Ford Motor — 5,997 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 978
- Filings · FY2025
- $131k
- Median base · FY2025
- Software Engineer
- Top role · 401 all-time
- MI
- Top state · 4,923 all-time
Ford Motor filed 978 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 21% from the year before), with a median base salary of $131k and the middle 50% of offers between $115k and $145k. Across all years it has 5,997 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Software Engineer in Michigan.
How much does Ford Motor pay H-1B workers?
Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $131k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has Ford Motor's H-1B hiring changed by year?
134 certified filings in FY2016 → 648 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 648 | −34% | $126k |
| FY2025 | 978 | +21% | $131k |
| FY2024 | 810 | +23% | $116k |
| FY2023 | 661 | −32% | $106k |
| FY2022 | 969 | +57% | $98k |
| FY2021 | 618 | +71% | $92k |
| FY2020 | 361 | +3% | $86k |
| FY2019 | 349 | +67% | $83k |
| FY2018 | 209 | −20% | $80k |
| FY2017 | 260 | +94% | $78k |
| FY2016 | 134 | — | $81k |
Which wage levels does Ford Motor file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 45% of Ford Motor's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.
Share of 5,446 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I23.2%1,264
- Level II31.8%1,731
- Level III13.9%756
- Level IV31.1%1,695
What jobs does Ford Motor sponsor for H-1B?
The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles. Open a title for Ford Motor's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 401 | $113k |
| Product Development Engineer | 173 | $103k |
| Data Scientist | 134 | $97k |
| Research Engineer | 127 | $88k |
| Senior Software Engineer | 106 | $124k |
| Data Engineer | 74 | $113k |
| Embedded Software Engineer | 57 | $106k |
| Full Stack Data Engineer | 57 | $137k |
| Product Manager | 53 | $105k |
| Platform Software Engineer | 40 | $144k |
Where does Ford Motor hire H-1B workers?
Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.
| State | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| MI | 4,923 | $101k |
| CA | 466 | $138k |
| TX | 175 | $116k |
| IL | 48 | $97k |
| NC | 40 | $124k |
| FL | 39 | $110k |
| OH | 35 | $105k |
| GA | 34 | $110k |
| WA | 30 | $130k |
| NJ | 27 | $124k |
What has Ford Motor filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 5,997 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about Ford Motor's H-1B filings
- How much does Ford Motor pay H-1B workers?
- Ford Motor's median certified H-1B base salary is $131k (FY2025), from 978 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does Ford Motor sponsor?
- Ford Motor has 5,997 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does Ford Motor sponsor for H-1B?
- Ford Motor's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Software Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Data Scientist, Research Engineer.
- Where does Ford Motor hire H-1B workers?
- Ford Motor's top H-1B worksite states are MI, CA, TX, IL.
- Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
- No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
- What salary do these figures show?
- The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
- What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
- The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →