Employer profile
General Motors
5,572 certified H-1B filings across 11 fiscal years.
Snapshot year
FY2025 filings
781
FY2025 median
$135k
Top role
Senior Software Engineer
284 filings · all-time
Top state
MI
4,988 filings · all-time
Pay distribution
How General Motors pays, by fiscal year
Each box is the p25–p75 interquartile range; the heavy line is the median and the whiskers reach p10–p90. Base salary only — hover a year for its figures.
Year-over-year
How General Motors hired across H-1B fiscal years. The small figure under each filings count is its change vs the prior FY.
| FY | Filings | Median $ |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 | 130▼ 83% | $145k |
| 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 |
Prevailing wage level distribution
DOL Levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). A heavy Level I/II skew suggests entry-level / contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew suggests senior in-house roles.
Lvl ?
3957%
Lvl I
3286%
Lvl II
2,32942%
Lvl III
1,01718%
Lvl IV
1,50327%
Top job titles
Most-filed positions, across all years (raw DOL titles).
| Job Title | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Senior Software Engineer | 284 | $134k |
| Design Release Engineer | 183 | $108k |
| Software Engineer | 168 | $113k |
| Researcher | 64 | $108k |
| Creative Designer | 56 | $81k |
| Controls Design Engineer | 52 | $105k |
| Senior Systems Engineer | 46 | $138k |
| Senior Design Release Engineer | 45 | $118k |
| Senior Researcher | 41 | $117k |
| Cae Engineer | 37 | $98k |
Top worksite states
Where this employer files.
| State | Filings | Median |
|---|---|---|
| MI | 4,988 | $112k |
| CA | 205 | $169k |
| TX | 146 | $132k |
| GA | 77 | $128k |
| NC | 29 | $124k |
| OH | 19 | $112k |
| NY | 18 | $139k |
| AZ | 17 | $129k |
| IN | 13 | $120k |
| IL | 12 | $113k |
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Frequently asked questions
- 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 5,572 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.
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