denied 11 of 6,447 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 0.2% · US 0.7%
#58 of 623 Denied work-visa filings per employee · Manufacturing 58 of 623 employers reporting headcount, highest first · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
#509 of 5,111 Denied work-visa filings per employee · all US 509 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 68% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 247 employers reporting headcount · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
Higher than 66% of employers Denied green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
0.4% Green-card filings, denied 3 of 763 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 2.2% · US 4.1%
#79 of 247 Denied green-card filings per employee · Manufacturing 79 of 247 employers reporting headcount, highest first · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0
#565 of 1,693 Denied green-card filings per employee · all US 565 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · under 0.01 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 0

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 87% of employers Certified work-visa filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 623 employers reporting headcount · 6.9 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 15
Higher than 56% of employers Certified work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · 6.9 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 15
94.8% Work-visa filings, certified 6,112 of 6,447 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 93.4% · US 91.9%
#80 of 623 Certified work-visa filings per employee · Manufacturing 80 of 623 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 6.9 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 15
#2,204 of 5,111 Certified work-visa filings per employee · all US 2,204 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 6.9 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 15

No count — the count is printed on the share card.

Higher than 58% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 247 employers reporting headcount · 0.93 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
Higher than 40% of employers Certified green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 0.93 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
96.2% Green-card filings, certified 734 of 763 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 93.2% · US 91.6%
#102 of 247 Certified green-card filings per employee · Manufacturing 102 of 247 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.93 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
#999 of 1,693 Certified green-card filings per employee · all US 999 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.93 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2

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3.5% Work-visa filings, certified-withdrawn 226 of 6,447 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 5.2% · US 5.8%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

1.5% Work-visa filings, withdrawn 98 of 6,447 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 1.1% · US 1.7%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

3.4% Green-card filings, withdrawn 26 of 763 filings · FY2023-FY2025 · Manufacturing 4.7% · US 4.3%

No percentile or rank — we rank certified and denied filings per employee, not this outcome; No count — the count is printed on the share card.

15,331 Green-card + work-visa filings FY2017–FY2026 filings

No percentile or rank — we rank green-card and work-visa filings per employee separately; No share — the combined total is all of this employer's filings, so it is not a share of them.

+32% Work-visa filings year-on-year change · FY2025 vs FY2024 FY2025 vs FY2024 · work-visa filings in each complete year

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — a change between two years is not a count.

Higher than 86% of employers Work-visa filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 623 employers reporting headcount · 7.4 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 16
Higher than 56% of employers Work-visa filings per employee percentile · all US of 5,111 employers reporting headcount · 7.4 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 16
87% Work-visa filings, share of all filings 13,315 of this employer's 15,331 · FY2017–FY2026 filings
#83 of 623 Work-visa filings per employee · Manufacturing 83 of 623 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 7.4 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 16
#2,231 of 5,111 Work-visa filings per employee · all US 2,231 of 5,111 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 7.4 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 16
13,315 Work-visa filings FY2017–FY2026
+36% Green-card filings, FY2025 vs FY2024 405 vs 298 · FY2026 to date: 395

No percentile or rank — we do not rank a change in filing counts, which grows with an employer's size; No count — the two yearly counts behind the change are printed on the card itself.

Higher than 56% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · Manufacturing of 247 employers reporting headcount · 0.95 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
Higher than 39% of employers Green-card filings per employee percentile · all US of 1,693 employers reporting headcount · 0.95 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
13% Green-card filings, share of all filings 2,016 of this employer's 15,331 · FY2017–FY2026 filings
#107 of 247 Green-card filings per employee · Manufacturing 107 of 247 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.95 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
#1,025 of 1,693 Green-card filings per employee · all US 1,025 of 1,693 employers reporting headcount, highest first · 0.95 per 100 employees, mean FY2023-25 · FY2025: 2.2
2,016 Green-card filings FY2017–FY2026
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Public record data. PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ and LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filing data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor OFLC disclosure files. Methodology →

1,970 Certified green-card filings certified · FY2017–FY2026
7 Denied 0.3% rate · FY2017–FY2026
39 Withdrawn 1.9% rate · FY2017–FY2026

Filings over time

How many green-card filings Tesla, Inc. has filed each quarter, from FY2017 to today.

FY2017 Q3: 10 filingsFY2017 Q4: 14 filingsFY2018 Q1: 23 filingsFY2018 Q2: 17 filingsFY2018 Q3: 99 filingsFY2018 Q4: 61 filingsFY2019 Q1: 3 filingsFY2019 Q2: 6 filingsFY2019 Q3: 71 filingsFY2019 Q4: 38 filingsFY2020 Q1: 47 filingsFY2020 Q2: 50 filingsFY2020 Q3: 82 filingsFY2020 Q4: 31 filingsFY2021 Q1: 34 filingsFY2021 Q2: 9 filingsFY2021 Q3: 57 filingsFY2021 Q4: 41 filingsFY2022 Q1: 39 filingsFY2022 Q2: 42 filingsFY2022 Q3: 48 filingsFY2022 Q4: 36 filingsFY2023 Q1: 27 filingsFY2023 Q2: 16 filingsFY2023 Q3: 10 filingsFY2023 Q4: 7 filingsFY2024 Q1: 10 filingsFY2024 Q2: 128 filingsFY2024 Q3: 160 filingsFY2025 Q1: 57 filingsFY2025 Q2: 62 filingsFY2025 Q3: 158 filingsFY2025 Q4: 128 filingsFY2026 Q2: 1 filingsFY2026 Q3: 394 filings0197394FY2017FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Source: U.S. Department of Labor public records Data through FY2026

What this means

Tesla, Inc. applied to sponsor 2,016 workers for green cards between 2017 and 2026. A green card application is what an employer files to help a worker stay in the U.S. permanently.

Important: everything on this page is derived from public U.S. Department of Labor records. It is not a statement of fraud, wrongdoing, or hiring intent. It describes observable filing patterns only.

Recent layoff notices

Tesla, Inc. has filed 9 WARN — Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act Federal law requiring 60-day advance notice of large layoffs or plant closures100+ employee firms, 50+/one-third site thresholds — WARN data captures only a FRACTION of layoffs; distributed cuts are invisibleOfficial source ↗ Act layoff notice(s) with state workforce agencies. These are public layoff notifications required by federal law.

Subsidiaries 2

Combined: 2,048 PERM — Permanent Employment Certification (ETA-9089) Employer's DOL filing to sponsor a specific worker for an employment-based green card after testing the U.S. job marketTemporary visa (often F-1 student → H-1B)PERM — employer asks DOL to certify the job (you are here)I-140 — employer petitions USCISPriority-date wait (varies by country of birth — years to decades)Green card (I-485 / consular)DOL certifies paperwork — it does not issue green cards; per-position; certified ≠ granted. NEVER "work permit"Common path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ + 15,185 LCA — Labor Condition Application (ETA-9035) Employer's legally binding wage promise to DOL, required before employing H-1B/H-1B1/E-3 workersJob offer + prevailing wageLCA — wage promise to DOL (you are here)Cap lottery registration (USCIS)I-129 petition (USCIS)Visa issued / status changed (DOS or USCIS)One filing can cover MANY positions — filing counts ≠ worker counts (employers over-file for lottery/relocations); not a visaCommon path — some categories skip PERM (EB-1, NIW); timelines vary widely by country of birth. Educational info, not legal advice.Official source ↗ filings

Subsidiary Trend (8Q) Green card sponsorships Temporary work filings Employees
30 258 —
2 1,612 —

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