General Motors — 6,044 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)
- 781
- Filings · FY2025
- $135k
- Median base · FY2025
- Senior Software Engineer
- Top role · 336 all-time
- MI
- Top state · 5,358 all-time
General Motors filed 781 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 6% from the year before), with a median base salary of $135k and the middle 50% of offers between $122k and $150k. That is 7% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 6,044 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Senior Software Engineer in Michigan.
How much does General Motors 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. $135k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.
How has General Motors's H-1B hiring changed by year?
274 certified filings in FY2016 → 602 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.
| Fiscal year | Filings | vs prior FY | Median base |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 602 | −23% | $149k |
| FY2025 | 781 | +6% | $135k |
| FY2024 | 738 | +64% | $123k |
| FY2023 | 450 | −43% | $122k |
| FY2022 | 794 | +9% | $113k |
| FY2021 | 730 | +63% | $108k |
| FY2020 | 449 | +13% | $109k |
| FY2019 | 398 | −8% | $107k |
| FY2018 | 432 | +9% | $98k |
| FY2017 | 396 | +45% | $94k |
| FY2016 | 274 | — | $92k |
Which wage levels does General Motors file?
DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 52% of General Motors'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 5,629 filings with a wage level · all years
- Level I5.8%328
- Level II42.5%2,390
- Level III19.3%1,085
- Level IV32.4%1,826
What jobs does General Motors 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 General Motors's pay on that role by year, wage level and worksite.
| Job title | Filings | Median base |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 336 | $140k |
| Design Release Engineer | 192 | $109k |
| Software Engineer | 190 | $114k |
| Researcher | 65 | $108k |
| Creative Designer | 57 | $82k |
| Controls Design Engineer | 52 | $105k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 51 | $140k |
| Senior Design Release Engineer | 50 | $118k |
| Senior Researcher | 46 | $119k |
| Senior Embedded Software Engineer | 39 | $139k |
Where does General Motors 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 | 5,358 | $114k |
| CA | 258 | $184k |
| TX | 168 | $135k |
| GA | 80 | $128k |
| NC | 35 | $124k |
| OH | 21 | $112k |
| NY | 18 | $139k |
| AZ | 17 | $129k |
| IN | 13 | $120k |
| WA | 13 | $145k |
What has General Motors filed recently?
The 50 most recent of 6,044 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.
Common questions about General Motors's H-1B filings
- How much does General Motors pay H-1B workers?
- General Motors's median certified H-1B base salary is $135k (FY2025), from 781 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
- How many H-1B workers does General Motors sponsor?
- General Motors has 6,044 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
- What jobs does General Motors sponsor for H-1B?
- General Motors's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Senior Software Engineer, Design Release Engineer, Software Engineer, Researcher.
- Where does General Motors hire H-1B workers?
- General Motors's top H-1B worksite states are MI, CA, TX, GA.
- 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 →